AFrame GIF Component

A conponent to control GIF for A-Frame VR.

Requires aframe-gif-shader.

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Method

Global method

`play()`

Play gif animation

entity.play()

`pause()`

Pause gif animation

entity.pause()

Custom method

`togglePlayback()`

Toggle playback. if the gif is paused, play and pause if it's playing.

entity.components.gif.togglePlayback()

`nextFrame()`

Go to next frame. Useful if it's paused.

entity.components.gif.nextFrame()

`paused()`

Returns if it is paused.

const paused = entity.components.gif.paused() // true or false

Usage

Browser Installation

Install and use by directly including the browser files:

<head>
  <title>My A-Frame Scene</title>
  <script src="https://aframe.io/releases/0.2.0/aframe.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://rawgit.com/mayognaise/aframe-gif-shader/master/dist/aframe-gif-shader.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://rawgit.com/mayognaise/aframe-gif-component/master/dist/aframe-gif-component.min.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
  <a-scene>
    <a-entity geometry="primitive:box" material="shader:gif;src:url(nyancat.gif);" gif=""></a-entity>
  </a-scene>
</body>

NPM Installation

Install via NPM:

npm i -D aframe-gif-shader aframe-gif-component

Then register and use.

import 'aframe'
import 'aframe-gif-shader'
import 'aframe-gif-component'

mayognaise / aframe-gif-component

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