The material-ripple directive for Vue that actually works
Also available for React: use-wave
Because every ripple plugin I've tried to use in the past either didn't work or was missing basic features.
Here's what you can expect from this plugin:
- It works (see for yourself).
- The wave appears on
pointerdown
instead ofpointerup
(you might think that's an obvious choice... but you'd be wrong). - The wave responds to keyboard events on keyboard-accessible elements (i.e. Enter and Space on
<button>
). - There is a small delay before the ripple appears, during which the animation will be canceled if the user moves the pointer (e.g. scrolling on a mobile phone). This is similar to how native Android ripples work.
- Uses CSS transforms instead of
width
andheight
. - Doesn't affect the appearance of the element you apply it to (won't explode when used on an element with
display: flex
). - Guesses the color of the wave automatically by default (using
currentColor
). - Works with fixed, absolute, relative, and statically positioned elements.
- Will handle independent border-radii (e.g.
border-radius: 5px 20px 15px 30px
) perfectly fine.
After installing and registering the plugin, this is all you need to get started:
<button v-wave>Click here</button>
Out of the box, this will provide you with a ripple that matches the text color of the element it has been applied to, with reasonable defaults for a responsive feeling ripple.
You can change the look and feel of the ripple on a per-element basis, or by modifying the global defaults.
$ npm i v-wave
import { createApp } from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'
import App from './App.vue'
const app = createApp(App)
app.use(VWave)
Vue 2
// Vue 2
import Vue from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'
Vue.use(VWave)
or
// nuxt.config.js
// Nuxt 3
export default {
modules: ['v-wave/nuxt']
}
// Nuxt 2
export default {
modules: ['v-wave/nuxt/v2']
}
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<script src="https://unpkg.com/v-wave"></script>
// With a CDN, `VWave` is made available as a global
Vue.use(VWave)
See: configuring globally, configuring locally
import { createApp } from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'
import App from './App.vue'
const app = createApp(App)
app.use(VWave, {
color: 'red',
initialOpacity: 0.5,
easing: 'ease-in'
})
Vue 2
// Vue 2
import Vue from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'
Vue.use(VWave, {
color: 'red',
initialOpacity: 0.5,
easing: 'ease-in'
})
or
// nuxt.config.js
export default {
modules: ['v-wave/nuxt'],
vWave: {
color: 'red',
initialOpacity: 0.5,
easing: 'ease-in'
}
}
<button
v-wave="{
color: 'red',
initialOpacity: 0.5,
easing: 'ease-in',
}"
>
Click here
</button>
Name | Default | Type |
---|---|---|
color | "currentColor" |
string |
initialOpacity | 0.2 |
number |
finalOpacity | 0.1 |
number |
duration | 0.4 |
number |
dissolveDuration | 0.15 |
number |
waitForRelease | true |
boolean |
easing | ease-out |
string |
cancellationPeriod | 75 |
number |
trigger | "auto" |
string | boolean | "auto" |
disabled | false |
boolean |
respectDisabledAttribute | true |
boolean |
respectPrefersReducedMotion | true |
boolean |
stopPropagation | false |
boolean |
tagName | "div" |
string |
- type:
string
(background
shorthand syntax) - default:
"currentColor"
Sets the background of the ripple.
Supports any value that the CSSbackground
property does.
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<button
v-wave="{
color: 'red',
}"
>
Click here
</button>
<button
v-wave="{
color: 'radial-gradient(closest-side, #fff, #00f, #fff)',
}"
>
Click here
</button>
<button
v-wave="{
color: 'no-repeat url(https://...) 0 0 / cover',
}"
>
Click here
</button>
- type:
number
- default:
0.2
The opacity of the ripple when it first appears.
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See: initialOpacity: 1, initialOpacity: 0
<button
v-wave="{
initialOpacity: 1,
}"
>
Click here
</button>
<button
v-wave="{
initialOpacity: 0,
}"
>
Click here
</button>
- type:
number
- default:
0.1
The opacity the ripple should be when it has stopped moving.
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See: finalOpacity: 1, finalOpacity: 0
<button
v-wave="{
finalOpacity: 1,
}"
>
Click here
</button>
<button
v-wave="{
finalOpacity: 0,
}"
>
Click here
</button>
- type:
number
(seconds) - default:
0.4
The duration of the ripple in seconds.
The total duration isduration + dissolveDuration
- type:
number
(seconds) - default:
0.15
The duration of the "dissolve animation" in seconds.
This is the fade-out animation that plays once the wave has reached its maximum size.
The total duration isduration + dissolveDuration
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<button
v-wave="{
dissolveDuration: 3,
}"
>
Click here
</button>
- type:
boolean
- default:
true
When
true
, the wave will not dissolve until the user releases the pointer.
- type:
string
(<easing-function>
) - default:
"ease-out"
Any valid CSS
<easing-function>
(see more)
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<button
v-wave="{
easing: 'cubic-bezier(0,.57,.89,0)',
}"
>
Click here
</button>
- type:
number
(milliseconds) - default:
75
The delay, in milliseconds, during which the animation will be canceled if the user moves their figure/pointer (e.g. while scrolling on a mobile device).
Note: The ripple will not appear until after the delay. This means a delay greater than 100ms can feel sluggish.
- type:
"auto" | string | boolean
- default:
"auto"
Sets the behavior of the wave when used with triggers. (See the dedicated section on triggers for more details).
-
false
Disables the use of triggers. If av-wave-trigger
(without an ID) is present in the dom tree of this element, it will be ignored (i.e.v-wave
always behaves as if there's no trigger). -
true
Requires a trigger to activate the ripple.v-wave
assumes the presence of av-wave-trigger
(without an ID) in its dom tree. The ripple will only activate forpointerdown
events on the trigger element. -
"auto"
If av-wave-trigger
(without an ID) is present in the dom-tree of the v-wave element, it behaves astrigger: true
, otherwise it behaves astrigger: false
. -
string
Any string other than"auto"
will be treated as an ID.v-wave
will only activate when av-wave-trigger
with a matching ID receives apointerdown
event.This is different from the other values as it allows you to place the trigger element anywhere in the dom, while the others require the trigger to be a descendant.
Expand example
<label v-wave>
<input type="text" placeholder="Search" />
<!-- Only show the wave when the trigger is clicked -->
<img v-wave-trigger src="search.svg" />
</label>
- type:
boolean
- default:
false
Disables the wave effect on the element regardless of
respectDisabledAttribute
.
- type:
boolean
- default:
true
When
true
, the wave effect will be disabled if the htmldisabled
attribute is present on the element.
<!-- The wave will *not* appear on this button -->
<button v-wave disabled>Click me!</button>
<!-- The wave *will* appear on this button -->
<button v-wave="{respectDisabledAttribute: false}" disabled>Click me!</button>
- type:
boolean
- default:
true
If
true
, the wave effect will be disabled if the user'sprefers-reduced-motion
preference is set toreduce
.
- type:
boolean
- default:
false
Prevents the
pointerdown
event from propagating to parent elements.
- type:
string
- default:
"div"
Sets the tag name of the element used as the wave container. This is is useful in scenarios where the default
div
may interfere with:last-of-type
or similar selectors.
Triggers allow you to activate a wave on an element when, and only when, a different element receives input.
In the following example, the wave will only activate for the label element when the user clicks or taps on the <img/>
.
<label v-wave>
<span>Password</span>
<input :type="showPassword ? 'text' : 'password'" />
<img v-wave-trigger src="eye.svg" @click="() => showPassword = !showPassword" />
</label>
In this next example, clicking one of the buttons will activate the wave on the other button.
<button v-wave="{trigger: 'button2'}" v-wave-trigger:button1>Button 1</button>
<button v-wave="{trigger: 'button1'}" v-wave-trigger:button2>Button 2</button>
Triggers that use an ID support many-to-many relationships. See the grid example on the example page.
<script>
import VWave from 'v-wave'
const { vWave, vWaveTrigger } = VWave.createLocalWaveDirective({
/* global options */
})
</script>
<template>
<button v-wave>Click me!</button>
</template>
<script>
import VWave from 'v-wave'
const { wave, waveTrigger } = VWave.createLocalWaveDirective({
/* global options */
})
export default {
directives: {
wave,
waveTrigger
}
}
</script>
<template>
<button v-wave>Click me!</button>
</template>
Vue 2
If you are using Vue 2, you need to pass "vue2"
as the second argument to createLocalWaveDirective
<script>
import VWave from 'v-wave'
const { wave, waveTrigger } = VWave.createLocalWaveDirective(
{
/* global options */
},
'vue2'
) // this is the difference
export default {
directives: {
wave,
waveTrigger
}
}
</script>
<template>
<button v-wave>Click me!</button>
</template>
If you are migrating from another ripple directive you can change the name of the directive v-wave uses if you want to avoid changing it in your source code.
Simply pass a new name for the directive using the directive
option:
//main.js
import Vue from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'
Vue.use(VWave, {
directive: 'ripple'
})
Now you can use the plugin like so:
<button v-ripple>Click me!</button>
Keep in mind that this option can only be set globally (i.e. it cannot be set on individual directives).
Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
This project is distributed under the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2021 Justin Taddei
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