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Animated border beam/glow effect component for React applications
npx skill4agent add aradotso/trending-skills border-beam-reactSkill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection.
border-beam@propertynpm install border-beamimport { BorderBeam } from 'border-beam';
function App() {
return (
<BorderBeam>
<div style={{ padding: 32, borderRadius: 16, background: '#1d1d1d' }}>
Your content here
</div>
</BorderBeam>
);
}BorderBeamborder-radiuspointer-events: none// Full border glow (default) — for cards, panels
<BorderBeam size="md">
<Card />
</BorderBeam>
// Compact glow — for small elements like icon buttons
<BorderBeam size="sm">
<IconButton />
</BorderBeam>
// Bottom-only traveling glow — ideal for search bars, inputs
<BorderBeam size="line">
<SearchBar />
</BorderBeam><BorderBeam colorVariant="colorful" /> {/* Rainbow spectrum (default), animates hue */}
<BorderBeam colorVariant="mono" /> {/* Grayscale, no hue animation */}
<BorderBeam colorVariant="ocean" /> {/* Blue-purple tones */}
<BorderBeam colorVariant="sunset" /> {/* Orange-yellow-red tones */}mono<BorderBeam theme="dark" /> {/* Default — for dark backgrounds */}
<BorderBeam theme="light" /> {/* For light backgrounds */}
<BorderBeam theme="auto" /> {/* Detects system prefers-color-scheme */}// strength: 0 (invisible) to 1 (full, default) — only affects beam layers
<BorderBeam strength={0.6}>
<Card />
</BorderBeam>
// brightness and saturation multipliers
<BorderBeam brightness={1.5} saturation={1.4}>
<Card />
</BorderBeam>import { useState } from 'react';
import { BorderBeam } from 'border-beam';
function AnimatedCard() {
const [active, setActive] = useState(true);
return (
<>
<BorderBeam
active={active}
onActivate={() => console.log('Beam faded in')}
onDeactivate={() => console.log('Beam faded out')}
>
<div style={{ padding: 32, borderRadius: 16, background: '#111' }}>
Hover-activated beam
</div>
</BorderBeam>
<button onClick={() => setActive(a => !a)}>Toggle Beam</button>
</>
);
}<BorderBeam
duration={3.5} // Animation cycle in seconds (default: 1.96 for md, 2.4 for line)
hueRange={60} // Hue rotation range in degrees (default: 30)
staticColors={true} // Disable hue-shift entirely
>
<Card />
</BorderBeam><BorderBeam borderRadius={24}>
<div className="my-card">Content</div>
</BorderBeam><div>HTMLDivElement<BorderBeam
className="my-wrapper"
style={{ display: 'inline-block' }}
data-testid="beam-card"
>
<Card />
</BorderBeam>import { useState } from 'react';
import { BorderBeam } from 'border-beam';
function HoverCard() {
const [hovered, setHovered] = useState(false);
return (
<BorderBeam active={hovered} strength={0.85} colorVariant="ocean">
<div
onMouseEnter={() => setHovered(true)}
onMouseLeave={() => setHovered(false)}
style={{ padding: 24, borderRadius: 12, background: '#0f0f0f' }}
>
Hover me
</div>
</BorderBeam>
);
}import { BorderBeam } from 'border-beam';
function SearchInput() {
return (
<BorderBeam size="line" colorVariant="sunset" theme="dark">
<input
type="text"
placeholder="Search..."
style={{
padding: '12px 16px',
borderRadius: 8,
background: '#1a1a1a',
border: '1px solid #333',
color: '#fff',
width: 320,
}}
/>
</BorderBeam>
);
}import { BorderBeam } from 'border-beam';
function LightCard() {
return (
<BorderBeam theme="light" colorVariant="colorful" strength={0.8}>
<div style={{ padding: 32, borderRadius: 16, background: '#f5f5f5' }}>
Light mode card
</div>
</BorderBeam>
);
}prefers-reduced-motionimport { useReducedMotion } from 'framer-motion'; // or your own hook
import { BorderBeam } from 'border-beam';
function AccessibleCard() {
const reduceMotion = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
return (
<BorderBeam active={!reduceMotion}>
<Card />
</BorderBeam>
);
}| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | — | Content to wrap |
| | | Size/type preset |
| | | Color palette |
| | | Background adaptation |
| | | Beam opacity 0–1, does not affect children |
| | | Animation cycle in seconds |
| | | Play/pause with fade transition |
| | auto-detected | Override border radius in px |
| | | Glow brightness multiplier |
| | | Glow saturation multiplier |
| | | Hue rotation range in degrees |
| | | Disable hue-shift animation |
| | — | Class on wrapper div |
| | — | Inline styles on wrapper div |
| | — | Called when fade-in completes |
| | — | Called when fade-out completes |
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