Scales

A repeating diagonal, horizontal, or vertical line pattern background effect.

Portrait

Installation

Run the following command

npx shadcn@latest add @aceternity/scales

Horizontal Scales

Horizontal Scales

Vertical Scales

Vertical Scales

Scales Container

A wrapper component that makes it easy to add scales behind any content.

Scales Container

Wrap your content with the ScalesContainer component for a clean API.

Scales with Image

Portrait

Props

Scales Props

PropTypeDefaultDescriptionRequired
orientation"horizontal" | "vertical" | "diagonal""diagonal"Direction of the scales pattern.No
sizenumber10Size of each scale unit in pixels.No
classNamestring-Additional CSS classes to apply to the scales container.No
colorstring-Custom color for the scales pattern.No

ScalesContainer Props

PropTypeDefaultDescriptionRequired
childrenReact.ReactNode-Content to display inside the container.No
orientation"horizontal" | "vertical" | "diagonal""diagonal"Direction of the scales pattern.No
sizenumber10Size of each scale unit in pixels.No
classNamestring-Additional CSS classes to apply to the scales background.No
containerClassNamestring-Additional CSS classes to apply to the outer container.No
colorstring-Custom color for the scales pattern.No

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