Background Ripple Effect

A grid of cells that ripple when clicked.

Interactive Background Boxes Ripple Effect

Hover over the boxes above and click.To be used on backgrounds of hero sections OR Call to Action sections. I beg you don't use it everywhere.

Installation

Run the following command

npx shadcn@latest add @aceternity/background-ripple-effect

Add this in your globals.css file

@theme inline {
  --animate-cell-ripple: cell-ripple var(--duration, 200ms) ease-out none 1
  var(--delay, 0ms);
 
  @keyframes cell-ripple {
    0% {
      opacity: 0.4;
    }
    50% {
      opacity: 0.8;
    }
    100% {
      opacity: 0.4;
    }
  }
}

Props

Background Ripple Effect Props

PropTypeDefaultDescriptionRequired
rowsnumber8Number of rows in the grid.No
colsnumber27Number of columns in the grid.No
cellSizenumber56Size of each square cell in pixels.No

DivGrid Props

PropTypeDefaultDescriptionRequired
rowsnumber-Number of rows in the grid.Yes
colsnumber-Number of columns in the grid.Yes
cellSizenumber-Size of each cell in pixels.Yes
borderColorstring-CSS color value for cell borders.Yes
fillColorstring-CSS color value for cell fill.Yes
clickedCell{ row: number; col: number } | nullnullThe currently clicked cell coordinates.No
onCellClick(row: number, col: number) => voidundefinedCallback function called when a cell is clicked.No
interactivebooleanfalseWhether cells respond to mouse interactions.No
classNamestringundefinedAdditional CSS classes to apply to the grid container.No

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