chessboard3.js

Simplest possible usage:

HTML

<div id="board1" style="width: 600px; height: 450px"></div>

JavaScript

var board1 = new ChessBoard3('board1', 'start');

These two lines create a board with default settings, for illustrating the position supplied to the second argument to the constructor- either as a FEN string or 'start' for the starting position.

Customization

HTML

<div id="board2" style="width: 600px; height: 450px"></div>
<input type="button" id="startBtn" value="Start" />
<input type="button" id="clearBtn" value="Clear" />
<input type="button" id="flipBtn" value="Flip" />
<div id="FEN"></div>

JavaScript

var board2 = new ChessBoard3('board2', {
    draggable: true,
    dropOffBoard: 'trash',
    sparePieces: true
    onChange: function(oldPos, newPos) {
        $("#FEN").text(ChessBoard3.objToFen(newPos));
      }
    });
$('#startBtn').on('click', board2.start);
$('#clearBtn').on('click', board2.clear);
$('#flipBtn').on('click', board2.flip);

The second argument can also be a configuration object. Here we let the user set up the board, and see the current position as a FEN string.

Integrating chessboard3.js and chessboard.js

HTML

<div id="outer">
  <div id="inner"></div>
</div>
<input type="button" id="2D" value="2D"/>
<input type="button" id="3D" value="3D"/>

JavaScript

var sampleConfig =
  position: 'start',
  draggable : true,
  dropOffBoard: 'snapback'
};
var board;
function setUpBoard(dimensions) {
  var currentPosition = 'start';
  if (board !== undefined) {
    currentPosition = board.position();
    board.destroy();
  }
  if (dimensions >= 3) {
    $('#inner').css('width', '600px');
    $('#inner').css('height', '450px');
    $('#outer').css('padding', '');
    board = new ChessBoard3('inner', sampleConfig);
  } else {
    $('#inner').css('width', '450px');
    $('#outer').css('height', '450px');
    $('#outer').css('padding', '0px 75px 0px 75px');
    board = new ChessBoard('inner', sampleConfig);
  }
  board.position(currentPosition, false);
}
$('#2D').on('click', function() {setUpBoard(2);});
$('#3D').on('click', function() {setUpBoard(3);});
setUpBoard(2); // start with a 2D board