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 of pointerup
  (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 and height.
• 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.

[Live Demo]

Quick start

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.

Contents

• Installation
  • Via NPM
  • Via CDN
• Configuration
  • Configuring globally
  • Configuring locally
• Options
  • Summary
  • Details
    • color
    • initialOpacity
    • finalOpacity
    • duration
    • dissolveDuration
    • waitForRelease
    • easing
    • cancellationPeriod
    • trigger
    • disabled
    • respectDisabledAttribute
    • respectPrefersReducedMotion
    • stopPropagation
    • tagName
  • Using triggers
• Advanced
  • Registering the directive locally
    • Local registration with Composition API:
    • Local registration with Options API:
  • Changing the directive's name
• Contributing
• License

Installation

See: npm, cdn

Via NPM

See: Vue, Nuxt

$ npm i v-wave

Vue

import { createApp } from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'
import App from './App.vue'

const app = createApp(App)

app.use(VWave)

// Vue 2

import Vue from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'

Vue.use(VWave)

or

Nuxt

// nuxt.config.js

// Nuxt 3
export default {
    modules: ['v-wave/nuxt']
}

// Nuxt 2
export default {
    modules: ['v-wave/nuxt/v2']
}

Via CDN

<script src="https://unpkg.com/v-wave"></script>

// With a CDN, `VWave` is made available as a global
Vue.use(VWave)

Configuration

See: configuring globally, configuring locally

Configuring globally

See: Vue, Nuxt

Vue

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

import Vue from 'vue'
import VWave from 'v-wave'

Vue.use(VWave, {
  color: 'red',
  initialOpacity: 0.5,
  easing: 'ease-in'
})

or

Nuxt

// nuxt.config.js

export default {
  modules: ['v-wave/nuxt'],
  vWave: {
    color: 'red',
    initialOpacity: 0.5,
    easing: 'ease-in'
  }
}

Configuring locally

<button
  v-wave="{
    color: 'red',
    initialOpacity: 0.5,
    easing: 'ease-in',
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

Options

See: summary, details

Summary

| 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 |

Details

color

• type: string (background shorthand syntax)
• default: "currentColor"

Sets the background of the ripple.
Supports any value that the CSS background property does.

See: color, gradient, image

Simple color

<button
  v-wave="{
    color: 'red',
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

Gradient

<button
  v-wave="{
    color: 'radial-gradient(closest-side, #fff, #00f, #fff)',
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

Image

<button
  v-wave="{
    color: 'no-repeat url(https://...) 0 0 / cover',
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

initialOpacity

• type: number
• default: 0.2

The opacity of the ripple when it first appears.

See: initialOpacity: 1, initialOpacity: 0

initialOpacity of 1

<button
  v-wave="{
    initialOpacity: 1,
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

initialOpacity of 0

<button
  v-wave="{
    initialOpacity: 0,
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

finalOpacity

• type: number
• default: 0.1

The opacity the ripple should be when it has stopped moving.

See: finalOpacity: 1, finalOpacity: 0

finalOpacity of 1

<button
  v-wave="{
    finalOpacity: 1,
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

finalOpacity of 0

<button
  v-wave="{
    finalOpacity: 0,
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

duration

• type: number (seconds)
• default: 0.4

The duration of the ripple in seconds.
The total duration is duration + dissolveDuration

duration of 3 seconds

<button
  v-wave="{
    duration: 3,
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

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 is duration + dissolveDuration

dissolve duration of 3 seconds

<button
  v-wave="{
    dissolveDuration: 3,
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

waitForRelease

• type: boolean
• default: true

When true, the wave will not dissolve until the user releases the pointer.

easing

• type: string (<easing-function>)
• default: "ease-out"

Any valid CSS <easing-function> (see more)

cubic-bezier

<button
  v-wave="{
    easing: 'cubic-bezier(0,.57,.89,0)',
}"
>
  Click here
</button>

cancellationPeriod

• 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.

trigger

• type: "auto" | string | boolean
• default: "auto"

Sets the behavior of the wave when used with triggers. (See the dedication section on triggers for more details).

• false
  Disables the use of triggers. If a v-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 a v-wave-trigger (without an ID) in its dom tree. The ripple will only activate for pointerdown events on the trigger element.

• "auto"
  If a v-wave-trigger (without an ID) is present in the dom-tree of the v-wave element, it behaves as trigger: true, otherwise it behaves as trigger: false.

• string
  Any string other than "auto" will be treated as an ID. v-wave will only activate when a v-wave-trigger with a matching ID receives a pointerdown 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.

basic trigger

<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>

disabled

• type: boolean
• default: false

Disables the wave effect on the element regardless of respectDisabledAttribute.

respectDisabledAttribute

• type: boolean
• default: true

When true, the wave effect will be disabled if the html disabled 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>

respectPrefersReducedMotion

• type: boolean
• default: true

If true, the wave effect will be disabled if the user's prefers-reduced-motion preference is set to reduce.

stopPropagation

• type: boolean
• default: false

Prevents the pointerdown event from propagating to parent elements.

tagName

• 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.

Using triggers

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.

Advanced

Registering the directive locally

Local registration with Composition API:

<script>
  import VWave from 'v-wave'
  const { vWave, vWaveTrigger } = VWave.createLocalWaveDirective({
    /* global options */
  })
</script>

<template>
  <button v-wave>Click me!</button>
</template>

Local registration with Options API:

<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>

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>

Changing the directive's name

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).

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

License

This project is distributed under the MIT License.

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2021 Justin Taddei

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