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Cursor Tracker
A wrapper component that tracks the cursor moving within it
requires interactionhover
Installation
Copy useMousePosition
hook
import { useEffect } from "react";
export function useMousePosition(
ref: React.RefObject<HTMLElement>,
callback?: ({ x, y }: { x: number; y: number }) => void,
) {
useEffect(() => {
const handleMouseMove = (event: MouseEvent) => {
const { clientX, clientY } = event;
const { top, left } = ref.current?.getBoundingClientRect() || {
top: 0,
left: 0,
};
callback?.({ x: clientX - left, y: clientY - top });
};
const handleTouchMove = (event: TouchEvent) => {
const { clientX, clientY } = event.touches[0];
const { top, left } = ref.current?.getBoundingClientRect() || {
top: 0,
left: 0,
};
callback?.({ x: clientX - left, y: clientY - top });
};
ref.current?.addEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove);
ref.current?.addEventListener("touchmove", handleTouchMove);
const nodeRef = ref.current;
return () => {
nodeRef?.removeEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove);
nodeRef?.removeEventListener("touchmove", handleTouchMove);
};
}, [ref, callback]);
}
Run the following command
It will create a new file cursor-tracker.tsx
inside the components/animata/container
directory.
mkdir -p components/animata/container && touch components/animata/container/cursor-tracker.tsx
Paste the code
Open the newly created file and paste the following code:
import { useCallback, useRef } from "react";
import { useMousePosition } from "@/hooks/use-mouse-position";
export default function CursorTracker() {
const divRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
const infoRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
const update = useCallback(({ x, y }: { x: number; y: number }) => {
// We need to offset the position to center the info div
const offsetX = (infoRef.current?.offsetWidth || 0) / 2;
const offsetY = (infoRef.current?.offsetHeight || 0) / 2;
// Use CSS variables to position the info div instead of state to avoid re-renders
infoRef.current?.style.setProperty("--x", `${x - offsetX}px`);
infoRef.current?.style.setProperty("--y", `${y - offsetY}px`);
}, []);
useMousePosition(divRef, update);
return (
<div
ref={divRef}
className="group relative w-64 cursor-none rounded-3xl bg-violet-50 p-6 text-violet-800"
>
{/* Actual content */}
<h1 className="mb-4 text-3xl font-semibold leading-none">
Elevate your design with <span className="underline decoration-wavy">Animata</span>
</h1>
<div className="mb-8">
Move your mouse over the box to reveal the text and the cursor position.
</div>
{/* Cursor tracker */}
<div
ref={infoRef}
style={{
transform: "translate(var(--x), var(--y))",
}}
className="pointer-events-none absolute left-0 top-0 z-50 rounded-full bg-blue-800/80 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-bold text-white opacity-0 duration-0 group-hover:opacity-100"
>
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</div>
</div>
);
}
Credits
Built by hari