# googlechromelabs/ui-element-samples

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4,122 stars · 727 forks · JavaScript · Apache-2.0

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/ui-element-samples
- Homepage: https://googlechromelabs.github.io/ui-element-samples
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/googlechromelabs-ui-element-samples.md

## Description

This project is a collection of reference implementations and prototypes focused on routing, performance optimization, background threading, and user interface components. It serves as a sample library demonstrating the use of modern web platform features and native browser APIs.

The repository provides prototypes for high-performance graphics, including 3D effects and animations rendered via hardware acceleration and CSS transformations. It includes implementation examples for client-side routing to synchronize application state with browser URLs and pattern galleries for offloading computations to background threads.

Additional capabilities cover web content optimization through dynamic asset loading and code-splitting to reduce initial page load times. The collection also includes primitives for building interactive interface elements such as carousels and navigation menus.

## Tags

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Web Platform API Samples](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/cross-platform-samples/web-platform-api-samples.md) — Serves as a sample library of prototyped interface elements demonstrating modern web platform features and native APIs.
- [Native Web API Components](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/python-native-implementations/browser-api-implementations/native-web-api-components.md) — Provides interactive interface elements built exclusively with native browser features instead of heavy external frameworks.

### Mobile Development

- [Web-Worker Threading](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/background-task-managers/web-worker-threading.md) — Offers patterns for offloading heavy computations to background scripts to prevent blocking the main user interface thread.

### User Interface & Experience

- [Interactive UI Components](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/interactive-ui-components.md) — Includes a framework for building performant, interactive interface elements such as carousels and navigation menus. ([source](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/ui-element-samples))
- [Client-Side Page Navigations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/navigation-routing/client-side-page-navigations.md) — Implements mechanisms to update browser URLs and page content without full reloads by intercepting navigation events.
- [Background Processing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/background-processing.md) — Implements capabilities to offload heavy computations to background threads to maintain UI responsiveness. ([source](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/ui-element-samples))
- [CSS Transform Animations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/component-utilities/animation-engines/css-transform-animations.md) — Showcases components that use CSS transformations and hardware acceleration for high-performance 3D effects.
- [Hardware Acceleration Optimization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/component-utilities/animation-engines/css-transform-animations/hardware-acceleration-optimization.md) — Implements techniques for offloading CSS animations to the GPU to achieve high frame rates and smooth transitions.

### Web Development

- [Client-side Routing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/client-side-routing.md) — Provides implementation examples for managing navigation and view transitions in single-page applications. ([source](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/ui-element-samples))
- [Code Splitting](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/dynamic-loading-strategies/code-splitting.md) — Demonstrates techniques for dividing the application into smaller, on-demand chunks to optimize initial page load times.
- [Initial Page Load Optimizations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/performance-optimizations/initial-page-load-optimizations.md) — Provides strategies for reducing initial page load times through on-demand asset loading and code-splitting.
- [Load Time Reductions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/performance-optimizations/initial-page-load-optimizations/deferred-loading/media-lazy-loading/frame-lazy-loadings/load-time-reductions.md) — Implements a system to reduce initial load times by splitting code and loading assets on demand. ([source](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/ui-element-samples))

### Graphics & Multimedia

- [High Performance Rendering](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/high-performance-rendering.md) — Provides capabilities for creating 3D effects and complex animations using hardware acceleration. ([source](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/ui-element-samples))

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [On-Demand Asset Loading Samples](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/asynchronous-asset-loading/observable-asset-loading/on-demand-asset-loading-samples.md) — Includes demonstrations of optimizing initial load times by splitting code and loading assets on demand.
- [Worker Thread Patterns](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/worker-thread-patterns.md) — Provides a gallery of implementations showing how to move heavy computations to background threads.