Animated Beam
Animated Beam is a React and Tailwind CSS effect component from Magic UI, licensed MIT. Copy it and paste it into your project.
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What it is
Animated Beam is a React and Tailwind CSS effect component from Magic UI, licensed MIT. Copy it and paste it into your project.
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Needs
npm i motion
Licence
This component comes from Magic UI and is redistributed under the MIT licence, which permits commercial use. The copyright notice travels with the code.
Animated Beam
"use client"
import { useEffect, useId, useState, type RefObject } from "react"
import { motion } from "motion/react"
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
export interface AnimatedBeamProps {
className?: string
containerRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null> // Container ref
fromRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>
toRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>
curvature?: number
reverse?: boolean
pathColor?: string
pathWidth?: number
pathOpacity?: number
gradientStartColor?: string
gradientStopColor?: string
delay?: number
duration?: number
repeat?: number
repeatDelay?: number
startXOffset?: number
startYOffset?: number
endXOffset?: number
endYOffset?: number
}
export const AnimatedBeam: React.FC<AnimatedBeamProps> = ({
className,
containerRef,
fromRef,
toRef,
curvature = 0,
reverse = false, // Include the reverse prop
duration = 5,
delay = 0,
pathColor = "gray",
pathWidth = 2,
pathOpacity = 0.2,
gradientStartColor = "#ffaa40",
gradientStopColor = "#9c40ff",
repeat = Infinity,
repeatDelay = 0,
startXOffset = 0,
startYOffset = 0,
endXOffset = 0,
endYOffset = 0,
}) => {
const id = useId()
const [pathD, setPathD] = useState("")
const [svgDimensions, setSvgDimensions] = useState({ width: 0, height: 0 })
// Calculate the gradient coordinates based on the reverse prop
const gradientCoordinates = reverse
? {
x1: ["90%", "-10%"],
x2: ["100%", "0%"],
y1: ["0%", "0%"],
y2: ["0%", "0%"],
}
: {
x1: ["10%", "110%"],
x2: ["0%", "100%"],
y1: ["0%", "0%"],
y2: ["0%", "0%"],
}
useEffect(() => {
const updatePath = () => {
if (containerRef.current && fromRef.current && toRef.current) {
const containerRect = containerRef.current.getBoundingClientRect()
const rectA = fromRef.current.getBoundingClientRect()
const rectB = toRef.current.getBoundingClientRect()
const svgWidth = containerRect.width
const svgHeight = containerRect.height
setSvgDimensions({ width: svgWidth, height: svgHeight })
const startX =
rectA.left - containerRect.left + rectA.width / 2 + startXOffset
const startY =
rectA.top - containerRect.top + rectA.height / 2 + startYOffset
const endX =
rectB.left - containerRect.left + rectB.width / 2 + endXOffset
const endY =
rectB.top - containerRect.top + rectB.height / 2 + endYOffset
const controlY = startY - curvature
const d = `M ${startX},${startY} Q ${
(startX + endX) / 2
},${controlY} ${endX},${endY}`
setPathD(d)
}
}
// Initialize ResizeObserver
const resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(() => {
updatePath()
})
// Observe the container element
if (containerRef.current) {
resizeObserver.observe(containerRef.current)
}
// Call the updatePath initially to set the initial path
updatePath()
// Clean up the observer on component unmount
return () => {
resizeObserver.disconnect()
}
}, [
containerRef,
fromRef,
toRef,
curvature,
startXOffset,
startYOffset,
endXOffset,
endYOffset,
])
return (
<svg
fill="none"
width={svgDimensions.width}
height={svgDimensions.height}
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
className={cn(
"pointer-events-none absolute top-0 left-0 transform-gpu stroke-2",
className
)}
viewBox={`0 0 ${svgDimensions.width} ${svgDimensions.height}`}
>
<path
d={pathD}
stroke={pathColor}
strokeWidth={pathWidth}
strokeOpacity={pathOpacity}
strokeLinecap="round"
/>
<path
d={pathD}
strokeWidth={pathWidth}
stroke={`url(#${id})`}
strokeOpacity="1"
strokeLinecap="round"
/>
<defs>
<motion.linearGradient
className="transform-gpu"
id={id}
gradientUnits={"userSpaceOnUse"}
initial={{
x1: "0%",
x2: "0%",
y1: "0%",
y2: "0%",
}}
animate={{
x1: gradientCoordinates.x1,
x2: gradientCoordinates.x2,
y1: gradientCoordinates.y1,
y2: gradientCoordinates.y2,
}}
transition={{
delay,
duration,
ease: [0.16, 1, 0.3, 1], // https://easings.net/#easeOutExpo
repeat,
repeatDelay,
}}
>
<stop stopColor={gradientStartColor} stopOpacity="0"></stop>
<stop stopColor={gradientStartColor}></stop>
<stop offset="32.5%" stopColor={gradientStopColor}></stop>
<stop
offset="100%"
stopColor={gradientStopColor}
stopOpacity="0"
></stop>
</motion.linearGradient>
</defs>
</svg>
)
}