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Magnetic Button

buttons

Aceternity UI component.

responsive · 350px

Install

Same command in any shadcn project — React (Vite/CRA), Next.js, Remix, Astro, and more:

$npx shadcn@latest add https://your-domain/r/magnetic-button.json

Usage

"use client";
import { MagneticButton } from "@/registry/aceternity-ui/magnetic-button";

export default function MagneticButtonDemo() {
  return (
    <MagneticButton strength={0.8} maxDistance={100}>
      <button className="px-8 py-3 rounded-lg border border-border bg-background text-foreground text-sm font-medium shadow-sm hover:bg-muted transition-colors">
        Magnetic
      </button>
    </MagneticButton>
  );
}

Component source

"use client";

import React, { useRef, useState } from "react";
import { motion } from "motion/react";

export const MagneticButton = ({
  children,
  strength = 0.8,
  maxDistance = 100,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode;
  strength?: number;
  maxDistance?: number;
}) => {
  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const [position, setPosition] = useState({ x: 0, y: 0 });

  const handleMouseMove = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
    if (!ref.current) return;

    const { width, height, left, top } = ref.current.getBoundingClientRect();
    const { clientX, clientY } = e;

    let x = (clientX - (left + width / 2)) * strength;
    let y = (clientY - (top + height / 2)) * strength;

    const distance = Math.hypot(x, y);
    if (distance > maxDistance) {
      const scale = maxDistance / distance;
      x *= scale;
      y *= scale;
    }

    setPosition({ x, y });
  };

  const handleMouseLeave = () => {
    setPosition({ x: 0, y: 0 });
  };

  const hasMoved = position.x !== 0 || position.y !== 0;
  return (
    <div
      onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
      onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
      className="cursor-pointer rounded-lg border border-dashed transition-colors duration-150 [--show-color:var(--color-blue-500)]"
      style={{
        borderColor: hasMoved ? "var(--show-color)" : "transparent",
        backgroundColor: hasMoved
          ? "color-mix(in srgb,var(--show-color) 20%, transparent)"
          : "transparent",
      }}
    >
      <motion.div
        ref={ref}
        animate={{ x: position.x, y: position.y }}
        transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 150, damping: 25, mass: 0.1 }}
      >
        {children}
      </motion.div>
    </div>
  );
};

Dependencies

motion

Source: Aceternity UI