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Text swept by a light wave v1.0.0

Use this resource to animate a text with a light wave

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  • 386 downloads
  • 186 likes
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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install text-shimmer-wave-effect

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent adds a React (Tailwind) component to your page that ripples a sheen over a text. You set the wave, spread, duration and colors. 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

Works in
Install guides
Generates with
Your agent's model
Uses
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • motion
  • clsx
  • tailwind-merge
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • README.md: usage guide
  • page.mdx: the author's original file
  • text-shimmer-wave-basic.tsx: the author's original file
  • text-shimmer-wave-color.tsx: the author's original file
  • text-shimmer-wave.tsx: the author's original file

Good fit for

  • Loading message of an app
  • Animated home page title
  • "Generating" state

Not for

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

Tags

  • text
  • wave
  • sheen
  • loading
  • react

About

You say

"Add a light wave on the "Loading" text of my waiting screen."

A wave-like sheen sweeps over the letters of a text.

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, motion, clsx, and tailwind-merge

How to use it

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

Content preview

Files

  • app/docs/text-shimmer-wave/page.mdx2.7 KB
  • app/docs/text-shimmer-wave/text-shimmer-wave-basic.tsx0.2 KB
  • app/docs/text-shimmer-wave/text-shimmer-wave-color.tsx0.4 KB
  • components/core/text-shimmer-wave.tsx2.4 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/text-shimmer-wave.tsx
Licence
MIT

Notice

Version modifiée de « text-shimmer-wave » (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 motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

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.