Measured entry

eldora-svg-ripple-effect

background-effectgradient-glowmotion on file

A client-side React background effect that animates concentric SVG circles continuously or on hover, with optional edge fades and a centered image. It ships as a shadcn registry component and relies on Motion for React, clsx, Tailwind utility styling, and the registry utility dependency.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of eldora-svg-ripple-effect at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of eldora-svg-ripple-effect at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of eldora-svg-ripple-effect at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for eldora-svg-ripple-effect
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal58.9 KB (124.3 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A focused, configurable ripple that builds and mounts cleanly and works without a provider. It is a good fit for decorative hero texture, but the ignored children, missing reduced-motion handling, and positioning assumptions make it less suitable as a drop-in interactive container.

Use it if

  • You need a decorative concentric ripple behind a hero, feature callout, or empty state.
  • You want a choice between continuous animation and a hover-triggered effect.
  • You can use its optional edge fades or centered image without turning it into a content container.

Skip it if

  • You need a wrapper that renders child content, because this component ignores children.
  • You need built-in reduced-motion behavior or user controls for stopping the animation.
  • You want to avoid adding a general animation runtime for one decorative background.
  • You cannot provide a positioned containing block for its absolute fade and image layers.

Install

Installation record for eldora-svg-ripple-effect
Declared dependenciesmotion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add Motion for React, clsx, and tailwind-merge, copy the component and registry utility, and ensure Tailwind scans the file and supports its mask, gradient, dark-mode, and arbitrary-value classes. Place it inside a positioned container when using fades or the centered image.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

Alternatives

Other published entries for the background-effect pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.