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Light trail moving along a block border v1.0.0

Use this resource to draw attention to the outline of a card or field

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install moving-border-trail

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent adds a React (Tailwind) component to your page that animates a border along the outline of its parent container. You adapt the content and style to your project and get a component ready to use.

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Updated November 2, 2026

Details

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Uses
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • clsx
  • tailwind-merge
  • motion
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • README.md: usage guide
  • border-trail-card-1.tsx: the author's original file
  • border-trail-card-2.tsx: the author's original file
  • border-trail-textarea.tsx: the author's original file
  • page.mdx: the author's original file

Good fit for

  • Featured offer card
  • Loading indicator on a card
  • Input field of an assistant

Not for

  • A site without React or Tailwind CSS, without adapting it
  • A motion-sensitive audience, without adding prefers-reduced-motion

Tags

  • border
  • light
  • card
  • loading
  • react

About

You say

"Add a light trail that goes around my "Pro plan" card."

A light trail runs along the edges of a card or a text field.

Component published by ibelick (Motion Primitives) under the MIT license, resource page and guide written by PalateKit.

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Prerequisites

You bring
Your React project with Tailwind CSS and Your colors and texts
Dependencies
React, Tailwind CSS, clsx, tailwind-merge, and motion

How to use it

  1. Copy border-trail.tsx into your React project's components folder.
  2. Install the required packages: clsx, tailwind-merge, motion.
  3. Ask the agent to place the component on the page and match it to your brand.

Content preview

Files

  • app/docs/border-trail/border-trail-card-1.tsx1 KB
  • app/docs/border-trail/border-trail-card-2.tsx1.7 KB
  • app/docs/border-trail/border-trail-textarea.tsx0.6 KB
  • app/docs/border-trail/page.mdx2.2 KB
  • components/core/border-trail.tsx1.2 KB
  • LICENSE1.1 KB
  • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.4 KB
  • README.md0.9 KB

Origin and licence

Modified by PalateKit

Author
ibelick (Motion Primitives)
Source
github.com/ibelick/motion-primitives/tree/120f64f6ca60348e251f929e9c81f11ccbe45eda/components/core/border-trail.tsx
Licence
MIT

Notice

Version modifiée de « border-trail » (ibelick (Motion Primitives), MIT) : traduction française et fiche par PalateKit.

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Frequently asked questions

Which packages do I install?

React, Tailwind CSS and clsx, tailwind-merge, motion.

Does it work without Next.js?

Yes, in any React project with Tailwind CSS; just drop the "use client" directive if your tooling does not support it.