Svelte Mandelbrot Explorer

Installation & Usage

Install this component into your svelte or sveltekit application running npm i svelte-mandelbrot-explorer. You can then use it like this:

<script>
    import MandelbrotExplorer from 'svelte-mandelbrot-explorer'
</script>

<MandelbrotExplorer/>

The component defaults to a canvas size of 300x150. This is the default size of the <canvas> element. You should probably bind the width and height to that of a wrapper <div>. Like so:

<script>
	import MandelbrotExplorer from '$lib';
	let width = 150;
    $: height = width / 16 * 9; //Preserve 16/9 aspect ratio
</script>

<div
	bind:clientWidth={width}
	style={`width: 100%; height: ${height}px;`}
>
	<MandelbrotExplorer {width} {height} />
</div>

API Reference

• width & height

  Type: number

  Default: width=300, height=150

  Control the dimensions

• frozen

  Type: boolean

  Default: false

  If true, all interactivity is disabled and only a static image is shown

• iterations

  Type: number

  Default: 500

  The maximum number of iterations for drawing the mandelbrot set. Higher iteration count results in higher accuracy, but slows down rendering.

• focalPoint

  Type: [number,number]

  Default [0,0]

  Where on the complex plane the viewport should be centered.

• zoom

  Type: number,

  Default: 0.3333333333,

  How zoomed in the viewport should be. The viewport-width in the complex plane is equal to 1/zoom.

Limitations & Considerations

Because this is a WebGl based implementation, the precision is limited. The Image breaks down after about a 100'000x zoom.

The Canvas is only rerendered if one of the attributes changes. If you never change the attributes, it will basically be an image.