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Entrance Animation Control

Elementor Core BasicEntrance Animation Control

Elementor entrance animation control displays a select box field based on the Animate.css library. The control allows to set an entrance animation effect for an item.

The control is defined in Control_Animation class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::ANIMATION constant.

Arguments

NameTypeDefaultDescription
typestringanimationThe type of the control.
labelstringThe label that appears above of the field.
descriptionstringThe description that appears below the field.
show_labelbooltrueWhether to display the label.
label_blockboolfalseWhether to display the label in a separate line.
separatorstringdefaultSet the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
defaultstringThe field default value.

Return Value

(string) The selected entrance animation class.

Usage

php
<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'style_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Style', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_STYLE,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'entrance_animation',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Entrance Animation', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::ANIMATION,
				'prefix_class' => 'animated ',
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		?>
		<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $settings['entrance_animation'] ); ?>">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<div class="{{ settings.entrance_animation }}">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

}