ASCII Field
Two octaves of noise rendered through a character ramp — terminal art that breathes. The pointer sends ripples through the field and brightens what it touches.
canvastextnoisepointer5 files · 384 locdeps: clsx, tailwind-merge
Installation
With the shadcn CLI, pointing at this platform’s registry:
npx shadcn@latest add https://opusui.131199999.xyz/r/ascii-field.jsonOr offline, straight from your opus55 checkout (copies every file it needs):
node ../tailwind_component/opus55/scripts/add.mjs ascii-fieldUsage
import { AsciiField } from "@/components/opus/backgrounds/ascii-field";
<AsciiField ramp=" .:-=+*#%@" className="absolute inset-0" />API
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| color / highlight | string | — | Dim and bright character colours. |
| ramp | string | " .:-=+*#%@" | Characters from dark to bright. |
| cell | number | 14 | Character cell size (px). |
| scale | number | 1 | Noise zoom. |
| interactive | boolean | true | React to the pointer (tracked on window). |
| className | string | — | Wrapper classes — `absolute inset-0` to fill a relative parent. |
| children | ReactNode | — | Optional content rendered above the canvas. |
Notes
- Canvas 2D with a device-pixel-ratio aware backing store (capped at 2×).
- The animation loop stops off-screen and in hidden tabs; resize re-seeds the scene.
prefers-reduced-motion: reducedraws a single static frame.