Using Masonry in Rails - boxes not moving on window resize - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have tried this using both the files from the Masonry website, plus the masonry-rails gem, but am getting the same problem.
Basically, when I resize the browser window, the boxes aren't moving to fit the new page size. Instead, I'm just getting scroll bars appearing in the browser.
I know that the files are loading fine, and picking up the right selectors, because if I e.g. change the column width in the masonry() parameters, the boxes do appear in a different place when I load the page.
Also, I'm using Bootstrap if that's relevant, but I've named the selectors so they don't clash with the ones reserved for bootstrap - e.g. using #masonry-container instead of #container.
Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!!
application.js:
//= require masonry/jquery.masonry
message_board/show:
<div id="show-message-board">
<%= render :partial => "show_message_board", :locals => { :messages => current_user.messages }, :remote => true %>
</div>
<script>
$(function(){
$('#masonry-container').masonry({
// options
itemSelector : '.item',
columnWidth : 50,
isAnimated: true
});
});
</script>
_show_message_board.html.erb:
<div id="masonry-container" class="transitions-enabled infinite-scroll clearfix">
<% messages.each do |message| %>
<div class="item">
<p class="message_from"><%= message.user.first_name %> <%= message.user.last_name %>:</p>
<p class="message_content"><%= message.content %></p>
</div>
<% end %>
EDIT:
I've tried using the following as suggested elsewhere, and that still doesn't work!:
$(function(){
var $container = $('#masonry-container');
$container.imagesLoaded( function(){
$container.masonry({
itemSelector : '.item'
});
});
});

Answer 1

Here's what I did to get Masonry to work in my Rails project. Perhaps this will help you...
I downloaded the "jquery.masonry.min.js" file from the site and placed it in my app\assets\javascripts directory.
I added
//= require jquery.masonry.min to my application.js file
I created a separate css file for masonry (just to keep things neat) called "masonry.css.scss" under my app\assets\stylesheets directory. This is the CSS I have (I'm using "box" instead of your "item"):
.box {
margin: 5px;
padding: 5px;
background: #D8D5D2;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 1.4em;
float: left;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
display: inline;
width: 260px;
}
.box img {
width: 100%;
}
Since I'm using the code in my "home\index.html.erb" file, I created a "home.js" file under my app\assets\javascripts" directory. This is the js code I have:
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
var $container = $('#UserShoppingRequestsContainer');
$container.imagesLoaded(function () {
$container.masonry({
itemSelector:'.box',
isAnimated:true,
animationOptions:{
duration:750,
easing:'linear',
queue:false
}
});
});
})
Finally, in my "home\index.html.erb" file, I have something like this:
<div id="UserShoppingRequestsContainer">
<% #shopping_requests.each do |shopping_request| %>
<div class="box col3" id="<%= shopping_request.id.to_s %>">
<%= link_to image_tag(shopping_request.request_picture.url(:medium)), user_shopping_request_path(shopping_request.user, shopping_request) %>
<p class="serif1_no_padding"><%= shopping_request.category.name %></p>
</div>
<% end %>
</div>
I think that's it.