3D DOM viewer, copy-paste this into your console to visualise the DOM topographically.

dom3d.js

// 3D Dom viewer, copy-paste this into your console to visualise the DOM as a stack of solid blocks.
// You can also minify and save it as a bookmarklet (https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-are-bookmarklets/)
(() => {
  const SHOW_SIDES = false; // color sides of DOM nodes?
  const COLOR_SURFACE = true; // color tops of DOM nodes?
  const COLOR_RANDOM = false; // randomise color?
  const COLOR_HUE = 190; // hue in HSL (https://hslpicker.com)
  const MAX_ROTATION = 180; // set to 360 to rotate all the way round
  const THICKNESS = 20; // thickness of layers
  const DISTANCE = 10000; // ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯


  function getRandomColor() {
    const hue = Math.floor(Math.random() * 360);
    const saturation = 50 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 30);
    const lightness = 40 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 30);
    return `hsl(${hue}, ${saturation}%, ${lightness}%)`;
  }

  const getDOMDepth = element => [...element.children].reduce((max, child) => Math.max(max, getDOMDepth(child)), 0) + 1;
  const domDepthCache = getDOMDepth(document.body);
  const getColorByDepth = (depth, hue = 0, lighten = 0) => `hsl(${hue}, 75%, ${Math.min(10 + depth * (1 + 60 / domDepthCache), 90) + lighten}%)`;

  // Apply initial styles to the body to enable 3D perspective
  const body = document.body;
  body.style.overflow = "visible";
  body.style.transformStyle = "preserve-3d";
  body.style.perspective = DISTANCE;
  const perspectiveOriginX = (window.innerWidth / 2);
  const perspectiveOriginY = (window.innerHeight / 2);
  body.style.perspectiveOrigin = body.style.transformOrigin = `${perspectiveOriginX}px ${perspectiveOriginY}px`;
  traverseDOM(body, 0, 0, 0);

  document.addEventListener("mousemove", (event) => {
    const rotationY = (MAX_ROTATION * (1 - event.clientY / window.innerHeight) - (MAX_ROTATION / 2));
    const rotationX = (MAX_ROTATION * event.clientX / window.innerWidth - (MAX_ROTATION / 2));
    body.style.transform = `rotateX(${rotationY}deg) rotateY(${rotationX}deg)`;
  });

  // Create side faces for an element to give it a 3D appearance
  function createSideFaces(element, color) {
    if (!SHOW_SIDES) { return }
    const width = element.offsetWidth;
    const height = element.offsetHeight;
    const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();

    // Helper function to create and style a face
    const createFace = ({ width, height, transform, transformOrigin, top, left, right, bottom }) => {
      const face = document.createElement('div');
      face.className = 'dom-3d-side-face';
      Object.assign(face.style, {
        transformStyle: "preserve-3d",
        backfaceVisibility: 'hidden',
        position: 'absolute',
        width: `${width}px`,
        height: `${height}px`,
        background: color,
        transform,
        transformOrigin,
        overflow: 'hidden',
        willChange: 'transform',
        top,
        left,
        right,
        bottom
      });
      fragment.appendChild(face);
    }

    // Top face
    createFace({
      width,
      height: THICKNESS,
      transform: `rotateX(-270deg) translateY(${-THICKNESS}px)`,
      transformOrigin: 'top',
      top: '0px',
      left: '0px',
    });

    // Right face
    createFace({
      width: THICKNESS,
      height,
      transform: 'rotateY(90deg)',
      transformOrigin: 'left',
      top: '0px',
      left: `${width}px`
    });

    // Bottom face
    createFace({
      width,
      height: THICKNESS,
      transform: `rotateX(-90deg) translateY(${THICKNESS}px)`,
      transformOrigin: 'bottom',
      bottom: '0px',
      left: '0px'
    });

    // Left face
    createFace({
      width: THICKNESS,
      height,
      transform: `translateX(${-THICKNESS}px) rotateY(-90deg)`,
      transformOrigin: 'right',
      top: '0px',
      left: '0px'
    });

    element.appendChild(fragment);
  }

  // Recursive function to traverse child nodes, apply 3D styles, and create side faces
  function traverseDOM(parentNode, depthLevel, offsetX, offsetY) {
    for (let children = parentNode.childNodes, childrenCount = children.length, i = 0; i < childrenCount; i++) {
      const childNode = children[i];
      if (!(1 === childNode.nodeType && !childNode.classList.contains('dom-3d-side-face'))) continue;
      const color = COLOR_RANDOM ? getRandomColor() : getColorByDepth(depthLevel, COLOR_HUE, -5);
      Object.assign(childNode.style, {
        transform: `translateZ(${THICKNESS}px)`,
        overflow: "visible",
        backfaceVisibility: "hidden",
        isolation: "auto",
        transformStyle: "preserve-3d",
        backgroundColor: COLOR_SURFACE ? color : getComputedStyle(childNode).backgroundColor,
        willChange: 'transform',
      });

      let updatedOffsetX = offsetX;
      let updatedOffsetY = offsetY;
      if (childNode.offsetParent === parentNode) {
        updatedOffsetX += parentNode.offsetLeft;
        updatedOffsetY += parentNode.offsetTop;
      }
      createSideFaces(childNode, color);
      traverseDOM(childNode, depthLevel + 1, updatedOffsetX, updatedOffsetY);
    }
  }
})()

This is mad cool

As requested, I've made a browser extension. A little development help would be massive — currently only works in Firefox so Chrome/Safari help would be great. Once it's polished, I'll make it freely available in extension stores for easy usage.

I will continue to update this gist with improvements from that repo so that you can always just copy-paste it into your console.

This is very cool, thanks for sharing it. One thing to note is that it breaks inside elements that have the style isolation: isolate;. I think it's probably best to force isolation: auto; on all elements when using this.

does anyone want a cursed self minifying header? :D
requires terser or a clipboard tool that allows stdin to be piped into it to be within yr path:

#!/bin/zsh
//(){ : ;}
//;set +xe # set to -xe if you need to debug
//;NEW="$(printf $0 | sed 's/\.js//g')".min.js
//;compress_opt(){ terser --compress ecma=5,computed_props=false $@ }
//;clean_opt(){ compress_opt  $@ }
//;run(){ clean_opt --keep-classnames --keep-fnames -- $@ }
//;run $0 | grep -v '#!/bin/zsh' > $NEW
//;{ printf 'javascript:' ;cat $NEW ;} | vis-clipboard --copy
//;exit 0

ERRATA: note clean_opt is technically redundant, however it can be used for passing other options to terser
Also there is probably another way to do args passing, however it just works this way :)

cool

so cool

Better to change mousemove with pointermove to make it works on touchscreen. Though it will be bit annoying to scroll on mobile phone.
Another way to make it seamless on mobile phone is by handle deviceorientation event then use: alpha, beta, gamma; value 🤔

Great..! it was cool..

Anyone remember when Firefox had a far better version of this built in? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqHV625EU3E

Anyone remember when Firefox had this built in?

yes

@krzentner could you give an example of the isolation: isolate issue? Happy to make the change once I see what it's doing.

Everyone: since @OrionReed is now developing browser extensions (https://github.com/OrionReed/dom3d), it might be best to file issues at https://github.com/OrionReed/dom3d/issues - even if they are referenced here.

I think it might make it easier to track and resolve specific things.

@ylluminate ^ absolutely. we can push improvement from that repo into this single-function gist and reference those issues/changes here.

This should be a browser plugin.

I have a updated version without the blue color:
https://gist.github.com/swnck/7aa80d2968a115ada8d920d772823cc8

@malikalimoekhamedov it is being plugin-ified here here

@malikalimoekhamedov it is being plugin-ified here here

Beautiful

I've added some of the few major issues to the extension repo and if anyone can fix any of them I will buy you a coffee or drink of your choice!

Specifically, there are 3 issues that are causing the majority of problems:

• The z-ordering of DOM elements from the 'cameras' perspective is incorrect in some cases.
• Some websites (like GitHub) appear flat when their DOM clearly isn't.
• Some elements don't increase stack height, such as <a> and <i> tags.

Revised the gist, should now work on many more websites which previously looked flat thanks to forcing isolation: auto

This is amazing!

FYI you can make a bookmarklet in Firefox/Chrome and add this as the url to create a 1-click way of loading this into any site.

javascript:(()=>{function e(){return`hsl(${Math.floor(360*Math.random())}, ${50+Math.floor(30*Math.random())}%, ${40+Math.floor(30*Math.random())}%)`}let t=e=>[...e.children].reduce((e,n)=>Math.max(e,t(n)),0)+1,n=t(document.body),r=(e,t=0,r=0)=>`hsl(${t}, 75%, ${Math.min(10+e*(1+60/n),90)+r}%)`,o=document.body;o.style.overflow="visible",o.style.transformStyle="preserve-3d",o.style.perspective=1e4;let i=window.innerWidth/2,l=window.innerHeight/2;function s(e,t){}function f(e,t,n,o){for(let i=e.childNodes,l=i.length,$=0;$<l;$++){let a=i[$];if(!(1===a.nodeType&&!a.classList.contains("dom-3d-side-face")))continue;let d=r(t,190,-5);Object.assign(a.style,{transform:"translateZ(20px)",overflow:"visible",backfaceVisibility:"hidden",transformStyle:"preserve-3d",backgroundColor:d,willChange:"transform"});let c=n,m=o;a.offsetParent===e&&(c+=e.offsetLeft,m+=e.offsetTop),s(a,d),f(a,t+1,c,m)}}o.style.perspectiveOrigin=o.style.transformOrigin=`${i}px ${l}px`,f(o,0,0,0),document.addEventListener("mousemove",e=>{let t=180*(1-e.clientY/window.innerHeight)-90,n=180*e.clientX/window.innerWidth-90;o.style.transform=`rotateX(${t}deg) rotateY(${n}deg)`})})();

This is excellent. Waoh! Well done

FYI you can make a bookmarklet in Firefox/Chrome and add this as the url to create a 1-click way of loading this into any site.

javascript:(()=>{function e(){return`hsl(${Math.floor(360*Math.random())}, ${50+Math.floor(30*Math.random())}%, ${40+Math.floor(30*Math.random())}%)`}let t=e=>[...e.children].reduce((e,n)=>Math.max(e,t(n)),0)+1,n=t(document.body),r=(e,t=0,r=0)=>`hsl(${t}, 75%, ${Math.min(10+e*(1+60/n),90)+r}%)`,o=document.body;o.style.overflow="visible",o.style.transformStyle="preserve-3d",o.style.perspective=1e4;let i=window.innerWidth/2,l=window.innerHeight/2;function s(e,t){}function f(e,t,n,o){for(let i=e.childNodes,l=i.length,$=0;$<l;$++){let a=i[$];if(!(1===a.nodeType&&!a.classList.contains("dom-3d-side-face")))continue;let d=r(t,190,-5);Object.assign(a.style,{transform:"translateZ(20px)",overflow:"visible",backfaceVisibility:"hidden",transformStyle:"preserve-3d",backgroundColor:d,willChange:"transform"});let c=n,m=o;a.offsetParent===e&&(c+=e.offsetLeft,m+=e.offsetTop),s(a,d),f(a,t+1,c,m)}}o.style.perspectiveOrigin=o.style.transformOrigin=`${i}px ${l}px`,f(o,0,0,0),document.addEventListener("mousemove",e=>{let t=180*(1-e.clientY/window.innerHeight)-90,n=180*e.clientX/window.innerWidth-90;o.style.transform=`rotateX(${t}deg) rotateY(${n}deg)`})})();

This is great! Thanks!

Pardon my french, but what the fuck.

edit: the video isn't embedding. basically, it causes firefox to spaz out on twitter.

link (bright flashing lights warning): https://utfs.io/f/b6f07e7a-6460-4dd0-862a-de3d6bd85152-1yk8hb.webm

Very cool! Just commenting to add a link to your tweet that led me here: https://x.com/OrionReedOne/status/1772934478421188620

It's cool! Love it <3