@softwarity/loading-indicator

An Angular component that displays an expressive Material 3 loading indicator with smooth morphing animation between organic shapes.

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Features

• Material 3 Expressive Design - Smooth morphing animation between 7 organic shapes
• 60fps Animation - Uses requestAnimationFrame for butter-smooth performance
• Responsive to Theme - Automatically adapts to light/dark color schemes
• Customizable Size - Adjustable diameter from small to large
• Optional Container - Circular background for better visibility
• Material 3 Ready - Uses M3 design tokens for theming (--mat-sys-*)
• Standalone Component - Easy to import in any Angular 21+ application
• Lightweight - Pure SVG animation, no external dependencies

Installation

npm install @softwarity/loading-indicator

Peer Dependencies

Package	Version
@angular/core	>= 21.0.0

Usage

Import the component in your standalone component:

import { LoadingIndicatorComponent } from '@softwarity/loading-indicator';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-my-component',
  imports: [LoadingIndicatorComponent],
  template: `...`
})
export class MyComponent {}

Add the loading-indicator component in your template:

<!-- Basic usage -->
<loading-indicator />

<!-- With custom diameter -->
<loading-indicator [diameter]="96" />

<!-- With container background -->
<loading-indicator withContainer />

<!-- Combined -->
<loading-indicator [diameter]="64" withContainer />

API

Inputs

Input	Type	Default	Description
diameter	number	48	Size of the loading indicator in pixels
withContainer	boolean	false	When true, displays a circular background container behind the shape

Theming (Material 3)

The component provides a SCSS mixin to customize the colors. This approach follows Angular Material's theming pattern.

Setup

In your application's styles.scss, import the theme file and call the overrides mixin:

@use '@angular/material' as mat;
@use '@softwarity/loading-indicator/loading-indicator-theme' as loading-indicator;

// Your Material 3 theme
html {
  @include mat.theme((
    color: (
      primary: mat.$violet-palette,
      tertiary: mat.$yellow-palette
    )
  ));

  // Optional: customize loading indicator colors
  // @include loading-indicator.overrides();
}

Customization

The overrides mixin accepts a map of tokens to customize the appearance:

Token	Default	Description
background-color	var(--mat-sys-primary-container)	Background color when withContainer is true
shape-color	var(--mat-sys-on-secondary-container)	Color of the animated shape

Examples

// Customize colors with light/dark support
@include loading-indicator.overrides((
  background-color: light-dark(#e8def8, #4a4458),
  shape-color: light-dark(#6750a4, #ccc2dc)
));

// Use Material 3 system colors
@include loading-indicator.overrides((
  background-color: var(--mat-sys-tertiary-container),
  shape-color: var(--mat-sys-on-tertiary-container)
));

// Custom brand colors
@include loading-indicator.overrides((
  shape-color: #ff5722
));

Examples

Centered Overlay

<div class="loading-overlay">
  <loading-indicator [diameter]="64" withContainer />
</div>

Inline Button Loading

<button [disabled]="isLoading">
  @if (isLoading) {
    <loading-indicator [diameter]="24" />
  } @else {
    Submit
  }
</button>

Content Placeholder

@if (isLoading) {
  <loading-indicator [diameter]="48" />
} @else {
  <app-content />
}

With Deferred Loading

@defer (on idle) {
  <app-heavy-component />
} @placeholder (minimum 500ms) {
  <loading-indicator [diameter]="64" withContainer />
}

License

MIT