Unlock the Power of Smooth Animations with Motion One
Motion One is a game-changing library that enables you to add stunning, buttery-smooth animations to your website with ease. By leveraging the Web Animations API, Motion One provides a lightweight and efficient way to bring your website to life.
What Makes Motion One So Special?
With a tiny bundle size of just 3.8kB, Motion One is a fraction of the size of other popular animation libraries. Plus, its core function, the animate() API, can operate independently of the main JavaScript thread, ensuring seamless animations even during heavy application renders.
Getting Started with Motion One
To begin, install the library and dive into the animate() API, which takes three parameters: a CSS selector, animatable values, and options. The animate() function can be triggered using an onClick event bound to a button, making it easy to create interactive animations.
Creating Interactive Animations
Let’s put Motion One to the test by recreating an animation inspired by GitHub’s contributors list. We’ll use Tailwind CSS to speed up development, but the concept remains the same with vanilla CSS. By adding two events to the parent
Mastering Keyframes and the Stagger Function
When animating elements across the DOM, keyframes can be used to move elements to different coordinates. The stagger function applies a delay to each element with the same class or id, allowing you to create complex animations with ease.
Building a Music Waveform Animation
Let’s take it up a notch by creating a music waveform animation using Motion One. We’ll add an onClick event to a button, assign it to a function, and then animate each element differently using the animate() function. By adding a delay property to the last three child elements, we can create a sense of independence between each bar.
Understanding Controls
The animate() function returns controls, which allow you to control the playback of the animation. By referencing the animate function and using the pause() or play() methods on a given boolean condition, you can fine-tune your animations to perfection.
Take Your Animations to the Next Level with Motion One
Motion One is a fully-featured animation library that’s built on web standards, ensuring smooth and efficient animations. With its lightweight size and powerful features, Motion One is the perfect tool for building amazing animations. Learn more about Motion One at https://motion.dev.
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