react-gradient

react-gradient

A React component with built-in functionality to animate simple gradients

Examples

Installation

react-gradient is available as an npm package.

$ npm install react-gradient

Usage

import React from 'react';
import { Gradient } from 'react-gradient';

const gradients = [
	['#bd19d6', '#ea7d10'],
	['#ff2121', '#25c668'],
];

export default function App() {
	return (
		<div className="app">
			<Gradient
				gradients={ gradients } // required
				property="background"
				duration={ 3000 }
				angle="45deg"
			/>
		</div>
	);
}

Props

All options for the Gradient component are passed through props

Props	Type	Default	Description	Values
gradients (required)	array		List of gradients to transition between
property	string	background	CSS property to apply the gradient to	background, border, text
gradientType	string	linear	Fill type of the gradient	linear, radial
duration	number	5000	How long each transition will take from one gradient to the next in milliseconds	milliseconds
angle	string	0deg	Angle of direction for the gradient's line (Only applies to linear gradients)	angle units
transitionType	string	parallel	How the transition is calculated	parallel, sequential
element	string	div	Type of element to create Gradient with	most html elements

The gradients prop accepts gradient arrays. A gradient array must hold two colors, i.e., [color1, color2]

The following are acceptable color formats:

Format	Type	Example
keyword	string	"SkyBlue"
HEX	string	"#87ceeb"
HSL	array	[197, "71%", "73%"]
HSL	string	"hsl(197, 71%, 73%)"
RGB	array	[135, 206, 235]
RGB	string	"rgb(135, 206, 235)"

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Jon Kelley

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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