Sitewright

Repelling dots

A canvas dot grid whose dots are pushed away from the pointer and spring back; a gentle automatic wave on touch, static with reduced motion, paused offscreen.

What it is for

Behind a landing hero or sign-in panel (put it first inside a position:relative section).

Use it

1 · site.json
"effects": { "components": ["repelling-dots"] }
or on the command line
node ~/.claude/skills/sitewright/scripts/scaffold.mjs --config site.json --out ./my-site --components repelling-dots
2 · import it
import { RepellingDots } from '@/components/fx/ui';

Files

  • components/fx/ui/RepellingDots.tsx
  • components/fx/ui/_d6.ts
  • ui-repelling-dots.css styles

Source

Idea from Hover Interaction Collection; the code is written for this kit.

Credits and licences: third-party notices.

Accessibility

  • Keyboard. Components in the kit are written to be reached and used with the keyboard. Try it: press Tab inside the preview.
  • Reduced motion. With prefers-reduced-motion on, animation settles to its finished state at once.
  • Touch. Pointer-follow effects are skipped on touch screens; controls stay finger-sized.