Measured entry

tripled-native-avatar-with-name-shadcnui

avatarminimal-flatmotion on file

A client-side React avatar that reveals a name label with directional spring motion on hover or descendant focus. It ships as a shadcn registry component and uses Framer Motion, the local shadcn Avatar primitive, a class-merging helper, Tailwind utilities, and theme color tokens.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of tripled-native-avatar-with-name-shadcnui at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of tripled-native-avatar-with-name-shadcnui at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of tripled-native-avatar-with-name-shadcnui 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 tripled-native-avatar-with-name-shadcnui
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal75.5 KB (141.0 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A solid decorative identity treatment for a shadcn interface that already carries Framer Motion. Build and mounting were clean, but the motion dependency is substantial for a small avatar, and the hover label should not be the only place a user name is exposed.

Use it if

  • You need compact people or member lists where a name can appear as a visual enhancement beside an avatar.
  • Your interface already uses shadcn avatar primitives and Framer Motion.
  • You want fallback initials, selectable avatar sizes, and control over which side displays the label.

Skip it if

  • The revealed name must be reliably triggered from the keyboard, since the wrapper is not independently focusable.
  • The name is essential information rather than an optional visual hint, because the animated label is hidden from assistive technology.
  • You want a lightweight static avatar and do not otherwise ship Framer Motion.
  • You need the avatar itself to act as a profile link, menu trigger, or other interactive control without extending the component.

Install

Installation record for tripled-native-avatar-with-name-shadcnui
Declared dependenciesframer-motion, react, radix-ui, 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 React, Framer Motion, the Radix avatar primitives, Tailwind, and the clsx plus tailwind-merge class helper. Recreate the local Avatar wrappers and cn utility, then define the referenced background, popover, foreground, border, and muted theme tokens.

Source and credit

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Alternatives

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