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Shimmer Button
AnimationanimationA button with a shimmering light which travels around the perimeter.
Prompt
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# Animation pattern — Shimmer Button
A button with a shimmering light which travels around the perimeter.
Build it in React with `motion` (motion/react) and Tailwind CSS. Respect `prefers-reduced-motion` (render the final state without movement), keep it under ~400 ms for UI feedback, and animate only transform and opacity where possible.
Reference implementation (Magic UI, MIT):
```tsx
import React, { type ComponentPropsWithoutRef, type CSSProperties } from "react"
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
export interface ShimmerButtonProps extends ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"button"> {
shimmerColor?: string
shimmerSize?: string
borderRadius?: string
shimmerDuration?: string
background?: string
className?: string
children?: React.ReactNode
}
export const ShimmerButton = React.forwardRef<
HTMLButtonElement,
ShimmerButtonProps
>(
(
{
shimmerColor = "#ffffff",
shimmerSize = "0.05em",
shimmerDuration = "3s",
borderRadius = "100px",
background = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)",
className,
children,
...props
},
ref
) => {
return (
<button
style={
{
"--spread": "90deg",
"--shimmer-color": shimmerColor,
"--radius": borderRadius,
"--speed": shimmerDuration,
"--cut": shimmerSize,
"--bg": background,
} as CSSProperties
}
className={cn(
"group relative z-0 flex cursor-pointer items-center justify-center overflow-hidden [border-radius:var(--radius)] border border-white/10 px-6 py-3 whitespace-nowrap text-white [background:var(--bg)]",
"transform-gpu transition-transform duration-300 ease-in-out active:translate-y-px",
className
)}
ref={ref}
{...props}
>
{/* spark container */}
<div
className={cn(
"-z-30 blur-[2px]",
"@container-[size] absolute inset-0 overflow-visible"
)}
>
{/* spark */}
<div className="animate-shimmer-slide absolute inset-0 aspect-[1] h-[100cqh] rounded-none [mask:none]">
{/* spark before */}
<div className="animate-spin-around absolute -inset-full w-auto [translate:0_0] rotate-0 [background:conic-gradient(from_calc(270deg-(var(--spread)*0.5)),transparent_0,var(--shimmer-color)_var(--spread),transparent_var(--spread))]" />
</div>
</div>
{children}
{/* Highlight */}
<div
className={cn(
"absolute inset-0 size-full",
"rounded-2xl px-4 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium shadow-[inset_0_-8px_10px_#ffffff1f]",
// transition
"transform-gpu transition-all duration-300 ease-in-out",
// on hover
"group-hover:shadow-[inset_0_-6px_10px_#ffffff3f]",
// on click
"group-active:shadow-[inset_0_-10px_10px_#ffffff3f]"
)}
/>
{/* backdrop */}
<div
className={cn(
"absolute inset-(--cut) -z-20 [border-radius:var(--radius)] [background:var(--bg)]"
)}
/>
</button>
)
}
)
ShimmerButton.displayName = "ShimmerButton"
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From Magic UI (MIT, commit d7207e5).View source