Background Boxes

A full width background box container that highlights on hover

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Installation

Install dependencies

npm i motion clsx tailwind-merge

Add util file

lib/utils.ts

import { ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
  return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}

Copy the source code

components/ui/background-boxes.tsx

"use client";
import React from "react";
import { motion } from "motion/react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
export const BoxesCore = ({ className, ...rest }: { className?: string }) => {
  const rows = new Array(150).fill(1);
  const cols = new Array(100).fill(1);
  let colors = [
    "#93c5fd",
    "#f9a8d4",
    "#86efac",
    "#fde047",
    "#fca5a5",
    "#d8b4fe",
    "#93c5fd",
    "#a5b4fc",
    "#c4b5fd",
  ];
  const getRandomColor = () => {
    return colors[Math.floor(Math.random() * colors.length)];
  };
 
  return (
    <div
      style={{
        transform: `translate(-40%,-60%) skewX(-48deg) skewY(14deg) scale(0.675) rotate(0deg) translateZ(0)`,
      }}
      className={cn(
        "absolute -top-1/4 left-1/4 z-0 flex h-full w-full -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 p-4",
        className,
      )}
      {...rest}
    >
      {rows.map((_, i) => (
        <motion.div
          key={`row` + i}
          className="relative h-8 w-16 border-l border-slate-700"
        >
          {cols.map((_, j) => (
            <motion.div
              whileHover={{
                backgroundColor: `${getRandomColor()}`,
                transition: { duration: 0 },
              }}
              animate={{
                transition: { duration: 2 },
              }}
              key={`col` + j}
              className="relative h-8 w-16 border-t border-r border-slate-700"
            >
              {j % 2 === 0 && i % 2 === 0 ? (
                <svg
                  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                  fill="none"
                  viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                  strokeWidth="1.5"
                  stroke="currentColor"
                  className="pointer-events-none absolute -top-[14px] -left-[22px] h-6 w-10 stroke-[1px] text-slate-700"
                >
                  <path
                    strokeLinecap="round"
                    strokeLinejoin="round"
                    d="M12 6v12m6-6H6"
                  />
                </svg>
              ) : null}
            </motion.div>
          ))}
        </motion.div>
      ))}
    </div>
  );
};
 
export const Boxes = React.memo(BoxesCore);

Props

Prop name	Type	Description
`className`	`string` (optional)	The class name of the Boxes component.
`rest`	`any` (optional)	The rest of the props.

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