Dock Footer in Vue.
A full drop-in footer section that earns the end of the page. The footer is uncovered with a parallax scrub as you scroll to it, then the content cascades up through per-element masks once it seats - logo, brand line, link columns, left to right. A frosted-glass dock pill floats over a defocused full-bleed canvas; click it (or just reach the very bottom of the page) and one glass object morphs from pill to quick-nav panel, the nav links rising through their masks as it forms. Esc, click-outside and scrolling away all close it.
Install Dock Footer in your Vue project
Dock Footer ships as a copy-paste Vue 3 single-file component. The only dependency is GSAP - Vue's reactivity and lifecycle hooks replace the React useGSAP adapter, so no extra package is needed.
Where it goes in your Vue app
Dock Footer is a leaf-level interactive component. Drop it into any page, layout, or other component. It works in Vue 3 + Vite, Nuxt 3, and any standalone Vue setup.
In Nuxt, no special handling is needed - the component is client-safe and self-cleaning. If you want to ensure it never runs on the server (rare), wrap your usage in <ClientOnly>.
The component uses the <script setup> composition API and TypeScript-friendly defineProps.
Vue-specific gotchas
GSAP cleanup in onUnmounted, not onBeforeUnmount
onUnmounted to kill tweens and ScrollTriggers. onBeforeUnmount fires while the DOM is still mounted, but onUnmounted is the more idiomatic place for animation cleanup in Vue 3.Template refs are .value, not .current
const el = ref(null); access as el.value (not el.current like React). Pass el.value into gsap.to / gsap.from targets.Register plugins once, outside setup
gsap.registerPlugin(ScrollTrigger, ...)) can run at module top level in Vue 3 + Vite because the build is client-first. In Nuxt with SSR, wrap in if (process.client) or place inside onMounted.Common questions
- Does Dock Footer work in Nuxt 3?
- Yes. Drop it into any page or component. The component is client-safe; Nuxt handles the SSR boundary automatically. If you want explicit client-only rendering, wrap in
- Does Dock Footer work with Vue 2?
- No - the component uses the Vue 3 Composition API and