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ruixen-glow-link-button

buttonliquid-glassmotion on file

A client-side React link styled as a liquid-glass pill, distributed through a shadcn registry item. It injects its own light and dark theme CSS, uses Motion for hover, press, and arrow animation, tracks the pointer for a radial glow, and can create a short Web Audio tick on click.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-glow-link-button at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-glow-link-button at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-glow-link-button 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 ruixen-glow-link-button
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, working choice for a decorative outbound call-to-action. It mounts without framework scaffolding and keeps its styling local, but the mandatory new-tab behavior, default click sound, and Motion dependency make it less suitable as a general-purpose button.

Use it if

  • You need a prominent outbound link with animated hover and press feedback.
  • Your React app already uses Motion or can justify adding it for this interaction.
  • You want a self-contained control whose colors adapt to a dark class or data-theme attribute.

Skip it if

  • You need a submit, reset, or in-app action button rather than an anchor that opens a new tab.
  • Your design system forbids component-injected style tags or extensive inline styles.
  • You want to avoid an animation dependency for a single call-to-action.
  • Click sounds are inappropriate and you do not want to remember to disable the enabled-by-default audio option.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-glow-link-button
Declared dependenciesmotion
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn React project, copy the client component, install Motion, and ensure the file runs in a browser-rendered client boundary. No provider or shared utility layer is required. Pass a real destination and disable sound where audio feedback is not wanted.

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.

Author repository

github.com/ruixenui/ruixen.com
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

Alternatives

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