daniel-lundin/snabbt.js
Snabbt.js
snabbt.js is a JavaScript motion framework and CSS transform animation library used to create high-performance animations for DOM elements. It functions as a 3D CSS animation engine and a matrix-based geometry toolkit for calculating precise translations, rotations, scales, and skews.
The framework provides a user-driven animation controller that allows animation progress to be tied to manual user input rather than standard time-based playback. It enables the simulation of depth and perspective by animating HTML elements into three-dimensional shapes.
The system covers motion orchestration through sequenced animation chaining and batch element processing. It includes capabilities for physics-based easing, character-level text animations, and the configuration of transform origins to manipulate element geometry.
Features
- CSS Transform Animations - Uses CSS transforms for high-performance animations by offloading calculations to the browser compositor.
- 3D Transform Animations - Functions as a 3D CSS animation engine simulating depth and perspective through 3D transform animations.
- Affine Matrix Transformations - Uses matrices to map coordinates for precise 2D and 3D translation, rotation, and scaling.
- Matrix Geometry Toolkits - Ships a matrix-based geometry toolkit for calculating precise translations, rotations, scales, and skews.
- Easing Functions - Implements mathematical easing functions, including physics-based models, to control the rate of motion over time.
- Matrix-Based Dimension Calculations - Employs a matrix API to calculate precise translation, rotation, and scaling for DOM elements.
- DOM Animation Controllers - Provides a system for managing timing, offsets, and execution of fluid visual transitions on HTML elements.
- Interactive Motion Patterns - Implements responsive movement behaviors and spring-based animations that react dynamically to user input.
- Orchestrated Motion - Coordinates complex, multi-element animation sequences to create a cohesive and orchestrated visual flow.
- Physics-Based Animation Libraries - Utilizes spring-based physics models to simulate natural, physical movement instead of linear timing.
- Animation Sequence Managers - Coordinates the execution order and timing of multiple sequential animation states.
- Animation Sequencing - Provides tools for coordinating the timing and order of multiple animations to create complex sequenced movements.
- UI Motion Frameworks - Provides a comprehensive framework for managing kinematics, timing, and the chaining of visual transitions.
- Visual Element Transforms - Provides high-performance rotation, scaling, skewing, and translation of visual elements via CSS matrices.
- Character-Level Animation Systems - Animates individual text characters independently, such as rotating them around the X-axis with perspective.
- Batch Element Animation Controllers - Applies transforms to collections of elements simultaneously by assigning unique values based on element index.
- Staggered Animation Offsets - Calculates unique transform offsets for multiple elements based on their position to create staggered effects.
- Input-Driven Playback - Includes a controller that ties animation progress to manual user input instead of standard time-based playback.
- Manual Animation Progress Controllers - Enables tying animation progress to manual user input instead of standard time-based playback.
- Text Animations - Provides capabilities for animating individual text characters to create coordinated cinematic typography effects.
- Time-Independent Animation Mapping - Decouples animation state from system time to enable manual seeking or input-driven playback.
- 3D Depth Effects - Creates a sense of spatial depth in the browser using CSS perspective and matrix-based 3D rotations.
- State-Based Sequence Chaining - Tracks the final state of one animation to serve as the starting point for subsequent linked movements.
