Thread Pointer

A tensioned pointer thread stitches through stable anchor pins, choosing a compact route around the cursor and tightening into a clean editorial line at rest.

• Exploration cues
• Portfolio detail
• Pointer-led product moments

• Pointer selects an ordered route through deterministic anchor pins
• Quadratic thread spans preserve continuous joints at every bend
• Knot, slack and tension passes remain independently tunable
• A component-specific renderer and control contract—not a palette swap of another release
• Compact and full previews share one visibility-aware production renderer

Adaptive sampling, capped DPR and visibility-based suspension keep the renderer predictable. Test density on low-power mobile hardware before increasing it.

Pointer and touch coordinates are container-scoped; offscreen renderers stop work and pixel ratio is capped.

The visual canvas is decorative by default. Pair it with a semantic heading or description, and reduced motion holds a stable rendered frame.