How to use animation on favicon image ?
A favicon is a special icon that appears at the top left corner near the web address bar. The file type can be of any jpg, png, gif or icon(.ico) image. The default favicon name is favicon.ico. The favicons are also commonly known as a shortcut icon, bookmark icon or website icon. They provide convenience to users for locating your web page. The favicons are included for a branded professional look with a specific logo that maintains a uniformity through all the pages of the website. The icons help the website in online branding. An animated favicon is created from an animated image. It is set through link tag. It is basically a set of images running one after the other within a specific time frame.
Syntax:
- To add gif as favicon:
<link rel="icon" href="geeksforgeeks.org/favicon.gif" type="image/gif" />
- To add normal image as favicon:
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
Note: Animated images of type GIF will work in Firefox browser. The .ico is the standard format which works well on all browsers but many websites prefer images of type PNG.
Approach: In the following example codes, the approach taken is display of progressing animation with the help of HTML canvas, javascript and mathematical geometry. An Animate Favicon button is added in the HTML page, which helps in starting the animation effect on click event. Once the drawing is done in the canvas, it is converted to a PNG image before being assigned as a favicon.
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Circular animation on favicon</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="gfgFavicon.png" width=32px> <script language="javascript"> onload = function() { canvas = document.querySelector('#canvasId'), context = canvas.getContext('2d'); if (!!context) { // The start position for drawing circle C3qpi = 1.5 * Math.PI, tc = pct = 0, btn = document.querySelector('#animateBtn'), faviconLnk = document.querySelector('link[rel*="icon"]'); context.lineWidth = 3; context.strokeStyle = 'green'; // On page refresh, enable the button if (btn.disabled) btn.removeAttribute('disabled'); btn.addEventListener('click', function() { tc = setInterval(drawcircularLoader, 60); this.textContent = 'Animating'; this.style.backgroundColor = '#99999'; this.setAttribute('disabled', ''); }); } }; function drawcircularLoader() { with(context) { clearRect(0, 0, 32, 32); beginPath(); arc(8, 8, 6, C3qpi, (pct * 2 * Math.PI / 100 + C3qpi)); stroke(); } // Update favicon to PNG image faviconLnk.href = canvas.toDataURL('image/png'); if (pct === 100) { clearInterval(tc); btn.textContent = 'Animated'; btn.style.backgroundColor = 'green'; return; } pct++; } </script> <style> body { width: 450px; height: 300px; margin: 10px; text-align: center; } h1 { color: green; } #animateBtn { background-color: #1c2e46; border-radius: 2px; border: none; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; padding: 0px 5px; letter-spacing: 1px; cursor: pointer; } #animateBtn:focus { outline: none; } #animateBtn[disabled] { cursor: default; } .height { height: 10px; } </style></head> <body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <b>How to use circular animation on favicon image</b> <div class="height"> </div> <br> <!-- Canvas nad button for animation --> <button id="animateBtn">Animate Favicon </button> <br> <br> <canvas id="canvasId" width=32 height=32></canvas></body> </html> |
- Example 2: In this example, the implementation of drawing a square which transforms the favicon into a animated image.
<!DOCTYPE html><htmllang="en"><head><metacharset="UTF-8"><linkrel="shortcut icon"href="gfgFavicon.png"width=32px><scriptlanguage="javascript">onload = () => {var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");context = canvas.getContext('2d');if (!!context) {var animateBtn = document.getElementById("animateBtn");faviconVar = document.querySelector('link[rel*="icon"]');// The styles used for the square which will// be animated in place of faviconlet linerGradient = context.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 32, 32);linerGradient.addColorStop(0, '#8be8a7');linerGradient.addColorStop(1, '#297d4c');context.strokeStyle = linerGradient;context.lineWidth = 10;// On page refresh , the button is enabledif (animateBtn.disabled) animateBtn.removeAttribute('disabled');animateBtn.addEventListener('click', function(){// Variable used for drawing incrementationn = 0,// Speed interval for animationloadingInterval = setInterval(drawSquareLoader, 80);this.textContent = 'Animating...';this.style.backgroundColor = '#297d4c';//Once the drawing is done, the button is again disabledthis.setAttribute('disabled', '');});}};// Function for drawing square in canvas in a incrementing wayfunction drawSquareLoader() {with(context) {clearRect(0, 0, 32, 32);beginPath();// One fourth time taken to drawif (n <= 25) {moveTo(0, 0);lineTo((32 / 25) * n, 0);}// Between second quarter of drawingelse if (n > 25 && n <= 50) {moveTo(0, 0);lineTo(32, 0);moveTo(32, 0);lineTo(32, (32 / 25) * (n - 25));}// Between third quarter of drawingelse if (n > 50 && n <= 75) {moveTo(0, 0);lineTo(32, 0);moveTo(32, 0);lineTo(32, 32);moveTo(32, 32);lineTo(-((32 / 25) * (n - 75)), 32);}// Between last quarterelse if (n > 75 && n <= 100) {moveTo(0, 0);lineTo(32, 0);moveTo(32, 0);lineTo(32, 32);moveTo(32, 32);lineTo(0, 32);moveTo(0, 32);lineTo(0, -((32 / 25) * (n - 100)));}//Function to draw the pathstroke();}// Assigning the drawing to favicon after// converting into PNG imagefaviconVar.href = canvas.toDataURL('image/png');// After the drawing is finishedif (n === 100) {clearInterval(loadingInterval);animateBtn.textContent = 'Favicon Loaded';animateBtn.style.backgroundColor = '#bbbbbb';return;}// Increment the variable used to keep// track of drawing intervalsn++;}</script><title>Animation on favicon image</title><style>body {width: 450px;height: 300px;margin: 10px;text-align: center;}h1 {color: green;}html {background: #f4f6fa;}#animateBtn {background: #1c2e46;color: white;font: inherit;border: none;padding: 0px 5px;letter-spacing: 1px;cursor: pointer;border-radius: 2px;}canvas {margin: auto;display: block;}.height {height: 10px;}</style></head><body><h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1><b>How to use animation on favicon image</b><divclass="height"> </div><br><buttonid="animateBtn">Animate Favicon</button><br><br><canvasid="canvas"width=32height=32></canvas></body></html> - Output:
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