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Text Shimmer
AnimationanimationShimmer effect on text. Easily adjust the duration and the spread of the shimmer effect.
Prompt
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# Animation pattern — Text Shimmer
Shimmer effect on text. Easily adjust the duration and the spread of the shimmer effect.
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 (Motion-Primitives, MIT):
```tsx
'use client';
import React, { useMemo, type JSX } from 'react';
import { motion } from 'motion/react';
import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
export type TextShimmerProps = {
children: string;
as?: React.ElementType;
className?: string;
duration?: number;
spread?: number;
};
function TextShimmerComponent({
children,
as: Component = 'p',
className,
duration = 2,
spread = 2,
}: TextShimmerProps) {
const MotionComponent = motion.create(
Component as keyof JSX.IntrinsicElements
);
const dynamicSpread = useMemo(() => {
return children.length * spread;
}, [children, spread]);
return (
<MotionComponent
className={cn(
'relative inline-block bg-[length:250%_100%,auto] bg-clip-text',
'text-transparent [--base-color:#a1a1aa] [--base-gradient-color:#000]',
'[background-repeat:no-repeat,padding-box] [--bg:linear-gradient(90deg,#0000_calc(50%-var(--spread)),var(--base-gradient-color),#0000_calc(50%+var(--spread)))]',
'dark:[--base-color:#71717a] dark:[--base-gradient-color:#ffffff] dark:[--bg:linear-gradient(90deg,#0000_calc(50%-var(--spread)),var(--base-gradient-color),#0000_calc(50%+var(--spread)))]',
className
)}
initial={{ backgroundPosition: '100% center' }}
animate={{ backgroundPosition: '0% center' }}
transition={{
repeat: Infinity,
duration,
ease: 'linear',
}}
style={
{
'--spread': `${dynamicSpread}px`,
backgroundImage: `var(--bg), linear-gradient(var(--base-color), var(--base-color))`,
} as React.CSSProperties
}
>
{children}
</MotionComponent>
);
}
export const TextShimmer = React.memo(TextShimmerComponent);
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From Motion-Primitives (MIT, commit 120f64f).View source