Click trigger
Learn how to trigger animations on click
Overview
A click trigger executes the animation when the element is clicked. Unlike other triggers, the click trigger always plays the animation in the normal direction, from start to end. Since there is no ‘click-out’ mechanism, subsequent clicks will restart the animation from the beginning.
Syntax
To activate the click trigger, use the click.
Examples
These examples show the usage of the click trigger in the various timeline types together with the combination with the different triggers.
Discrete timeline
Discrete timeline is the basic timeline that animate the properties when the click trigger is executed on the element.
Sequenced timeline
Sequenced timeline animates the CSS properties in the sequence of steps using the click trigger.
Offset-based timeline
Offset-based timeline combine the CSS-offsets with the sequence of steps to animate the properties, triggered by a click action.
Combination
The click trigger can be combined with any other available triggers.
Parameters
Trigger can be customized with the parameters that are defined within its parentheses ().
Target
The target parameter specifies the external element on the page where the current trigger is applied. This means you can define an animation that starts when a trigger on a different element is activated. A real-world example: clicking the hamburger menu button makes an off-screen sidebar appear.
Options
The id, class and attribute CSS selectors can be used.
| Name | Value | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
target |
class | id | attribute |
null |
CSS selector |
Examples
In these examples, we’ll use a <p id="text"> as the target element where the click trigger is applied. This will then affect elements that reference #text as their target parameter.
For better clarity, you can interpret it as: When the click trigger is activated on the #text target element, the scale(2) CSS property is animated.
id selector
| Value | Example | Shorthand |
|---|---|---|
#{id-name} |
click(target: #navigation) |
click(#navigation) |
This examples shows how to use a target parameter with an id CSS selector defined with the #{id}.
Click this text
<!-- Actual element that will be scaled -->
<!-- Shorthand -->
class selector
| Value | Example | Shorthand |
|---|---|---|
#{class-name} |
click(target: .navigation) |
click(.navigation) |
This examples shows how to use a target parameter with a class CSS selector defined by the .{class-name}.
Click this text
<!-- Actual element that will be scaled -->
<!-- Shorthand -->
attribute selector
This examples shows how to use a target parameter with a attribute CSS selector defined by the [{attribute}]
| Value | Example | Shorthand |
|---|---|---|
[{attribute}] |
click(target: [data-animal="cat"]) |
- |
Click this text
<!-- Actual element that will be scaled -->
<!-- No shorthand -->