Shiny Button
Button with a glossy gradient sheen that sweeps on a loop. Install Shiny Button from the VLLNT UI registry with the shadcn CLI.
Button with a glossy gradient sheen that sweeps on a loop. Part of the utility family in VLLNT UI, it ships as a machine-readable registry entry — copy the source directly into your app with the shadcn CLI and own it, no runtime dependency on a component library.
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Installation
Add Shiny Button to your project with the shadcn CLI. The source lands in your codebase, ready to adapt:
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://ui.vllnt.ai/r/shiny-button.jsonSource
import * as React from "react";
import { cn } from "../../lib/utils";
/** Props for {@link ShinyButton}. */
export type ShinyButtonProps = React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"button">;
/**
* Secondary button with a slow sheen drifting across its surface on a loop.
*
* Respects `prefers-reduced-motion`: the sheen stays parked off-screen.
*
* @example
* ```tsx
* <ShinyButton>Learn more</ShinyButton>
* ```
*/
export const ShinyButton = ({
children,
className,
ref,
...props
}: ShinyButtonProps & { ref?: React.Ref<HTMLButtonElement> }) => {
return (
<button
className={cn(
"relative inline-flex items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-md border border-border bg-secondary px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-secondary-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-secondary/80 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2 disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50",
className,
)}
ref={ref}
type="button"
{...props}
>
<span
aria-hidden="true"
className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 -translate-x-full animate-shimmer motion-reduce:animate-none"
style={{
animationDuration: "3s",
background:
"linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, oklch(var(--foreground) / 0.15), transparent)",
}}
/>
<span className="relative z-10 inline-flex items-center gap-2">
{children}
</span>
</button>
);
};
ShinyButton.displayName = "ShinyButton";
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