Framer JS Examples and Snippets

Organizing my Framer Studio examples and snippets.

Global Layers

Remove the need to preceded the layer name with the file name when importing Sketch of Photoshop files by adding 'Utils.globalLayers(mySketchFile)' below the importer line. For example:

# Import file "mySketchFile"
mySketchFile = Framer.Importer.load("imported/grid-images@1x")

Utils.globalLayers(mySketchFile)

Backgrounds

Solid

bg = new BackgroundLayer backgroundColor: "#eaeaea"

Gradient

bg = new BackgroundLayer
bg.style.background = "-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #FFFFFF 0%, #E0E3E8 100%)"

Canvas Background

Canvas.backgroundColor = "B3E3FF"

Lighten

How to use .lighten and .darken:

keyColor = new Color("#1d61f0")

layers = []
for i in [0..3]
	layer = new Layer
		width: 250, height: 250
		x: 250 * i
		backgroundColor: keyColor.lighten(i * 10)

Scrolling

# Create a scroll component
scroller = new ScrollComponent
     width: Screen.width, height: Screen.height
scroller.scrollHorizontal = false

# Create and add a layer to a scroll component
longLayer = new Layer
	width: Screen.width, height: Screen.height * 3
	superLayer: scroller.content

# listen for scroll; print Y position (test)
scroller.onScroll ->
    print scroller.scrollY

# Prevent dragging beyond top
# listen for layer moving and prevent pulling down
scroller.onMove ->
	if scroller.scrollY <= 0 then scroller.scrollY = 0

# mask a wrapped layer group in a scroll component
scroll = ScrollComponent.wrap sketch.group

# constrain scrolling
scroll.scrollHorizontal = false

# set padding
scroll.contentInset =
    bottom: 90

How to Scroll with Sketch (or Photoshop)

Paging

pager = new PageComponent
	scrollVertical: false

pager.addPage listView
pager.addPage detailView

pager.snapToPage listView, false # false makes it instant

Functions

fade = (layer) ->
	layer.animate
		properties:
			opacity: 0
		time: 0.3

fade(layerA)

Arrays and Objects

# Arrays
colors = ["#f1c40f", "#2ecc71", "#1abc9c", "#3498db", "#9b59b6"]
# Accessing an array
bg = new BackgroundLayer
	backgroundColor: colors[0]

# Array of Objects
arrayOfObjects = [
	{name: "Steve", favoriteColor: "blue"}
	{name: "Maggie", favoriteColor: "red"}
	{name: "Ryan", favoriteColor: "green"}
]
# Accessing the array of objects
print arrayOfObjects[0].name
print arrayOfObjects[0].favoriteColor

Push layers to an array

layerArr = []
for i in [0..3]
    layer = new Layer
        name: "layer_" + i
    layerArr.push(layer)
print layerArr

Assign a name based on the index number

for i in [0..4]
	layer = new Layer
		name: "layer_" + i
		y: 172 * i
		x: 0
		width: Screen.width
		height: 150
	print layer.name

	layer.onClick ->
		if @.name == "layer_0"
			print "layer 0 tapped"
		else if @.name == "layer_1"
			print "layer 1 tapped"
		else if @.name == "layer_2"
			print "layer 2 tapped"
		else if @.name == "layer_3"
			print "layer 3 tapped"
		else if @.name == "layer_4"
			print "layer 4 tapped"

Text

# Adding a label to a layer and styling text
navBar = new Layer
	width: Screen.width
	height: 128
	backgroundColor: "rgba(21,21,23,1)"
	html: "My Label"
	style:
		"font-family": "-apple-system"
		"font-size": "34px"
		"color": "#ffffff"
		"font-weight": "500"
		"line-height": "148px"
		"text-align": "center"

Animation

Spring Curve

Tension – how tight the spring is coiled Friction – how much effort it takes to move the object Velocity - the initial speed that launches the object

spring(400, 40, 0)

Alternate between two animations

animationA.on(Events.AnimationEnd, animationB.start)
animationB.on(Events.AnimationEnd, animationA.start)

animationA.start()

Create reverse of animation

animationB = animationA.reverse()

Loop.delta

Framer.Loop.delta = 1 / 1000

Slows down animations to make fine tuning easier. Adjust the last number (1000) to control amount. For example:

layerA = new Layer
layerA.animate
	properties: { x: 400, y: 400 }
	curve: "spring(600, 40, 0)"

# Slow down animations
Framer.Loop.delta = 1 / 1000

Utils.Modulate

# input value, input range, output range, true (limits output to values set in output)
Utils.modulate(value, [0, 1], [0, 100], true) # input value, input range, output range

# example usage
layerA.y = Utils.modulate this.y, [0, 1], [0, 2]

Math.abs

Returns the absolute value of a number. This is useful when you don't care if the number is positive or negative. For example, in a scrolling layer you might want to know if a layer has moved by a certain threshold irregardless of positive or negative. It's easier and more streamlined to subtract numbers when you're not dealing with negatives.

dragLayerEnd = Math.abs(dragLayer.y)
amountMoved = dragLayerStart - dragLayerEnd

Preferences

Notes from Managing Styles and CSS in Framer by Marten Bjork. Excellent article!

# Add a default to all layers (not recommended)
Framer.Defaults.Layer.backgroundColor = "#ffcd02"

# Create preferences
prefs = {}
prefs.margin = 20
prefs.borderRadius = 12
# Create a styles preference
prefs.styles = {}
# One for bodyText
prefs.styles.bodyText =
	fontFamily: 'Avenir'
	fontWeight: 500
	fontSize: '72px'
	textAlign: 'center'
	lineHeight: '300px'

# Use preferences on a layer
layerA = new Layer
	x: prefs.margin
	y: prefs.margin
	size: 300
	borderRadius: prefs.borderRadius
	html: "My layer"
	style: prefs.styles.bodyText

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