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Elasticity With Trails

  1. let pointX = pointY = 0;
  2.  
  3. document.addEventListener('touchmove', 
  4.   e => e.preventDefault(), { passive: false });
  5.  
  6. document.addEventListener('mousemove', e => {
  7.   pointX = e.clientX;
  8.   pointY = e.clientY;
  9. });
  10.  
  11. document.addEventListener('touchmove', e => {
  12.   pointX = e.touches[0].clientX;
  13.   pointY = e.touches[0].clientY;
  14. });
  15.  
  16. let el = document.body.appendChild(
  17.   document.createElement`div`
  18. );
  19.  
  20. const size = 20;
  21. const halfSize = size / 2;
  22.  
  23. Object.assign(el.style, {
  24.   position: 'absolute',
  25.   width: `${size}px`,
  26.   height: `${size}px`,
  27.   background: 'red',
  28.   borderRadius: `${size}px`,
  29.   left: 0, top: 0
  30. });
  31.  
  32. let x = vx = y = vy = 0;
  33. const FADE_TIME = 800;
  34. const plotDot = (x, y) => {
  35.   const dot = document.body.appendChild(el.cloneNode());
  36.   const time = 
  37.   dot.style.transform += ' scale(.25)';
  38.   dot.style.transition = `opacity ${FADE_TIME}ms ease-out`;
  39.   window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
  40.     dot.style.opacity = 0;
  41.     setTimeout(() => dot.parentNode.removeChild(dot), FADE_TIME);
  42.   })
  43. }
  44.  
  45. let ticks = 0;
  46. const loop = () => { 
  47.   vx = ((pointX - x) * .08 + vx) * .95;
  48.   vy = ((pointY - y) * .08 + vy) * .95;
  49.   x += vx;
  50.   y += vy;
  51.  
  52.   if (ticks++ % 2 === 0 && 
  53.     Math.abs(pointX - x) > 1 && 
  54.     Math.abs(pointY - y) > 1) {
  55.       plotDot();
  56.     }
  57.   el.style.transform = `translate(${x - halfSize}px, ${y - halfSize}px)`;
  58.   requestAnimationFrame(loop);
  59. }
  60. loop();
  61.  
  62. const info = document.body.appendChild(
  63.   document.createElement`div`
  64. );
  65. info.innerHTML = 'move mouse or finger left/right/up/down';

This is a variation on yesterdays post. This has elasticity on both axis and draws a trail of dots…

snippet.zone ~ 2021-24 /// {s/z}