😍 unocss-preset-tailwindcss-motion 😍

Port of the most beautiful animation Tailwind library tailwindcss-motion by @romboHQ.

Get Started

This is for UnoCSS folks but should be really easy if you are familiar. Simply add the preset to your UnoCSS config via our NPM package.

npm i -D unocss-preset-tailwindcss-motion

import { presetTailwindMotion } from 'unocss-preset-tailwindcss-motion'


export default defineConfig({
    presets: [
        presetUno(),
        presetTailwindMotion()
    ],
})

Changelog

It is now updated to match v4 of the Tailwind plugin.

Demo

Giant Test Page

Why?

I needed a solid animation library for my side project that is heavily UnoCSS dependent. UnoCSS is truly a work of art and so is this library. Now you can have both. More on side project soon.

Features

Please reference the official plugin docs for a better explanation. Basically it comes down to:

<!--
PRESETS
These are easy perfectly built out-of-the-box animations.
-->
<div class="motion-preset-slide-up"></div>
<div class="motion-preset-bounce"></div>
<div class="motion-preset-confetti"></div>
Etc...


<!--
BASE ANIMATIONS
These are specific one-offs.
-->
<div class="motion-translate-y">Default</div>
<div class="motion-translate-y-75">Custom</div>
<div class="motion-translate-y-[25px]">JIT</div>

<div class="motion-rotate-in">Default</div>
<div class="motion-rotate-in-45">Custom</div>
<div class="motion-rotate-in-[69deg]">JIT support</div>
Etc...


<!--
COMBINING ANIMATIONS
The real power comes in combining these
-->
<div class="motion-translate-y-in motion-rotate-in-45"></div>


<!-- 
MODIFIERS
Adjust duration, spring, delay and loop modifiers
-->
<div class="motion-translate-y-in">Normal</div>
<div class="motion-translate-y-in motion-duration-2000">2000ms speed</div>
<div class="motion-translate-y-in motion-ease-spring-bouncy">Bouncy</div>
<div class="motion-translate-y-in motion-delay-300">300ms delay</div>
<div class="motion-translate-y-loop-75 motion-loop-twice">Loop 2x</div>
<div class="motion-translate-y-in motion-duration-2000 motion-ease-spring-bouncy">2000ms speed, bouncy</div>

Making sense? Easy, great! Check out the million options below:

Full Docs & Reference

Base Animations

Scale

motion-scale-<in|out|loop>
motion-scale-<in|out|loop>-[0|50|75|90|95|100|105|110|125|150]
motion-scale-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-scale-in
motion-scale-out
motion-scale-loop
motion-scale-in-75
motion-scale-out-150
motion-scale-loop-[1.337]
motion-scale-in-[0.5]
motion-scale-loop-75/mirror
motion-scale-loop-[1.5]/reset

Scale X/Y

motion-scale-<x|y>-<in|out|loop>
motion-scale-<x|y>-<in|out|loop>-[0|50|75|90|95|100|105|110|125|150]
motion-scale-<x|y>-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-scale-x-in
motion-scale-y-out
motion-scale-x-loop
motion-scale-x-in-75
motion-scale-y-out-150
motion-scale-x-loop-[0.82]
motion-scale-y-in-[1.25]
motion-scale-x-loop-75/mirror
motion-scale-y-loop-[1.5]/reset

Translate

motion-translate-<x|y>-<in|out|loop>
motion-translate-<x|y>-<in|out|loop>-(0|25|50|75|100|150)
motion-translate-<x|y>-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-translate-x-in
motion-translate-y-out
motion-translate-x-loop
motion-translate-x-in-75
motion-translate-y-out-150
motion-translate-x-loop-[42px]
motion-translate-y-in-[-15rem]
motion-translate-x-loop-25/mirror
motion-translate-y-loop-[88vh]/reset

Rotate

motion-rotate-<in|out|loop>
motion-rotate-<in|out|loop>-(0|1|2|3|6|12|45|90|180)
motion-rotate-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-rotate-in
motion-rotate-out-45
motion-rotate-loop
motion-rotate-in-[42deg]
motion-rotate-out-[-15deg]
motion-rotate-loop-90/mirror
motion-rotate-loop-[180deg]/reset

Opacity

motion-opacity-<in|out|loop>
motion-opacity-<in|out|loop>-(0|25|50|75|100)
motion-opacity-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-opacity-in
motion-opacity-out-50
motion-opacity-loop
motion-opacity-in-[0.42]
motion-opacity-out-[33%]
motion-opacity-loop-75/mirror
motion-opacity-loop-[0.875]/reset

Blur

motion-blur-<in|out|loop>
motion-blur-<in|out|loop>-(sm|md|lg|xl|2xl|3xl)
motion-blur-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-blur-in
motion-blur-out-lg
motion-blur-loop
motion-blur-in-[5px]
motion-blur-out-[10px]
motion-blur-loop-xl/mirror
motion-blur-loop-[15px]/reset

Text Color

motion-text-<in|out|loop>
motion-text-<in|out|loop>-{color}
motion-text-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-text-in
motion-text-out-red-500
motion-text-loop-blue-500
motion-text-in-[#ff0000]
motion-text-out-purple-500
motion-text-loop-blue-500/mirror
motion-text-loop-[#0000ff]/reset

Background Color

motion-bg-<in|out|loop>
motion-bg-<in|out|loop>-{color}
motion-bg-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-bg-in
motion-bg-out-red-500
motion-bg-loop-blue-500
motion-bg-in-[#ff0000]
motion-bg-out-purple-500
motion-bg-loop-blue-500/mirror
motion-bg-loop-[#0000ff]/reset

Grayscale

motion-grayscale-<in|out|loop>
motion-grayscale-<in|out|loop>-(0|25|50|75|100)
motion-grayscale-<in|out|loop>-[value]

motion-grayscale-in
motion-grayscale-out-50
motion-grayscale-loop
motion-grayscale-in-[0.42]
motion-grayscale-out-[33%]
motion-grayscale-loop-75/mirror
motion-grayscale-loop-[0.875]/reset

Preset Animations

Classics

motion-preset-slide-<right|left|up|down>
motion-preset-slide-<right|left|up|down>-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-slide-<up-right|up-left|down-left|down-right>
motion-preset-slide-<up-right|up-left|down-left|down-right>-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-focus
motion-preset-focus-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-blur-<right|left|up|down>
motion-preset-blur-<right|left|up|down>-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-rebound
motion-preset-rebound-(right|left|up|down)

motion-preset-bounce
motion-preset-expand
motion-preset-shrink
motion-preset-pop
motion-preset-compress
motion-preset-shake
motion-preset-wiggle

Loops

motion-preset-pulse
motion-preset-pulse-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-wobble
motion-preset-wobble-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-seesaw
motion-preset-seesaw-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-oscillate
motion-preset-oscillate-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-stretch
motion-preset-stretch-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-float
motion-preset-float-(sm|md|lg)

motion-preset-spin

motion-preset-blink

Fun

motion-preset-typewriter-[<number of letters>]

motion-preset-confetti

motion-preset-flomoji-👉
motion-preset-flomoji-🚀
motion-preset-flomoji-👀
motion-preset-flomoji-👍
motion-preset-flomoji-[🎉]
motion-preset-flomoji-[🌟]
motion-preset-flomoji-[🎸]
motion-preset-flomoji-[Woah!]

Modifiers

Duration

motion-duration
motion-duration-(75|100|150|200|300|500|700|1000|1500|2000)
motion-duration-(75|100|150|200|300|500|700|1000|1500|2000)/(scale|translate|rotate|blur|grayscale|opacity|background|text)

Delay

motion-delay
motion-delay-(75|100|150|200|300|500|700|1000)
motion-delay-(75|100|150|200|300|500|700|1000)/(scale|translate|rotate|blur|grayscale|opacity|background|text)

Easing

// Basic easings
motion-ease-(linear|in|out|in-out)

// Spring & bounce easings
motion-ease-(spring-smooth|spring-snappy|spring-bouncy|spring-bouncier|spring-bounciest|bounce)

// Additional cubic-bezier easings
motion-ease-(in-quad|in-cubic|in-quart|in-back)
motion-ease-(out-quad|out-cubic|out-quart|out-back)
motion-ease-(in-out-quad|in-out-cubic|in-out-quart|in-out-back)

// Per-property targeting
motion-ease-{any-of-above}/(scale|translate|rotate|blur|grayscale|opacity|background|text)

Loop

motion-loop
motion-loop-infinite
motion-loop-[number]
motion-loop-(infinite|number)/(scale|translate|rotate|blur|grayscale|opacity|background|text)

Mirror and Reset

• Mirror: Reverses the animation direction after completion.
  • Example: motion-scale-loop-50/mirror
• Reset: Resets the animation to its initial state after completion.
  • Example: motion-scale-loop-50/reset

Combining Animations

motion-scale-in-75 motion-translate-y-in-100 motion-rotate-in-90 motion-blur-in-md motion-opacity-in-0
motion-opacity-in-0 motion-translate-y-in-100 motion-scale-in-150 motion-rotate-in-180 motion-grayscale-in-75
motion-scale-in-75 motion-rotate-in-180 motion-translate-x-in-100 motion-blur-in-lg motion-bg-in-blue-500
motion-translate-x-in-100 motion-translate-y-in-50 motion-scale-in-125 motion-rotate-in-45 motion-text-in-purple-500
motion-preset-pop motion-preset-slide-up motion-preset-focus motion-delay-100
motion-preset-shake motion-preset-blur-right motion-preset-stretch motion-delay-200
motion-preset-wiggle motion-preset-slide-down motion-preset-blink motion-delay-150
motion-preset-pop motion-translate-y-loop-50 motion-scale-in-150 motion-rotate-in-360 motion-blur-in-xl
motion-preset-compress motion-translate-x-loop-75 motion-scale-loop-125 motion-rotate-loop-180 motion-delay-100
motion-preset-stretch motion-scale-in-[250%] motion-rotate-in-[720deg] motion-blur-in-[15px] motion-grayscale-in-100
motion-preset-oscillate motion-translate-x-in-[150%] motion-translate-y-in-[150%] motion-scale-in-[175%] motion-rotate-in-[1080deg]
motion-preset-slide-up motion-preset-blur-up motion-scale-in-[300%] motion-rotate-loop-[360deg] motion-delay-150

Animation State

motion-paused
motion-running

Smart Extras

These are not part of the original library, see "What's Different" below for more info:

/* Short-hand pause */
.pause

/* Short-hand paly */
.play

/* Same as pause, but better name - meant to be used with JS to "remove this class" to trigger the animation */
.wait

/* Motion = 0, Completes the animations forcefully, this is technically different than pause */
.still

What's different?

Not much. This should be near identical for 99% of purposes.

prefers-reduced-motion

Currently, tailwindcss-motion manually applies the @media screen and (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) on various keyframes that have basically big translates. It's also applied on some of their custom one-off more fun animations (Flomoji, Typewriter).

Rather than doing that, this library will automatically add the following for simplicity to your CSS:

 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    *, ::before, ::after {
        --motion-duration: 0.01ms !important;
        --motion-delay: 0ms !important;
        animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
        animation-delay: 0ms !important;
        transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
        transition-delay: 0ms !important;
    }
}

::backdrop

Tailwind compiles :root {} and ::backdrop {} separately for variables since browsers treat them as distinct contexts. Unfortunately, you can't even do something like this :root, ::backdrop {} as that does not work.

That's a lot of bytes to do twice... So we skip ::backdrop. It's rarely used anyway by people.

typewriter effect supports custom fonts

Unlike the original library, this version doesn't set font-family: monospace; for the typewriter effect. This allows for greater flexibility in font choices and the animation, however it may require minor adjustments if spacing issues occur with various custom fonts. You can just do this instead:

motion-preset-typewriter-[29] font-mono

confetti doesn't set margin and block

The preset motion-preset-confetti normally applies display: block and margin: 0;. This makes a ton of sense but also can be annoying because it can mess the layout when applying these animations (which goal wise we ideally don't want layout to ever shift when applying an animation). You can instead do this if you want it back perfectly to original:

motion-preset-confetti block m-0

Flomoji is back and our version supports JIT

For maximum port, I decided to add Flomoji back and with JIT support:

motion-preset-flomoji-👉
motion-preset-flomoji-🚀
motion-preset-flomoji-👀
motion-preset-flomoji-👍
motion-preset-flomoji-[🎉]
motion-preset-flomoji-[🌟]
motion-preset-flomoji-[🎸]
motion-preset-flomoji-[Woah!]

Smart Classes

These are extra short-hands. Note that still and pause (or motion-pause) are different.

.pause { animation-play-state: paused; }
.play { animation-play-state: running; }

/* You'll need to manually remove "wait" with JS to use this helper when you want the animation to start */
/* This is excellent for when triggering when in viewport */
/* Note: wait also applies to ::before and ::after pseudo-attributes */
.wait, .wait * { animation-play-state: paused; }

/* Note: still also applies to ::before and ::after pseudo-attributes */
.still, .still * {
    --motion-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    --motion-delay: 0ms !important;
    animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    animation-delay: 0ms !important;
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    transition-delay: 0ms !important;
}

Contributing

• The folder tailwind is for the tailwind styles, tailwindcss-motion-reference is detached just for easy file comparison and is not used.
• To dev it up here... just run npm run dev
• To see the test file, just run npm run serve
• To build it all, just run npm run build
• For more, reference package.json. This may get more sophisticated later but does have a 1 vs the other mode.

License

In honor of original library this is MIT.

More

Via x.com/@whatnicktweets

https://www.npmjs.com/package/unocss-preset-tailwindcss-motion