Vue Wave Skeleton

Animated skeleton component for Vue 3, by moving svg wave with constant chill animation. A cool way to show that the text content of your page is loading, an alternative to the boring, typical skeletons.

Install

npm i vue-wave-skeleton

Usage

import WaveSkeleton from 'vue-wave-skeleton'

// register globally
app.component('WaveSkeleton', WaveSkeleton)

// or locally
export default {
	components: { WaveSkeleton },
	// ...
}

<!-- place the component inside the template -->
<WaveSkeleton />

/* and set the size in css */
.wave-skeleton {
	width: 260px;
	height: 30px;
}

Props

Right now there aren't a lot of these. But let me know if you need some.

transitionName

• Optional
• Type: String
• Name of your cursom enter/leave transition, you want to use instead of the default fade.

CSS Variables

Some css properties can be easily changed by setting css variables.

/* the defaults: */
.gooey-background {
	/* name of the infinite animation, the default is a simple fade */
	--wave-skeleton-animation: wave-skeleton-fade;
	/* duration of the animation */
	--wave-skeleton-duration: 800ms;
	/* stroke color of the wave */
	--wave-skeleton-color: #828282;
	/* stroke width */
	--wave-skeleton-stroke-width: 5.2px;
	/* shape of the path cap */
	--wave-skeleton-stroke-linecap: round;
}

Sizes in CSS

Right now this component doesn't have a default height or width, so it's for you to decide on it yourself and set it.

The generall rule is to have matching height between components you want to have looking similar.

To add other sizes e.g. to represent titles or captions, use classes, like .title or .caption.

<WaveSkeleton class="title" /> <WaveSkeleton class="title smaller" />

.wave-skeleton.title {
	width: 280px;
	height: 50px;
}
.wave-skeleton.smaller {
	width: 130px;
}

About the effect

The original solution I've based mine is this codepen by Varun Vachhar. Also check out my prototype codepen where I've tried to adapt this solution.

Generally I've made this component to use in my personal projects. But let me know if you have any ideas / requests regarding this component. It's a really cool effect, so I would like to tur it into an even better component.