Interactive Field Distortion

<InteractiveFieldDistortion>CSS Modules

Pointer-driven distortion field on a flowing surface.

InstallationColoxo CLI

npx coloxo add interactive-field-distortion

ES Module ImportPlayground / npm package

import { InteractiveFieldDistortion } from '@coloxo/ui/visuals';

1. Live preview

This is the real component, not a recording. Move the pointer over it, then adjust the renderer settings.

Fragment shader

<InteractiveFieldDistortion quality="low" />

2. Usage

Pointer-driven distortion field on a flowing surface. npx coloxo add interactive-field-distortion copies this effect in a Tailwind project or a Coloxo CSS project, and adds @coloxo/ui to package.json. You can also import it from @coloxo/ui/visuals.

3. Performance notes

Effects render on demand and dispose their GPU context when unmounted.

Every effect pauses when scrolled out of view or when the tab is hidden, so an idle page costs nothing.
quality caps the device pixel ratio. Keep it at low when several effects share one viewport.
With respectReducedMotion enabled, the effect renders a single static frame instead of animating.
The output is a decorative canvas hidden from assistive technology. Never place essential content only inside the effect.

4. Props

Name	Type	Default	Description
type	DistortionType	`liquid`	Preset shape of the displacement.
strength	number	0.6	Displacement magnitude, 0–1.
radius	number	0.28	Radius of influence in normalized units, 0.05–0.8.
decay	number	0.4	How fast the field settles after the pointer moves, 0–1.
blend	number	1	Blend between the undistorted and distorted scene, 0–1.
paused	boolean	false	Render a single static frame instead of animating.
respectReducedMotion	boolean	true	Freeze to a static frame when prefers-reduced-motion is set.
quality	"low" \| "medium" \| "high"	medium	Caps the renderer pixel ratio. Use low for grids of many effects.
className / style	string / CSSProperties	—	Applied to the container element.