Moving Border

A border that moves around the container. Perfect for making your buttons stand out.

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/moving-border.tsx

"use client";
import React from "react";
import {
  motion,
  useAnimationFrame,
  useMotionTemplate,
  useMotionValue,
  useTransform,
} from "motion/react";
import { useRef } from "react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
export function Button({
  borderRadius = "1.75rem",
  children,
  as: Component = "button",
  containerClassName,
  borderClassName,
  duration,
  className,
  ...otherProps
}: {
  borderRadius?: string;
  children: React.ReactNode;
  as?: any;
  containerClassName?: string;
  borderClassName?: string;
  duration?: number;
  className?: string;
  [key: string]: any;
}) {
  return (
    <Component
      className={cn(
        "relative h-16 w-40 overflow-hidden bg-transparent p-[1px] text-xl",
        containerClassName,
      )}
      style={{
        borderRadius: borderRadius,
      }}
      {...otherProps}
    >
      <div
        className="absolute inset-0"
        style={{ borderRadius: `calc(${borderRadius} * 0.96)` }}
      >
        <MovingBorder duration={duration} rx="30%" ry="30%">
          <div
            className={cn(
              "h-20 w-20 bg-[radial-gradient(#0ea5e9_40%,transparent_60%)] opacity-[0.8]",
              borderClassName,
            )}
          />
        </MovingBorder>
      </div>
 
      <div
        className={cn(
          "relative flex h-full w-full items-center justify-center border border-slate-800 bg-slate-900/[0.8] text-sm text-white antialiased backdrop-blur-xl",
          className,
        )}
        style={{
          borderRadius: `calc(${borderRadius} * 0.96)`,
        }}
      >
        {children}
      </div>
    </Component>
  );
}
 
export const MovingBorder = ({
  children,
  duration = 3000,
  rx,
  ry,
  ...otherProps
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode;
  duration?: number;
  rx?: string;
  ry?: string;
  [key: string]: any;
}) => {
  const pathRef = useRef<any>();
  const progress = useMotionValue<number>(0);
 
  useAnimationFrame((time) => {
    const length = pathRef.current?.getTotalLength();
    if (length) {
      const pxPerMillisecond = length / duration;
      progress.set((time * pxPerMillisecond) % length);
    }
  });
 
  const x = useTransform(
    progress,
    (val) => pathRef.current?.getPointAtLength(val).x,
  );
  const y = useTransform(
    progress,
    (val) => pathRef.current?.getPointAtLength(val).y,
  );
 
  const transform = useMotionTemplate`translateX(${x}px) translateY(${y}px) translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%)`;
 
  return (
    <>
      <svg
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
        preserveAspectRatio="none"
        className="absolute h-full w-full"
        width="100%"
        height="100%"
        {...otherProps}
      >
        <rect
          fill="none"
          width="100%"
          height="100%"
          rx={rx}
          ry={ry}
          ref={pathRef}
        />
      </svg>
      <motion.div
        style={{
          position: "absolute",
          top: 0,
          left: 0,
          display: "inline-block",
          transform,
        }}
      >
        {children}
      </motion.div>
    </>
  );
};

Props

Prop	Type	Description
`borderRadius`	string	Optional. Defines the border radius of the button. Default value is "1.75rem".
`children`	React.ReactNode	Required. The content to be displayed inside the button.
`as`	any	Optional. Defines the HTML element or React component that will be used for the button. Default is "button".
`containerClassName`	string	Optional. Additional CSS classes to be applied to the button container.
`borderClassName`	string	Optional. Additional CSS classes to be applied to the button border.
`duration`	number	Optional. Duration for the moving border animation in milliseconds. Default is 2000.
`className`	string	Optional. Additional CSS classes to be applied to the button.
`[key: string]`	any	Optional. Any other props that should be passed to the button.

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