tsParticles Sea Anemone Preset

tsParticles preset for creating a beautiful sea anemone like effect with particles spawned in the canvas center.

Sample

Quick checklist

1. Install @tsparticles/engine (or use the CDN bundle below)
2. Call loadSeaAnemonePreset(tsParticles) before tsParticles.load(...)
3. Set preset: "seaAnemone" in options

How to use it

CDN / Vanilla JS / jQuery

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tsparticles/preset-sea-anemone@4/tsparticles.preset.seaAnemone.bundle.min.js"></script>

Usage

Once the scripts are loaded you can set up tsParticles like this:

(async () => {
  await loadSeaAnemonePreset(tsParticles);

  await tsParticles.load({
    id: "tsparticles",
    options: {
      preset: "seaAnemone",
    },
  });
})();

Customization

Important ⚠️ You can override all the options defining the properties like in any standard tsParticles installation.

tsParticles.load({
  id: "tsparticles",
  options: {
    particles: {
      shape: {
        type: "square", // starting from v2, this require the square shape script
      },
    },
    preset: "seaAnemone",
  },
});

Like in the sample above, the circles will be replaced by squares.

Frameworks with a tsParticles component library

Checkout the documentation in the component library repository and call the loadSeaAnemonePreset function instead of loadFull, loadSlim or similar functions.

The options shown above are valid for all the component libraries.

Dependencies

This preset loads and combines the following packages:

| Package | Role in this preset | README | | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | @tsparticles/basic | Base runtime bundle used by the preset | https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tsparticles/basic | | @tsparticles/engine | tsParticles engine and preset registration | https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tsparticles/engine | | @tsparticles/path-curves | Moves particles along curved paths | https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tsparticles/path-curves | | @tsparticles/plugin-emitters | Spawns particles from configurable emitters | https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tsparticles/plugin-emitters | | @tsparticles/plugin-interactivity | Enables external interaction plumbing | https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tsparticles/plugin-interactivity | | @tsparticles/plugin-trail | Adds persistent canvas trail rendering | https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tsparticles/plugin-trail |

If you want to customize one specific behavior, start from the related package README above.

Common pitfalls

• Calling tsParticles.load(...) before loadSeaAnemonePreset(tsParticles)
• Changing particle shape without loading the corresponding shape package
• Particles spawn from the canvas center by default; override emitters.position to change the origin

Related docs

• All presets catalog: https://github.com/tsparticles/presets
• Emitter options: https://particles.js.org/docs/classes/Plugins_Emitters_Options_Classes_Emitter.Emitter.html
• Main tsParticles docs: https://particles.js.org/docs/

flowchart TD

subgraph b [Bundles]
bb[tsParticles Basic]
end

subgraph pa [Paths]
pac[Curves]
end

bb --> pa

subgraph pl [Plugins]
ple[Emitters]
pli[Interactivity]
plt[Trail]
end

bb --> pl

subgraph pr [Presets]
prsa[Sea Anemone]
end

bb & pac & ple & pli & plt --> prsa