Projector

No dependencies
Code format
React + Tailwind
import { useState } from 'react';

const css = `
  @keyframes toggle-projector-go {
    0% { transform: translateX(0); opacity: 1; }
    10% { transform: translateX(2px); opacity: 0.3; }
    20% { transform: translateX(-2px); opacity: 0.8; }
    30% { transform: translateX(0); opacity: 0; }
    31% { transform: translateX(48px); opacity: 0; }
    50% { transform: translateX(50px); opacity: 0.7; }
    60% { transform: translateX(46px); opacity: 0.2; }
    75% { transform: translateX(48px); opacity: 1; }
    100% { transform: translateX(48px); opacity: 1; }
  }
  @keyframes toggle-projector-back {
    0% { transform: translateX(48px); opacity: 1; }
    10% { transform: translateX(46px); opacity: 0.3; }
    20% { transform: translateX(50px); opacity: 0.8; }
    30% { transform: translateX(48px); opacity: 0; }
    31% { transform: translateX(0); opacity: 0; }
    50% { transform: translateX(-2px); opacity: 0.7; }
    60% { transform: translateX(2px); opacity: 0.2; }
    75% { transform: translateX(0); opacity: 1; }
    100% { transform: translateX(0); opacity: 1; }
  }
  @keyframes toggle-projector-flicker { 0%, 100% { opacity: 1; } 47% { opacity: 1; } 48% { opacity: 0.55; } 50% { opacity: 1; } 83% { opacity: 0.8; } }
  .toggle-projector { position: relative; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; color: light-dark(#42454c, #e5e6e9); font-size: 14px; cursor: pointer; user-select: none; }
  .toggle-projector__input { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; margin: 0; opacity: 0; }
  .toggle-projector__track { position: relative; width: 76px; height: 42px; border-radius: 6px; }
  .toggle-projector__input:focus-visible + .toggle-projector__track { outline: 2px solid light-dark(#5f626a, #a7abb2); outline-offset: 3px; }
  .toggle-projector__emitter {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    height: 6px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    background: light-dark(#ebedf0, #232529);
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px light-dark(#dbdde1, #2e3035);
  }
  .toggle-projector__holo { position: absolute; left: 2px; bottom: 6px; width: 24px; height: 36px; }
  .toggle-projector__lens { position: absolute; left: 4px; right: 4px; bottom: -6px; height: 6px; border-radius: 3px; background: light-dark(#6d7179, #7d8087); transition: background-color 0.3s; }
  .toggle-projector__beam {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    top: 10px;
    bottom: 0;
    clip-path: polygon(38% 100%, 62% 100%, 100% 0, 0 0);
    background: linear-gradient(to top, color-mix(in oklab, light-dark(#373a40, #f1f2f3) 40%, transparent), transparent);
    opacity: 0.25;
    transition: opacity 0.3s;
  }
  .toggle-projector__figure {
    position: absolute;
    left: 2px;
    top: 0;
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: 1px solid light-dark(#50535b, #c6c8cd);
    background: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, light-dark(#42454c, #e5e6e9) 0 1px, transparent 1px 3px);
    opacity: 0.35;
    transition: opacity 0.3s;
  }
  .toggle-projector__input:checked + .toggle-projector__track .toggle-projector__holo { transform: translateX(48px); }
  .toggle-projector__input:checked + .toggle-projector__track .toggle-projector__lens { background: light-dark(#373a40, #f1f2f3); }
  .toggle-projector__input:checked + .toggle-projector__track .toggle-projector__beam { opacity: 1; }
  .toggle-projector__input:checked + .toggle-projector__track .toggle-projector__figure { opacity: 0.95; animation: toggle-projector-flicker 2.4s steps(1) infinite; }
  .toggle-projector[data-armed] .toggle-projector__input:checked + .toggle-projector__track .toggle-projector__holo { animation: toggle-projector-go 0.6s linear; }
  .toggle-projector[data-armed] .toggle-projector__input:not(:checked) + .toggle-projector__track .toggle-projector__holo { animation: toggle-projector-back 0.6s linear; }
  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .toggle-projector__track * { animation: none !important; }
  }
`;

export function ProjectorToggle() {
  const [armed, setArmed] = useState(false);
  return (
    <>
      <style>
        {css}
      </style>
      <label className="toggle-projector" data-armed={armed || undefined}>
        <input className="toggle-projector__input" type="checkbox" role="switch" onChange={() => setArmed(true)} />
        <span className="toggle-projector__track" aria-hidden="true">
          <span className="toggle-projector__emitter" />
          <span className="toggle-projector__holo">
            <span className="toggle-projector__beam" />
            <span className="toggle-projector__figure" />
            <span className="toggle-projector__lens" />
          </span>
        </span>
        Hologram
      </label>
    </>
  );
}

Free to use in any project, commercial included. MIT-0, no attribution required. Licence

Install with shadcn

npx shadcn@latest add @movin/toggle-projector
Source on GitHub

About this component

A hologram switch: a scanline figure floats on a cone of light above an emitter bar. Switching, it glitches out where it stands and rematerialises at the other end, and it flickers faintly while on.

Dependencies
None
Difficulty
Intermediate
Triggers
click, state change, glow
Techniques
keyframes, clip path, state machine, gradient
Reduced motion
Respected
Theme
Light and dark (follows your page's color-scheme)

A native checkbox with role="switch" inside a <label>, so Space toggles it and screen readers announce a switch; the visible label names it and :focus-visible on the input outlines the visual. Under prefers-reduced-motion it just changes ends.

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