Adding an Interactive Demo to Docs
Interactive demos render a Remotion composition inline in documentation pages using @remotion/player. They live in packages/docs/components/demos/.
Steps
- Create a component in
packages/docs/components/demos/(e.g.MyDemo.tsx). It should be a standard React component using Remotion hooks likeuseCurrentFrame()anduseVideoConfig(). - Register the demo in
packages/docs/components/demos/types.ts:
- Import the component - Export a DemoType object with these fields: - id: unique string used in <Demo type="..." /> - comp: the React component - compWidth / compHeight: canvas dimensions (e.g. 1280x720) - fps: frame rate (typically 30) - durationInFrames: animation length - autoPlay: whether it plays automatically - options: array of interactive controls (can be empty [])
- Add to the demos array in
packages/docs/components/demos/index.tsx:
- Import the demo constant from ./types - Add it to the demos array
- Use in MDX with
<Demo type="your-id" />
Options
Options add interactive controls below the player. Each option needs name and optional ('no', 'default-enabled', or 'default-disabled').
Supported types:
type: 'numeric'— slider withmin,max,step,defaulttype: 'boolean'— checkbox withdefaulttype: 'enum'— dropdown withvaluesarray anddefaulttype: 'string'— text input withdefault
Option values are passed to the component as inputProps. Access them as regular React props.
Example registration
export const myDemo: DemoType = {
comp: MyDemoComp,
compHeight: 720,
compWidth: 1280,
durationInFrames: 150,
fps: 30,
id: 'my-demo',
autoPlay: true,
options: [],
};