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Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL - Second Edition

Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL - Second Edition

By : Jos Dirksen
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Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL - Second Edition

Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL - Second Edition

4.4 (14)
By: Jos Dirksen

Overview of this book

If you know JavaScript and want to start creating 3D graphics that run in any browser, this book is a great choice for you. You don't need to know anything about math or WebGL; all that you need is general knowledge of JavaScript and HTML.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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8. Creating and Loading Advanced Meshes and Geometries
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Index

Automatically resize the output when browser size changes

Changing the camera when the browser is resized can be done pretty simply. The first thing we need to do is register an event listener like this:

window.addEventListener('resize', onResize, false);

Now, whenever the browser window is resized, the onResize function, which we'll specify next, is called. In this onResize function, we need to update the camera and renderer, as follows:

function onResize() {
  camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
  camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
  renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
}

For the camera, we need to update the aspect property, which holds the aspect ratio of the screen, and for the renderer, we need to change its size. The final step is to move the variable definitions for camera, renderer, and scene outside of the init() function so that we can access them from different functions (like the onResize function), as follows:

var camera;
var scene;
var renderer;

function init() {
  ...
  scene = new THREE.Scene();
  camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(45, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000);
  renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
  ...
}

To see this effect in action, open the 06-screen-size-change.html example and resize your browser window.

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