Light Trails

A long-exposure bundle of light trails sweeping across the frame.

light-trails-demo.tsx

import { LightTrails } from "@/components/light-trails";

export function Hero() {
  return (
    <LightTrails
      className="flex h-[560px] items-end p-10"
      palette="ultraviolet"
    >
      <h1 className="text-5xl font-semibold tracking-tight text-white">
        Your headline
      </h1>
    </LightTrails>
  );
}

Installation

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @gradients-pro/light-trails

Needs a Pro account and the Pro registry setup.

Usage

import { LightTrails } from "@/components/light-trails";

<LightTrails className="h-[560px]">{children}</LightTrails>;

It fills its box, so give it a height. Children render on top.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`palette`	`"sodium"`, `"ultraviolet"`, `"signal"`	`"sodium"`	One of the curated palettes.
`appearance`	`"auto"`, `"dark"`, `"light"`	`"auto"`	Which version of the palette to use. `auto` follows a `dark` or `light` class (or `data-theme`) on `<html>`, then the OS setting.
`colors`	`string[]`	palette	2 to 6 CSS colours, `var(--x)` included. Replaces the palette's colours.
`background`	`string`	palette	Replaces the palette's background.
`spread`	`number`	`1`	0.25 to 4. How far apart the trails run.
`bend`	`number`	`0.5`	0 to 1. How strongly the bundle curves.
`glow`	`number`	`0.4`	0 to 1. Size of each trail's halo.
`grain`	`number`	`0.12`	0 to 1. Film grain.
`speed`	`number`	`0.7`	0 to 2. How fast it moves; 0 holds a still frame.
`params`	`Partial<GradientParams>`	none	Any other engine param, applied last.
`className`	`string`	none	Classes for the outer box. Give it a size, for example `h-[560px]`.
`style`	`CSSProperties`	none	Inline styles for the outer box.
`children`	`ReactNode`	none	Content drawn above the background.