# Three.js Controls and Helpers

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-controls/  
**Provider:** Three.js — https://apis.io/providers/threejs/  
**Documentation:** https://threejs.org/docs/#examples/en/controls/OrbitControls

Three.js Controls and Helpers is one of 6 APIs that [Three.js](https://apis.io/providers/threejs/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Controls, Input, Camera, and Interaction. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Camera and object controls shipped as addons (`three/addons/controls/*`) including OrbitControls, MapControls, TrackballControls, FirstPersonControls, FlyControls, PointerLockControls, TransformControls, DragControls, and ArcballControls. Helpers (`three/addons/helpers/*`) visualize lights, cameras, axes, and bounding volumes for debugging.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://threejs.org/docs/#examples/en/controls/OrbitControls
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/tree/dev/examples/jsm/controls

## Other Three.js APIs (5)

- [Three.js Core](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-core/)
- [Three.js Renderers (WebGL and WebGPU)](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-renderers/)
- [Three.js Loaders](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-loaders/)
- [Three.js Post-Processing](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-postprocessing/)
- [Three.js Editor](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-editor/)

## Tags

Controls, Input, Camera, Interaction

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