Scale Slider in Vue.
A row of square photos that shrink away toward one edge, with the biggest one cropped right off the screen. Drag it, throw it, scroll the page, or let it drift on its own.
Install Scale Slider in your Vue project
Scale Slider 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
Scale Slider 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 Scale Slider 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 Scale Slider work with Vue 2?
- No - the component uses the Vue 3 Composition API and