Motion Primitives
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Border Trail
An effect that creates animated border trails around elements on interaction.
npx shadcn add "https://motion-primitives.com/c/border-trail.json"free
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Dependencies
Bundle weight · mediumanimationmotion
Files1 · source cached 10/14/2026, 2:11:24 PM
border-trail.tsx
'use client';
import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
import { motion, Transition } from 'motion/react';
export type BorderTrailProps = {
className?: string;
size?: number;
transition?: Transition;
onAnimationComplete?: () => void;
style?: React.CSSProperties;
};
export function BorderTrail({
className,
size = 60,
transition,
onAnimationComplete,
style,
}: BorderTrailProps) {
const defaultTransition: Transition = {
repeat: Infinity,
duration: 5,
ease: 'linear',
};
return (
<div className='pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 rounded-[inherit] border border-transparent [mask-clip:padding-box,border-box] [mask-composite:intersect] [mask-image:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),linear-gradient(#000,#000)]'>
<motion.div
className={cn('absolute aspect-square bg-zinc-500', className)}
style={{
width: size,
offsetPath: `rect(0 auto auto 0 round ${size}px)`,
...style,
}}
animate={{
offsetDistance: ['0%', '100%'],
}}
transition={transition || defaultTransition}
onAnimationComplete={onAnimationComplete}
/>
</div>
);
}