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Animate on Scroll

Description

When scrolling, the progress is calculated as a percentage. Depending on which percentage range the scroll is within, a different animation script is executed.

You can set a property, run a continuing animation or run a linear interpolation between two values during a chosen scroll percentage range.

If using linear interpolation, and it is not intended to run across the full 100 percent of the scroll, then you must also scale it so that it starts and ends at the designated scroll percentages. See the code for examples of several different types of animations.

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Lesson Scripts

./dist/client/index.html

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
        <title>
            Three.js TypeScript Tutorials by Sean Bradley :
            https://sbcode.net/threejs
        </title>
        <style>
            body {
                overflow-x: hidden;
                margin: 0px;
                font-family: monospace;
                color: white;
            }

            canvas {
                position: fixed;
                top: 0;
                left: 0;
            }

            main {
                width: 100vw;
                height: 200vw;
                z-index: 99;
                position: absolute;
                justify-content: center;
                text-align: center;
                pointer-events: none;
                font-size: 5vh;
            }

            section {
                min-height: 100vh;
                padding: 20px;
                font-size: 4vh;
            }

            #scrollProgress {
                position: fixed;
                bottom: 10px;
                left: 10px;
                z-index: 99;
                font-size: 3vh;
            }
        </style>
    </head>

    <body>
        <span id="scrollProgress"></span>
        <main>
            <h1>Animate on Scroll</h1>
            <section>
                <h2>Begin scrolling to see things change</h2>
            </section>
            <section>
                <h2>Changing Objects Position</h2>
                <p>The cubes position is now changing</p>
            </section>

            <section>
                <h2>Changing Objects Rotation</h2>
                <p>The cubes rotation is now changing</p>
            </section>

            <section>
                <h2>Changing Camera Position</h2>
                <p>The camera position is now changing</p>
            </section>

            <section>
                <h2>You are at the bottom</h2>
                <p>The cube will now be auto rotating</p>
                <p>
                    Now you can scroll back to the top to reverse the animation
                </p>
            </section>
        </main>
        <script type="module" src="bundle.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

./src/client/client.ts

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import * as THREE from 'three'
import Stats from 'three/examples/jsm/libs/stats.module'

const scene = new THREE.Scene()

const gridHelper = new THREE.GridHelper(10, 10, 0xaec6cf, 0xaec6cf)
scene.add(gridHelper)

const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(
    75,
    window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight,
    0.1,
    1000
)

const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer()
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement)

const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry()
const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
    color: 0x00ff00,
    wireframe: true,
})

const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material)
cube.position.set(0, 0.5, -10)
scene.add(cube)

window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false)
function onWindowResize() {
    camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight
    camera.updateProjectionMatrix()
    renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)
    render()
}

/* Liner Interpolation
 * lerp(min, max, ratio)
 * eg,
 * lerp(20, 60, .5)) = 40
 * lerp(-20, 60, .5)) = 20
 * lerp(20, 60, .75)) = 50
 * lerp(-20, -10, .1)) = -.19
 */
function lerp(x: number, y: number, a: number): number {
    return (1 - a) * x + a * y
}

// Used to fit the lerps to start and end at specific scrolling percentages
function scalePercent(start: number, end: number) {
    return (scrollPercent - start) / (end - start)
}

const animationScripts: { start: number; end: number; func: () => void }[] = []

//add an animation that flashes the cube through 100 percent of scroll
animationScripts.push({
    start: 0,
    end: 101,
    func: () => {
        let g = material.color.g
        g -= 0.05
        if (g <= 0) {
            g = 1.0
        }
        material.color.g = g
    },
})

//add an animation that moves the cube through first 40 percent of scroll
animationScripts.push({
    start: 0,
    end: 40,
    func: () => {
        camera.lookAt(cube.position)
        camera.position.set(0, 1, 2)
        cube.position.z = lerp(-10, 0, scalePercent(0, 40))
        //console.log(cube.position.z)
    },
})

//add an animation that rotates the cube between 40-60 percent of scroll
animationScripts.push({
    start: 40,
    end: 60,
    func: () => {
        camera.lookAt(cube.position)
        camera.position.set(0, 1, 2)
        cube.rotation.z = lerp(0, Math.PI, scalePercent(40, 60))
        //console.log(cube.rotation.z)
    },
})

//add an animation that moves the camera between 60-80 percent of scroll
animationScripts.push({
    start: 60,
    end: 80,
    func: () => {
        camera.position.x = lerp(0, 5, scalePercent(60, 80))
        camera.position.y = lerp(1, 5, scalePercent(60, 80))
        camera.lookAt(cube.position)
        //console.log(camera.position.x + " " + camera.position.y)
    },
})

//add an animation that auto rotates the cube from 80 percent of scroll
animationScripts.push({
    start: 80,
    end: 101,
    func: () => {
        //auto rotate
        cube.rotation.x += 0.01
        cube.rotation.y += 0.01
    },
})

function playScrollAnimations() {
    animationScripts.forEach((a) => {
        if (scrollPercent >= a.start && scrollPercent < a.end) {
            a.func()
        }
    })
}

let scrollPercent = 0

document.body.onscroll = () => {
    //calculate the current scroll progress as a percentage
    scrollPercent =
        ((document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop) /
            ((document.documentElement.scrollHeight ||
                document.body.scrollHeight) -
                document.documentElement.clientHeight)) *
        100
    ;(document.getElementById('scrollProgress') as HTMLDivElement).innerText =
        'Scroll Progress : ' + scrollPercent.toFixed(2)
}

const stats = new Stats()
document.body.appendChild(stats.dom)

function animate() {
    requestAnimationFrame(animate)

    playScrollAnimations()

    render()

    stats.update()
}

function render() {
    renderer.render(scene, camera)
}

window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' })
animate()

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