A customizable Vue 3 component for creating loading shimmer effects

vue3-loading-shimmer


A customizable Vue 3 component for creating loading shimmer effects

Documentation


Features

  • Customizable background color
  • Customizable shimmer color
  • Customizable time duration
  • Customizable direction

Installation and usage


npm install vue3-loading-shimmer --save

You can use register it globally like this:

import { createApp } from "vue";
import App from "./App.vue";
import vue3LoadingShimmer from "vue3-loading-shimmer";

const app = createApp(App);

app.component("vue3-loading-shimmer", vue3LoadingShimmer);

then use it this in your component: <vue3-loading-shimmer />

Alternatively, you can use it directly:

<!-- your-component.vue -->

<script setup>
import { defineComponent } from "vue";
import Shimmer from "vue3-loading-shimmer";
// This "Shimmer" can be anything you can to call it e.g:
// import MyShimmer from "vue3-loading-shimmer";
</script>

<template>
  <Shimmer class="whatever" />
</template>

<style>
// you must manually enter its width and height and other properties because we want to give you full control
.whatever {
  height: 200px;
  width: 200px;
  border-radius: 0.5rem;
}
</style>

Browser with CDN

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue3-loading-shimmer"></script>

const { createApp } = Vue;
const App = {
  //Component code...
};
const app = createApp(App);
app.component("Shimmer", Vue3LoadingShimmer);
app.mount("#app");

Available Props

Prop Description Type Default Required
bgColor Background color of the wrapper String “#d3d3d3” false
shimmerColor Color of the shimmer effect (MUST BE IN HEX-FORMAT) e.g: “#RRGGBB” or “#RGB” String “#ffffff” false
duration Duration of the shimmer animation in milliseconds Number 1400 false
direction Direction of the shimmer effect “left-to-right” , “right-to-left”, “top-to-bottom”, “bottom-to-top” “left-to-right” false

Customize the component by leveraging these props to meet your specific needs.

GitHub

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