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Follow pointer with spring
curatedfreemotion/follow-pointer-with-spring
An example of making an element follow the pointer with a spring using Motion for React's useSpring hook.
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pnpm add motion # then adapt the free source from https://motion.dev/examples/react-follow-pointer-with-springnpm deps: motion
Our notes
Element that follows the cursor with spring lag — custom cursors and spotlight followers without Motion+ Cursor. Free example (motion is MIT); copy and adapt the source from the example page.- Source
- Motion (motion.dev)
- Kind
- transition
- Categories
- transition, cursor
- Use as
- recipe — technique you apply to your own markup
- Applies to
- cursor
- Motion
- on cursor · medium · motion · low cost
- Tags
- motion, useSpring
- Licence
- motion / motion/react / motion-v are MIT. Motion+ (premium components, example source, AI Kit pro tools) is paid — one-time Personal licence or per-seat Business.
- Live demo
- motion.dev
- Docs
- motion.dev
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