Card
An editorial card, clickable as a whole through one link: the image drifts closer, the border firms up and an arrow slides in.
View codeOn hover a single line draws the card border from the exact point where the pointer came in. One way, both ways, or just the corners.
With your AI
Say it to your AI. It gets the exact code below, not its best guess, and knows where it goes.
Use the Kodza Border Trace Card for my feature list.
claude mcp add -t http kodza https://kodza.dev/api/mcp
<article class="kodza-trace">
<p class="kodza-trace__label">Setup</p>
<h3 class="kodza-trace__title">Copy. Paste. Done.</h3>
<p class="kodza-trace__text">No config files, no package hell. Just HTML, CSS and a little motion.</p>
</article>
<article class="kodza-trace kodza-trace--both">
<p class="kodza-trace__label">Performance</p>
<h3 class="kodza-trace__title">Smooth as butter</h3>
<p class="kodza-trace__text">Sixty frames a second, even on your cousin's phone.</p>
</article>
<article class="kodza-trace kodza-trace--corners">
<p class="kodza-trace__label">Accessibility</p>
<h3 class="kodza-trace__title">Keyboard first</h3>
<p class="kodza-trace__text">Focus states, labels and reduced motion. Already done for you.</p>
</article>
/* Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license */
/* Kodza — Border Trace Card
On hover a single line draws the border, starting from the exact point where the
pointer came in. Variants: (default) one way around, --both (both ways, meeting on the
far side), --corners (only the four corners, like a viewfinder).
Everything is tuned with the --kz-trace-* variables. */
.kodza-trace {
--kz-trace-bg: #ffffff;
--kz-trace-fg: #0a0a0a;
--kz-trace-muted: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62);
--kz-trace-border: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.1);
--kz-trace-stroke: #0a0a0a;
--kz-trace-width: 1.5px;
--kz-trace-radius: 16px;
--kz-trace-pad: 28px;
--kz-trace-duration: 0.7s;
--kz-trace-ease: cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);
position: relative;
display: flex;
box-sizing: border-box;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 8px;
min-height: calc(220px + 2 * var(--kz-trace-pad));
padding: var(--kz-trace-pad);
border-radius: var(--kz-trace-radius);
background: var(--kz-trace-bg);
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--kz-trace-border);
color: var(--kz-trace-fg);
}
.kodza-trace__label {
margin: 0 0 auto;
font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace;
font-size: 12px;
color: var(--kz-trace-muted);
}
.kodza-trace__title {
margin: 0;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: 600;
line-height: 1.2;
letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}
.kodza-trace__text {
margin: 0;
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 1.55;
color: var(--kz-trace-muted);
}
/* The traced line (drawn by the script) */
.kodza-trace__svg {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
overflow: visible;
pointer-events: none;
}
.kodza-trace__svg path {
fill: none;
stroke: var(--kz-trace-stroke);
stroke-width: var(--kz-trace-width);
stroke-linecap: round;
stroke-linejoin: round;
}
/* Without the script, the border simply firms up */
.kodza-trace:not(.is-ready):hover {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--kz-trace-width) var(--kz-trace-stroke);
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.kodza-trace:hover {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--kz-trace-width) var(--kz-trace-stroke);
}
.kodza-trace__svg {
display: none;
}
}
/* Theming example — on a dark background:
.dark-section .kodza-trace {
--kz-trace-bg: #161616;
--kz-trace-fg: #f2f2f0;
--kz-trace-muted: rgba(242, 242, 240, 0.62);
--kz-trace-border: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
--kz-trace-stroke: #ffffff;
}
*/
/* kodza-guard 8d68f1bbc6b5 — generated by Kodza, do not edit.
Theme guard: keeps a site's own CSS (WordPress themes, Bootstrap, CSS resets…) off this
component. :not(#_) is always true and weighs as much as an id, so these lines win over
theme rules made of classes and tags. Customise the component through its --kz-* variables. */
/* What the browser gives, where the component sets it only in some states: at the lowest weight, so its own rules below put it back */
:where(.kodza-trace__svg):not(#_):where(:not([hidden])) {
display: revert;
}
:where(.kodza-trace__svg):not(#_):where([hidden]) {
display: none;
}
/* What the browser gives, on everything the component leaves to it */
.kodza-trace:not(#_) {
border: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
transition: revert;
list-style: revert;
outline-offset: revert;
appearance: revert;
max-height: revert;
font-family: revert;
font-size: revert;
font-weight: revert;
font-style: revert;
line-height: revert;
letter-spacing: revert;
text-transform: revert;
text-underline-offset: revert;
text-align: revert;
text-indent: revert;
text-shadow: revert;
vertical-align: revert;
}
.kodza-trace__label:not(#_) {
border: revert;
padding: revert;
border-radius: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
transition: revert;
list-style: revert;
box-sizing: revert;
float: revert;
position: revert;
background-color: revert;
background-image: revert;
box-shadow: revert;
outline-offset: revert;
appearance: revert;
max-width: revert;
max-height: revert;
font-weight: revert;
font-style: revert;
line-height: revert;
letter-spacing: revert;
text-transform: revert;
text-underline-offset: revert;
text-align: revert;
text-indent: revert;
text-shadow: revert;
vertical-align: revert;
}
.kodza-trace__title:not(#_) {
border: revert;
padding: revert;
border-radius: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
transition: revert;
list-style: revert;
box-sizing: revert;
float: revert;
position: revert;
background-color: revert;
background-image: revert;
box-shadow: revert;
outline-offset: revert;
appearance: revert;
max-width: revert;
max-height: revert;
color: revert;
font-family: revert;
font-style: revert;
text-transform: revert;
text-underline-offset: revert;
text-align: revert;
text-indent: revert;
text-shadow: revert;
vertical-align: revert;
}
.kodza-trace__text:not(#_) {
border: revert;
padding: revert;
border-radius: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
transition: revert;
list-style: revert;
box-sizing: revert;
float: revert;
position: revert;
background-color: revert;
background-image: revert;
box-shadow: revert;
outline-offset: revert;
appearance: revert;
max-width: revert;
max-height: revert;
font-family: revert;
font-weight: revert;
font-style: revert;
letter-spacing: revert;
text-transform: revert;
text-underline-offset: revert;
text-align: revert;
text-indent: revert;
text-shadow: revert;
vertical-align: revert;
}
.kodza-trace__svg:not(#_) {
border: revert;
margin: revert;
padding: revert;
border-radius: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
transition: revert;
list-style: revert;
box-sizing: revert;
float: revert;
background-color: revert;
background-image: revert;
box-shadow: revert;
outline-offset: revert;
appearance: revert;
max-width: revert;
max-height: revert;
color: revert;
font-family: revert;
font-size: revert;
font-weight: revert;
font-style: revert;
line-height: revert;
letter-spacing: revert;
text-transform: revert;
text-underline-offset: revert;
text-align: revert;
text-indent: revert;
text-shadow: revert;
vertical-align: revert;
}
.kodza-trace__label:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])),
.kodza-trace__title:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])),
.kodza-trace__text:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])) {
display: revert;
}
.kodza-trace__label:not(#_):where([hidden]),
.kodza-trace__title:not(#_):where([hidden]),
.kodza-trace__text:not(#_):where([hidden]) {
display: none;
}
/* The component's own rules, one step stronger: real buttons and fields, what it sets on tags themes style (links, lists, headings, images…), and the root width (a theme may narrow it, never widen it) */
.kodza-trace:not(#_) {
position: relative;
display: flex;
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: var(--kz-trace-pad);
border-radius: var(--kz-trace-radius);
background: var(--kz-trace-bg);
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px var(--kz-trace-border);
color: var(--kz-trace-fg);
}
.kodza-trace__label:not(#_) {
margin: 0 0 auto;
font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace;
font-size: 12px;
color: var(--kz-trace-muted);
}
.kodza-trace__title:not(#_) {
margin: 0;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: 600;
line-height: 1.2;
letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}
.kodza-trace__text:not(#_) {
margin: 0;
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 1.55;
color: var(--kz-trace-muted);
}
.kodza-trace__svg:not(#_) {
position: absolute;
}
.kodza-trace:not(.is-ready):hover:not(#_) {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--kz-trace-width) var(--kz-trace-stroke);
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.kodza-trace:hover:not(#_) {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--kz-trace-width) var(--kz-trace-stroke);
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.kodza-trace__svg:not(#_) {
display: none;
}
}
// Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license
// Kodza — Border Trace Card
// Draws the card's rounded border as an SVG path, then animates its dash from the point
// of the border closest to where the pointer entered. The path goes around three times,
// so a dash can start anywhere and still be one continuous line.
(() => {
const SELECTOR = '.kodza-trace';
if (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) return;
const SVG = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg';
const CORNER = 26; // length of each corner arm, for --corners
// A rounded rectangle, starting at the top-left, going clockwise (only the drawing commands)
function lap(w, h, r, i) {
const x0 = i, y0 = i, x1 = w - i, y1 = h - i;
r = Math.max(0, Math.min(r - i, (x1 - x0) / 2, (y1 - y0) / 2));
return `H ${x1 - r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x1} ${y0 + r} V ${y1 - r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x1 - r} ${y1} ` +
`H ${x0 + r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x0} ${y1 - r} V ${y0 + r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x0 + r} ${y0}`;
}
// Four corner brackets, each drawn from one arm to the other
function corners(w, h, r, i) {
const x0 = i, y0 = i, x1 = w - i, y1 = h - i, c = CORNER;
r = Math.max(0, r - i);
return [
`M ${x0} ${y0 + r + c} V ${y0 + r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x0 + r} ${y0} H ${x0 + r + c}`,
`M ${x1 - r - c} ${y0} H ${x1 - r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x1} ${y0 + r} V ${y0 + r + c}`,
`M ${x1} ${y1 - r - c} V ${y1 - r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x1 - r} ${y1} H ${x1 - r - c}`,
`M ${x0 + r + c} ${y1} H ${x0 + r} A ${r} ${r} 0 0 1 ${x0} ${y1 - r} V ${y1 - r - c}`,
];
}
// One instance. Everything it starts is tied to `signal`, so kodza:destroy stops it all
function mount(card, signal) {
const mode = card.classList.contains('kodza-trace--corners') ? 'corners' : card.classList.contains('kodza-trace--both') ? 'both' : 'one';
const svg = document.createElementNS(SVG, 'svg');
svg.setAttribute('class', 'kodza-trace__svg');
svg.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
card.append(svg);
const style = getComputedStyle(card);
const duration = parseFloat(style.getPropertyValue('--kz-trace-duration')) * 1000 || 700;
const ease = style.getPropertyValue('--kz-trace-ease').trim() || 'ease';
let paths = [];
let lapLength = 0;
let samples = [];
let entry = 0;
function build() {
const { width: w, height: h } = card.getBoundingClientRect();
const r = parseFloat(style.getPropertyValue('--kz-trace-radius')) || 0;
const inset = (parseFloat(style.getPropertyValue('--kz-trace-width')) || 1.5) / 2;
svg.setAttribute('viewBox', `0 0 ${w} ${h}`);
svg.replaceChildren();
const shapes = mode === 'corners' ? corners(w, h, r, inset) : [`M ${inset + Math.max(0, r - inset)} ${inset} ` + lap(w, h, r, inset).repeat(1) + ' ' + lap(w, h, r, inset) + ' ' + lap(w, h, r, inset)];
paths = shapes.map((d) => {
const path = document.createElementNS(SVG, 'path');
path.setAttribute('d', d);
// At rest the dash is zero-long, and a round cap would still draw a dot: hidden until traced
path.style.opacity = 0;
svg.append(path);
return path;
});
if (mode === 'corners') {
paths.forEach((p) => {
p.setAttribute('pathLength', '1');
p.style.strokeDasharray = '0 1';
});
return;
}
lapLength = paths[0].getTotalLength() / 3;
paths[0].style.strokeDasharray = `0 ${lapLength * 3}`;
// Points along one lap, to find where the pointer came in
samples = Array.from({ length: 240 }, (_, k) => {
const s = (k / 240) * lapLength;
const p = paths[0].getPointAtLength(s);
return { s, x: p.x, y: p.y };
});
}
const nearest = (x, y) => samples.reduce((best, p) => ((p.x - x) ** 2 + (p.y - y) ** 2 < (best.x - x) ** 2 + (best.y - y) ** 2 ? p : best)).s;
function enter(event) {
const rect = card.getBoundingClientRect();
const L = lapLength;
if (mode === 'corners') {
// The corner closest to the pointer goes first, then the others
const cx = event ? event.clientX - rect.left : rect.width / 2;
const cy = event ? event.clientY - rect.top : 0;
const order = [[0, 0], [rect.width, 0], [rect.width, rect.height], [0, rect.height]]
.map(([x, y], i) => ({ i, d: (x - cx) ** 2 + (y - cy) ** 2 }))
.sort((a, b) => a.d - b.d);
order.forEach(({ i }, rank) => {
paths[i].getAnimations().forEach((a) => a.cancel());
// Each corner shows up when its own line starts, not during its delay (a dot would wait there)
paths[i].animate([
{ strokeDasharray: '0 1', opacity: 0 },
{ strokeDasharray: '0 1', opacity: 1, offset: 0.01 },
{ strokeDasharray: '1 0', opacity: 1 },
], { duration: duration * 0.55, delay: rank * 70, easing: ease, fill: 'both' });
});
return;
}
entry = event ? nearest(event.clientX - rect.left, event.clientY - rect.top) : 0;
const path = paths[0];
path.getAnimations().forEach((a) => a.cancel());
path.style.opacity = 1;
if (mode === 'both') {
// One dash centred on the entry point, growing both ways until it closes the loop
path.animate([
{ strokeDasharray: `0 ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -(entry + L) },
{ strokeDasharray: `${L} ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -(entry + L / 2) },
], { duration, easing: ease, fill: 'forwards' });
} else {
path.animate([
{ strokeDasharray: `0 ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -entry },
{ strokeDasharray: `${L} ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -entry },
], { duration, easing: ease, fill: 'forwards' });
}
}
// Once a line has shrunk back to nothing, it hides again (a new hover cancels this first)
const hideAfter = (path, animation) => animation.finished.then(() => {
if (signal.aborted) return;
path.style.opacity = 0;
animation.cancel();
}).catch(() => {});
function leave() {
const L = lapLength;
if (mode === 'corners') {
paths.forEach((p) => {
p.getAnimations().forEach((a) => a.cancel());
hideAfter(p, p.animate([{ strokeDasharray: '1 0', opacity: 1 }, { strokeDasharray: '0 1', opacity: 1 }], { duration: duration * 0.45, easing: ease, fill: 'forwards' }));
});
return;
}
const path = paths[0];
path.getAnimations().forEach((a) => a.cancel());
if (mode === 'both') {
path.animate([{ opacity: 1, strokeDasharray: `${L} ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -(entry + L / 2) }, { opacity: 0, strokeDasharray: `${L} ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -(entry + L / 2) }], { duration: duration * 0.5, easing: 'ease', fill: 'forwards' });
} else {
// The line does not rewind: its tail catches up with its head, one lap later
hideAfter(path, path.animate([
{ strokeDasharray: `${L} ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -entry },
{ strokeDasharray: `0 ${3 * L}`, strokeDashoffset: -(entry + L) },
], { duration, easing: ease, fill: 'forwards' }));
}
}
build();
const observer = new ResizeObserver(build);
observer.observe(card);
signal.addEventListener('abort', () => observer.disconnect());
card.addEventListener('pointerenter', enter, { signal });
card.addEventListener('pointerleave', leave, { signal });
card.addEventListener('focusin', () => enter(null), { signal });
card.addEventListener('focusout', leave, { signal });
}
// Kodza lifecycle, the same in every component: `kodza:init` starts the instances inside
// event.detail.root (the whole page by default), `kodza:destroy` stops them and puts their
// markup back. For themes and apps that swap content without a page load.
const instances = new WeakMap();
const find = (scope = document) => [scope, ...scope.querySelectorAll(SELECTOR)].filter((el) => el.matches?.(SELECTOR));
const init = (scope) => find(scope).forEach((root) => {
if (root.classList.contains('is-ready')) return; // already running, maybe from another copy of this script
const controller = new AbortController();
instances.set(root, { controller, html: root.innerHTML, attrs: [...root.attributes].map((a) => [a.name, a.value]) });
mount(root, controller.signal);
root.classList.add('is-ready');
});
const destroy = (scope) => find(scope).forEach((root) => {
const instance = instances.get(root);
if (!instance) return;
instances.delete(root);
instance.controller.abort();
[...root.attributes].forEach((a) => root.removeAttribute(a.name));
instance.attrs.forEach(([name, value]) => root.setAttribute(name, value));
root.innerHTML = instance.html;
});
document.addEventListener('kodza:init', (event) => init(event.detail?.root));
document.addEventListener('kodza:destroy', (event) => destroy(event.detail?.root));
init();
// Loaded in <head>, the script runs before the markup exists: once more when it is parsed
if (document.readyState === 'loading') document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => init(), { once: true });
})();
'use client';
// Kodza — Border Trace Card, for React. From https://kodza.dev/components/hover-gradient-card/
// Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license
// Next to this file: hover-gradient-card.css and hover-gradient-card.js, the component's CSS and JS from Kodza, as they are.
// Yours to edit: the markup is plain JSX below.
// The script changes this markup once React has rendered it (it adds layers, splits text, moves
// nodes), so React must not patch it afterwards. When a prop changes, the key gives React a fresh
// element: kodza:destroy stops the script on the old one, kodza:init starts it on the new one.
import { useRef, useEffect, type ComponentPropsWithoutRef, type ComponentRef, type CSSProperties } from 'react';
import './hover-gradient-card.css';
type Variant = "both" | "corners";
export type BorderTraceCardProps = Omit<ComponentPropsWithoutRef<'article'>, "children" | "variant" | "vars"> & {
/** Modifier class(es): .kodza-trace--both, .kodza-trace--corners */
variant?: Variant | Variant[];
/** Settings, as CSS variables on the root */
vars?: {
/** default: #ffffff */
"--kz-trace-bg"?: string | number;
/** default: #0a0a0a */
"--kz-trace-fg"?: string | number;
/** default: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62) */
"--kz-trace-muted"?: string | number;
/** default: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.1) */
"--kz-trace-border"?: string | number;
/** default: #0a0a0a */
"--kz-trace-stroke"?: string | number;
/** default: 1.5px */
"--kz-trace-width"?: string | number;
/** default: 16px */
"--kz-trace-radius"?: string | number;
/** default: 28px */
"--kz-trace-pad"?: string | number;
/** default: 0.7s */
"--kz-trace-duration"?: string | number;
/** default: cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1) */
"--kz-trace-ease"?: string | number;
};
className?: string;
};
export function BorderTraceCard({ variant, vars, className, style, ...rest }: BorderTraceCardProps) {
const ref = useRef<ComponentRef<'article'>>(null);
const classes = ["kodza-trace", ...([] as string[]).concat(variant ?? []).map((v) => `kodza-trace--${v}`), className].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
// Everything the markup is made of: when it changes, React gets a fresh element (see the top)
const key = JSON.stringify([classes, vars, style, rest]);
// Starts the script on this element once React has rendered it, stops it when it goes
useEffect(() => {
const root = ref.current;
let live = true;
// @ts-ignore: a plain script, no types to find
import('./hover-gradient-card.js').then(() => {
if (live) document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:init', { detail: { root } }));
});
return () => {
live = false;
document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:destroy', { detail: { root } }));
};
}, [key]);
return (
<article key={key} {...rest} className={classes} style={{ ...vars, ...style } as CSSProperties} ref={ref}>
<p className="kodza-trace__label">Setup</p>
<h3 className="kodza-trace__title">Copy. Paste. Done.</h3>
<p className="kodza-trace__text">No config files, no package hell. Just HTML, CSS and a little motion.</p>
</article>
);
}
Checked
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