GimbalWidget

April 7, 2026 · View on GitHub

import {GimbalWidgetDemo} from '@site/src/doc-demos/widgets'; import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'; import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';

Visualizes the orientation of an OrbitView using nested circles. Clicking resets rotationOrbit and rotationX to 0.

import {Deck, OrbitView} from '@deck.gl/core';
import {GimbalWidget} from '@deck.gl/widgets';
import '@deck.gl/widgets/stylesheet.css';

new Deck({
  views: new OrbitView({orbitAxis: 'Y'}),
  initialViewState: {
    target: [0, 0, 0],
    zoom: 0,
    rotationX: -45,
    rotationOrbit: 30
  },
  controller: true,
  widgets: [
    new GimbalWidget({placement: 'top-left'})
  ]
});

import {Deck, OrbitView} from '@deck.gl/core';
import {GimbalWidget} from '@deck.gl/widgets';
import '@deck.gl/widgets/stylesheet.css';

new Deck({
  views: new OrbitView({orbitAxis: 'Y'}),
  initialViewState: {
    target: [0, 0, 0] as [number, number, number],
    zoom: 0,
    rotationX: -45,
    rotationOrbit: 30
  },
  controller: true,
  widgets: [
    new GimbalWidget({placement: 'top-left'})
  ]
});

import React from 'react';
import DeckGL, {GimbalWidget} from '@deck.gl/react';
import {OrbitView} from '@deck.gl/core';
import '@deck.gl/widgets/stylesheet.css';

function App() {
  return (
    <DeckGL
      views={new OrbitView({orbitAxis: 'Y'})}
      initialViewState={{
        target: [0, 0, 0],
        zoom: 0,
        rotationX: -45,
        rotationOrbit: 30
      }}
      controller
    >
      <GimbalWidget placement="top-left" />
    </DeckGL>
  );
}

import React, {useState, useCallback} from 'react';
import DeckGL, {GimbalWidget} from '@deck.gl/react';
import {OrbitView, type OrbitViewState} from '@deck.gl/core';
import '@deck.gl/widgets/stylesheet.css';

function App() {
  const [viewState, setViewState] = useState<OrbitViewState>({
    target: [0, 0, 0],
    zoom: 0,
    rotationX: -45,
    rotationOrbit: 30
  });

  const onViewStateChange = useCallback(({viewState: vs}) => {
    setViewState(vs as OrbitViewState);
  }, []);

  return (
    <DeckGL
      views={new OrbitView({orbitAxis: 'Y'})}
      viewState={viewState}
      onViewStateChange={onViewStateChange}
      controller
    >
      <GimbalWidget placement="top-left" />
    </DeckGL>
  );
}

Constructor

import {GimbalWidget, type GimbalWidgetProps} from '@deck.gl/widgets';
new GimbalWidget({} satisfies GimbalWidgetProps);

Types

`GimbalWidgetProps` {#gimbalwidgetprops}

The GimbalWidgetProps accepts the generic WidgetProps and:

`label` (string, optional) {#label}

Default: 'Gimbal'

Tooltip message displayed while hovering a mouse over the widget.

`strokeWidth` (number, optional) {#strokewidth}

Default: 1.5

Width of gimbal lines.

`transitionDuration` (number, optional) {#transitionduration}

Default: 200

View state transition duration in milliseconds.

`onReset` (Function, optional) {#onreset}

(params: {viewId: string; rotationOrbit: number; rotationX: number}) => void

Default: () => {}

Callback when the gimbal reset button is clicked. Called for each viewport that will be reset.

viewId: The view being reset
rotationOrbit: The new rotationOrbit value (0)
rotationX: The new rotationX value (0)

Styles

Name	Default
`--icon-gimbal-outer-color`	`rgb(68, 92, 204)`
`--icon-gimbal-inner-color`	`rgb(240, 92, 68)`

Source

modules/widgets/src/gimbal-widget.tsx