Soft Body Physics

<SoftBodyPhysicsPlayground>CSS Modules

Verlet cloth membrane you can push and drag.

InstallationColoxo CLI

npx coloxo add soft-body-physics

ES Module ImportPlayground / npm package

import { SoftBodyPhysicsPlayground } 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.

Physics

<SoftBodyPhysicsPlayground quality="low" />

2. Usage

Verlet cloth membrane you can push and drag. npx coloxo add soft-body-physics 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
meshResolution	number	depends on `quality`	Grid points per side, 4–28.
stiffness	number	0.7	Spring stiffness, 0.1–1.
gravity	number	1	Gravity multiplier, 0–3.
interactionRadius	number	70	Pointer push radius in CSS pixels, 10–200.
damping	number	0.98	Velocity retention per step, 0.7–1.
wireframe	boolean	true	Draw the mesh wireframe.
color	string	Coloxo blue	Mesh colour.
accentColor	string	cyan	Node colour.
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.