aframe-click-drag-component

Click & Drag component for A-Frame.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import aframeClickDragComponent from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/aframe-click-drag-component';
</script>

README

aframe-click-drag-component

A Click & Drag component for A-Frame.

Entities with the click-drag component can be click and dragged around the 3D scene. Even works whle the camera is moving or rotating!

Events

dragstart

Emitted with the following info:

  • offset: {x, y, z} - The offset from entity center to drag position.
  • depth - the perpendicular distance from the screen to align the entity while dragging
  • clientX - the mouse event's clientX value
  • clientY - the mouse event's clientY value

dragmove

Emitted with the following info:

  • nextPosition: {x, y, z} - The next world position of the entity.
  • clientX - the mouse event's clientX value
  • clientY - the mouse event's clientY value

dragend

Emitted with the following info:

  • offset: {x, y, z} - The offset from entity center to drag position.
  • velocity: {x, y, z} - The smoothed velocity of the entity at dragend time.
  • depth - the perpendicular distance from the screen to align the entity while dragging
  • clientX - the final mouse event's clientX value
  • clientY - the final mouse event's clientY value

Installation

Browser

Use directly from the unpkg CDN:

<head>
  <script src="https://aframe.io/releases/0.3.0/aframe.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/aframe-click-drag-component"></script>
  <script>
    registerAframeClickDragComponent(window.AFRAME);
  </script>
</head>

<body>
  <a-scene>
    <a-sphere click-drag position="0 1.25 -5" radius="1.25" color="#EF2D5E"></a-sphere>
    <a-camera look-controls-enabled="false"></a-camera>
  </a-scene>
</body>

npm

Install via npm:

npm install aframe-click-drag-component

Then register and use.

import aframe from 'aframe';
import registerClickDrag from 'aframe-click-drag-component';
registerClickDrag(aframe);