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Mastering Framer Motion: Smooth & Interactive Animations in React

Mastering Framer Motion: Smooth & Interactive Animations in React

The Value of UI Animations

Smooth micro-interactions communicate changes, guide user attention, and elevate digital products into premium experiences. Framer Motion simplifies physics-based spring animations in React.

1. Motion Elements Basics

Convert standard HTML tags to motion.<tag>:

import { motion } from 'framer-motion';

export function Button() {
  return (
    <motion.button
      whileHover={{ scale: 1.05 }}
      whileTap={{ scale: 0.95 }}
      initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }}
      animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
      className="btn-primary"
    >
      Explore Work
    </motion.button>
  );
}

2. Exit Animations with AnimatePresence

Animate elements as they are removed from the React DOM tree:

<AnimatePresence>
  {isOpen && (
    <motion.div initial={{ opacity: 0 }} animate={{ opacity: 1 }} exit={{ opacity: 0 }}>
      Modal Content
    </motion.div>
  )}
</AnimatePresence>

Conclusion

Integrating Framer Motion brings polish, responsiveness, and Delight to your React web applications.

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