Morphing Navbar
A modern animated navbar header menu with smooth morphing hover state transitions. Built with spring physics and cubic easing for fluid micro-interactions.
Category
NavigationReact
CSS
Tailwind
Manual
Create a file and paste the following code into it.
src/components/nav-menu.tsx
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import { Easing, motion, Transition } from "motion/react";
const navItems = [
{
label: "Expertises",
href: "/",
},
{
label: "Work",
href: "/about",
},
{
label: "About",
href: "/about",
},
{
label: "Contact",
href: "/contact",
},
];
export default function NavDemo() {
return (
<div className="h-dvh w-full flex items-center justify-center bg-[#faf4ec]">
<nav className="flex items-center justify-center bg-white rounded-lg p-1">
<ul className="flex items-center md:gap-4 gap-1 min-h-10">
{navItems.map((item) => (
<NavItem key={item.label} item={item} />
))}
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
);
}
const SPRING_CONFIG_TEXT = {
type: "spring",
stiffness: 320,
damping: 32,
mass: 1.3,
} as Transition;
const EASE_CUBIC_CONFIG = {
duration: 0.5,
ease: [0.32, 0.72, 0, 1] as Easing,
} as Transition;
function NavItem({ item }: { item: (typeof navItems)[0] }) {
return (
<li className="text-xs md:text-base font-semibold">
<motion.a
href={item.href}
className="relative px-2 py-2 rounded-md overflow-hidden block"
initial="initial"
whileHover="hover"
variants={{
initial: {},
hover: {},
}}
>
<span className="relative text-transparent">{item.label}</span>
<motion.span
className="z-2 absolute inset-0 w-full h-full flex items-center justify-center"
initial={{
y: 0,
scale: 1,
rotate: 0,
}}
variants={{
hover: {
y: -100,
scale: 0.5,
rotate: -30,
},
}}
transition={SPRING_CONFIG_TEXT}
>
{item.label}
</motion.span>
<motion.span
className="absolute inset-0 bg-orange-500 w-full h-full scale-x-150 z-1 overflow-hidden"
initial={{
y: 100,
rotate: -40,
}}
variants={{
hover: {
y: 0,
rotate: 0,
},
}}
transition={EASE_CUBIC_CONFIG}
>
<motion.span
className="absolute inset-0 bg-neutral-900 w-full h-full"
initial={{
y: 150,
rotate: -60,
}}
variants={{
hover: {
y: 0,
rotate: 0,
},
}}
transition={EASE_CUBIC_CONFIG}
></motion.span>
</motion.span>
<motion.span
className="z-2 absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center text-white"
initial={{
y: 180,
rotate: -60,
scale: 0.5,
}}
variants={{
hover: {
y: 0,
rotate: 0,
scale: 1,
},
}}
transition={SPRING_CONFIG_TEXT}
>
{item.label}
</motion.span>
</motion.a>
</li>
);
}Update the import paths to match your project setup.