# WOW.js [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/matthieua/WOW.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/matthieua/WOW)
Reveal CSS animation as you scroll down a page.
By default, you can use it to trigger [animate.css](https://github.com/daneden/animate.css) animations.
But you can easily change the settings to your favorite animation library.
Advantages:
- Smaller than other JavaScript parallax plugins, like Scrollorama (they do fantastic things, but can be too heavy for simple needs)
- Super simple to install, and works with animate.css, so if you already use it, that will be very fast to setup
- Fast execution and lightweight code: the browser will like it ;-)
- You can change the settings - [see below](#advanced-usage)
Follow [@mattaussaguel](//twitter.com/mattaussaguel) for updates as WOW evolves.
### [LIVE DEMO ➫](http://mynameismatthieu.com/WOW/)
## Live examples
- [MaterialUp](http://www.materialup.com)
- [Fliplingo](https://www.fliplingo.com)
- [Streamline Icons](http://www.streamlineicons.com)
- [Microsoft Stories](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/stories/garage/)
## Version
1.1.2
## Documentation
It just take seconds to install and use WOW.js!
[Read the documentation ➫](http://mynameismatthieu.com/WOW/docs.html)
### Dependencies
- [animate.css](https://github.com/daneden/animate.css)
### Basic usage
- HTML
```html
```
- JavaScript
```javascript
new WOW().init();
```
### Advanced usage
- HTML
```html
```
- JavaScript
```javascript
var wow = new WOW(
{
boxClass: 'wow', // animated element css class (default is wow)
animateClass: 'animated', // animation css class (default is animated)
offset: 0, // distance to the element when triggering the animation (default is 0)
mobile: true, // trigger animations on mobile devices (default is true)
live: true, // act on asynchronously loaded content (default is true)
callback: function(box) {
// the callback is fired every time an animation is started
// the argument that is passed in is the DOM node being animated
}
}
);
wow.init();
```
### Asynchronous content support
In IE 10+, Chrome 18+ and Firefox 14+, animations will be automatically
triggered for any DOM nodes you add after calling `wow.init()`. If you do not
like that, you can disable this by setting `live` to `false`.
If you want to support older browsers (e.g. IE9+), as a fallback, you can call
the `wow.sync()` method after you have added new DOM elements to animate (but
`live` should still be set to `true`). Calling `wow.sync()` has no side
effects.
## Contribute
The library is written in CoffeeScript, please update `wow.coffee` file.
We use grunt to compile and minify the library:
Install needed libraries
```
npm install
```
Get the compilation running in the background
```
grunt watch
```
Enjoy!
## Bug tracker
If you find a bug, please report it [here on Github](https://github.com/matthieua/WOW/issues)!
## Developer
Developed by Matthieu Aussaguel, [mynameismatthieu.com](http://mynameismatthieu.com)
+ [@mattaussaguel](//twitter.com/mattaussaguel)
+ [Github Profile](//github.com/matthieua)
## Contributors
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the project so far:
- Attila Oláh - [@attilaolah](//twitter.com/attilaolah) - [Github Profile](//github.com/attilaolah)
- [and many others](//github.com/matthieua/WOW/graphs/contributors)
Initiated and designed by [Vincent Le Moign](//www.webalys.com/), [@webalys](//twitter.com/webalys)