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Shared layout animation
curatedfreemotion/shared-layout-animation
An example of a shared layout animation, where two elements are animated from one to the other, using Motion for React's simple layoutId prop.
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pnpm add motion # then adapt the free source from https://motion.dev/examples/react-shared-layout-animationnpm deps: motion
Our notes
Shared-element layoutId: a tab underline / pill that glides between items. The free, hand-rolled way to animate tabs, nav highlights and segmented controls — about 10 lines with `layoutId`. Free example (motion is MIT); copy and adapt the source from the example page.- Source
- Motion (motion.dev)
- Kind
- transition
- Categories
- transition
- Use as
- recipe — technique you apply to your own markup
- Applies to
- tabsnavigationbutton
- Motion
- on state · subtle · motion · low cost
- Tags
- motion, AnimatePresence, animate, layoutId
- 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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