# A-Frame-Touch-Inspector (💣 Experimental) ![](https://badgen.net/bundlephobia/min/aframe-touch-inspector) ![](https://badgen.net/bundlephobia/minzip/aframe-touch-inspector) Based on A-Frame Inspector ([Original project](https://github.com/aframevr/aframe-inspector)) *👏 Project is detached clone from the original A-Frame Inspector that honors the same engine and lib model, but it has been refactored partly & carefully to ensure backwards compatibility while improving the structure and functionality. It aims to not replace, but offer itself as an alternative to the original dual panel interface, by offering a more Whiteboard tool driven approach based on transparency and decoupled interfaces.* Please note that to my best abilities i try to keep an eye on the original project issues and reported bugs and to keep fixing it on this project. **⏰ Current state**: The project is as of now not ready for prime-time and time cannot be allocated as for a 09:00-18:00 job, but it's a dear project and I will keep improving it and one day release the first version. --- ### 🪀 Screenshots & Preview Demo Below is the demo and some screenshots of different menus and panels ### **[👀 DEMO](https://rand0mc0d3r.github.io/aframe-touch-inspector/examples/)** | Configuration | Scenegraph | | - | ------ | | ![](/images/configuration.png) | ![](/images/scenegraph.png) | --- ### 📺 JsFiddle example (native JS + 📡) *NOTE: Mind the console that can be hidden.* https://jsfiddle.net/s3x4nmhj/ ### 💻 Local Installation ``` // with npm npm i aframe-touch-inspector // with yarn yarn add aframe-touch-inspector ``` ### 📡 Remote fetching ``` https://unpkg.com/aframe-touch-inspector@1.0.1/dist/aframe-inspector.min.js // Somewhere in // ``` --- ### 📝 Inherited documentation Previous documentation can be found here: [A-Frame Inspector](https://github.com/aframevr/aframe-inspector/blob/master/README.md) The foundation, event sending and mechanics along with processing and exporting functions were mainly preserved, yet refactored to feature components described as functional entities. --- ### 🗺️ Usage & Documentation The inspector, once instantiated adds to the current scene a custom camera over the existing A-Frame camera, and a few controls along with a grid structure. The UI features in the bottom side, form left to right: - 📷 a camera controller with zoom in / reset / out; - ♻️ a panel for rotate / translate and scale - 👁️ a preview panel that based on the raycaster's target offers an overview of the selected ```a-entity```. - 🎚️ a switch to turn off / on the inspector mode (*upon clicking the enhancements are removed or added back*) - 2 x 📰 panels for properties - 📑 a listing module that represents the entities - 🎛️ a control box for a selected entity to adjust For most panels further documentation is not needed as the functionality aims to be self-explanatory and guided. Along various panels, tooltips, documentation links and further explanations are provided on the spot if needed. --- ### 🔨 Changed feature set - Installed **Material-UI** - Installed **Styled-Components** - Added a full-screen toggle - Added **font-awesome** to the build-chain (removed as injection) - Made the elements able to deselect - De-constructed the menu to be more tablet friendly - Added visual effects to allow moving over surfaces - Added guidance cursors for predictable actions - Refactored the component adding to be a modal - Refactored checkboxes as switches - Added iconography to component properties - Added component specific documentation links to A-Frame relevant page - Added iconography to component descriptors and enhanced preview mechanic - Added default zoom view, and zoom in and out. In a transparent format - Updated transparency and borders for better clarity over various contrast tests - Refactored components of entities to represent their icons more compact in the preview hover - Refactored preview hover nesting and cursor / selection functionality **🗑️ Removals:** - For now removed the camera/perspective switcher **🔧 Practical:** - Refactored example to feature more groups and consistent naming - Removed environment library usage as it's model is not stable but generative - Disabled WebPack WDS logging from socket in DevTools - Removed Package-Name-Generator due to entire lodash dependency. Replaced with random string generator; **📐 Technical:** - Refactored most components to functional files - Refactored components to use the atomic-design pattern - Consolidated lifecycle Event listener removal - Enabled parallel (4 core) building WebPack specifically for Terser - Updated toolchain - Added scripts for webpack bundle explorer (**deprecated**) - Added BundleAnalyzerPlugin for better analysis - Converted thread-blocking bundleAnalyzer to non blocking block chain - Added for all functional-hook oriented components correct teardowns on Event listeners - Added flagging on entity conversion flags to differentiate behavior where relevant **🐞 Known bugs:** - Scenegraph cannot re-expand a collapsed group - Visibility of an entity cannot be restored once disabled **💡 ToDo:** - Make selection bounding box toggle-able - Refactor 3 way transform toolbar to be similar to MsPaint in Windows10 --- ### 🧱 Local Development ```bash git clone git@github.com:aframevr/aframe-inspector.git cd aframe-inspector npm install npm start ``` Then navigate to __[http://localhost:3333/examples/](http://localhost:3333/examples/)__ [travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/aframevr/aframe-inspector.svg?style=flat-square [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/aframevr/aframe-inspector --- ### 📦 Package evaluation ``` npm run explorer ``` **NOTE-WIP**: package size is double+ than before, but the refactoring is mid-flight and there are duplicate dependencies ![Explorer stats](/images/explorer.png) ### 😄 You **If** you find it useful but buggy, file an issue. -- *Would try to honor it in a quick span of time.* **If** you have ideas, still file a new issue and explain how you envision it. -- *Will gladly consider all submissions and if not on the spot try to consier it during refactoring and architecture updates* **If** you rely on it and i broke it.. -- *Sorry, please file an issue and help me patch it* --- Cheers # 🤗