Expand description
Continuous pointer query system for CSS-driven pointer interaction.
Exposes per-element pointer data (position, velocity, distance, angle)
as CSS environment variables usable in calc() and @flow inputs.
§CSS Properties
#card {
pointer-space: self; /* coordinate space: self | parent | viewport */
pointer-origin: center; /* origin point: center | top-left | bottom-left */
pointer-range: -1.0 1.0; /* normalize coordinates to this range */
pointer-smoothing: 0.1; /* exponential smoothing (seconds) */
}§Environment Variables
Once pointer-space is set on an element, these env() variables resolve:
env(pointer-x)— normalized X positionenv(pointer-y)— normalized Y positionenv(pointer-vx)— X velocity (units/sec)env(pointer-vy)— Y velocity (units/sec)env(pointer-speed)— total speedenv(pointer-distance)— distance from originenv(pointer-angle)— angle from origin (radians)env(pointer-inside)— 1.0 if pointer is inside, 0.0 otherwiseenv(pointer-active)— 1.0 if pointer is pressed, 0.0 otherwiseenv(pointer-pressure)— normalized touch/click pressure (0.0-1.0)env(pointer-touch-count)— number of active touch points (0 for mouse)env(pointer-hover-duration)— seconds since pointer entered
Structs§
- Element
Pointer State - Per-element continuous pointer state
- Pointer
Query State - Global pointer query state — tracks continuous pointer data per element.
- Pointer
Space Config - Configuration for pointer tracking on an element
Enums§
- Pointer
Origin - Origin point for coordinate normalization
- Pointer
Space - Coordinate space for pointer tracking