GlslEditor

Friendly GLSL Shader editor based on Codemirror compatible with glslViewer (C++/OpenGL ES) and glslCanvas (JS/WebGL).

Was originally develop to work as a embedded editor for The Book of Shaders. But now have grown as a stand alone Web app. Thanks to their compatibility with other apps of this ecosystems like glslViewer that runs in the RaspberryPi directly from console, GlslEditor interact with other projects like OpenFrame.io allowing the user to export the shaders to frames with only one button.

You can use it directly from editor.thebookofshaders.com or host one on your own website by including the two build files: glslEditor.css and glslEditor.js:

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://rawgit.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/glslEditor/gh-pages/build/glslEditor.css">
<script type="application/javascript" src="https://rawgit.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/glslEditor/gh-pages/build/glslEditor.js"></script>

You can also install it through npm:

npm install glslEditor --save

And then you are ready to use it by passing an DOM element or query selector string, and a set of options;

<body>
    <div id="glsl_editor"></div>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript">
    const glslEditor = new GlslEditor('#glsl_editor', { 
        canvas_size: 500,
        canvas_draggable: true,
        theme: 'monokai',
        multipleBuffers: true,
        watchHash: true,
        fileDrops: true,
        menu: true
    });
</script>

This is a list of all the options you can set up:

Property	type	description	default
`canvas_size`	number	Initial square size of the shader canvas	`250`
`canvas_width`	number	Initial width of the shader canvas	`250`
`canvas_height`	number	Initial height of the shader canvas	`250`
`canvas_draggable`	bool	Enables dragging, resizing and snaping capabilities to the shader canvas	`false`
`canvas_follow`	bool	Enables the shader canvas to follow the curser	`false`
`theme`	string	Codemirror style to use on the editor	`"default"`
`menu`	bool	Adds a menu that contain: 'new', 'open', 'save' and 'share' options	`false`
`multipleBuffers`	bool	Allows the creation of new tabs	`false`
`fileDrops`	bool	Listen to Drag&Drop events	`false`
`watchHash`	bool	Listen to changes on the wash path to load files	`false`
`frag_header`	string	Adds a hidden header to every shader before compiling	`""`
`frag_footer`	string	Adds a hidden footer to every shader before compiling	`""`
`indentUnit`	number	How many spaces a block should be indented	`4`
`tabSize`	number	The width of a tab character	`4`
`indentWithTabs`	bool	Whether, when indenting, the spaces should be replaced by tabs	`false`
`lineWrapping`	bool	Whether CodeMirror should wrap for long lines	`true`
`autofocus`	bool	Can be used to make CodeMirror focus itself on initialization	`true`

Some of the features features

Inline Color picker and 3D vector picker for '''vec3''

Inline Trackpad for '''vec2'''

Slider for floats
Inline error display

Breakpoints for variables

Electron Version

When developing use this to automatically reload Electron on every change

npm run dev

For use just do:

npm run start

TODOs

Author

Patricio Gonzalez Vivo: github | twitter | website

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:

Lou Huang: glslEditor born from learned leassons on TangramPlay. His code and wizdom is all arround this project.
Brett Camper: media capture and texture class (on GlslCanvas) are totally his credit.
Jaume Sanchez Elias: thanks for the big help with the profiler tester.
Kenichi Yoneda (Kynd): helped with the UI and presentation mode
Thomas Hooper: performance improvements

glslEditorSimple WebGL Fragment Shader Editor