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shimmer-button

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Make one primary CTA feel premium: a soft band of light sweeps across it (slowly at rest, faster on hover). Reserve for the single primary button; keep it subtle. Pure CSS; the sweep stops (solid button) under prefers-reduced-motion. Do not use on secondary/destructive buttons or many at once.

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shimmer-button

A highlight that sweeps across a CTA. Part of motion-anything; obeys MOTION-SPEC.md. Technique popularized by Magic UI, reimplemented dependency-free (pure CSS).

When to use it

  • One primary call-to-action you want to feel premium ("Get started" / "Upgrade").

When NOT to use it (restraint)

  • Secondary / destructive buttons; many buttons at once (the sweep becomes noise). One per view.

How to apply

  1. Copy shimmer-button.css into the project and link it.
  2. Mark the button: 
    <button class="shimmer">Get started</button>
  3. Tune the sweep duration (default 2.6s at rest, 1.1s on hover) and the button colors as needed.

Accessibility & performance

  • Under prefers-reduced-motion the sweep stops; a plain solid button remains.
  • Animates the transform of a masked pseudo-element only — GPU-safe.

Framework notes

  • Pure CSS; works in any framework.