Sprout

No dependencies
Code format
React + Tailwind
const css = `
  .toggle-sprout { position: relative; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; color: light-dark(#42454c, #e5e6e9); font-size: 14px; cursor: pointer; user-select: none; }
  .toggle-sprout__input { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; margin: 0; opacity: 0; }
  .toggle-sprout__track { position: relative; width: 44px; height: 52px; border-radius: 8px; }
  .toggle-sprout__input:focus-visible + .toggle-sprout__track { outline: 2px solid light-dark(#5f626a, #a7abb2); outline-offset: 3px; }
  .toggle-sprout__soil {
    position: absolute;
    left: 2px;
    right: 2px;
    bottom: 0;
    height: 10px;
    border-radius: 3px 3px 6px 6px;
    background: radial-gradient(light-dark(#cbced3, #393c41) 0.8px, transparent 1.2px) 0 0 / 5px 4px, light-dark(#ebedf0, #232529);
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 light-dark(#cbced3, #393c41);
  }
  .toggle-sprout__seed { position: absolute; left: 18px; bottom: 8px; width: 8px; height: 5px; border-radius: 50%; background: light-dark(#6d7179, #7d8087); }
  .toggle-sprout__stem {
    position: absolute;
    left: 21px;
    bottom: 10px;
    width: 2px;
    height: 30px;
    border-radius: 1px;
    background: light-dark(#50535b, #c6c8cd);
    transform: scaleY(0);
    transform-origin: 50% 100%;
    transition: transform 0.35s ease-in 0.2s;
  }
  .toggle-sprout__leaf {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 26px;
    width: 13px;
    height: 7px;
    background: light-dark(#42454c, #e5e6e9);
    transform: scale(0) rotate(30deg);
    transition: transform 0.3s ease-in;
  }
  .toggle-sprout__leaf--l { left: 9px; border-radius: 100% 0 100% 0; transform-origin: 100% 100%; }
  .toggle-sprout__leaf--r { left: 22px; bottom: 32px; border-radius: 0 100% 0 100%; transform-origin: 0 100%; transform: scale(0) rotate(-30deg); }
  .toggle-sprout__bud { position: absolute; left: 19px; bottom: 38px; width: 6px; height: 6px; border-radius: 50%; background: light-dark(#373a40, #f1f2f3); transform: scale(0); transition: transform 0.2s ease-in; }
  .toggle-sprout__input:checked + .toggle-sprout__track .toggle-sprout__stem { transform: scaleY(1); transition: transform 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.3, 1); }
  .toggle-sprout__input:checked + .toggle-sprout__track .toggle-sprout__leaf { transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg); transition: transform 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.56, 0.64, 1) 0.3s; }
  .toggle-sprout__input:checked + .toggle-sprout__track .toggle-sprout__leaf--r { transition-delay: 0.42s; }
  .toggle-sprout__input:checked + .toggle-sprout__track .toggle-sprout__bud { transform: scale(1); transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.8, 0.64, 1) 0.6s; }
  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .toggle-sprout__track * { transition-duration: 0.01s !important; transition-delay: 0s !important; }
  }
`;

export function SproutToggle() {
  return (
    <>
      <style>
        {css}
      </style>
      <label className="toggle-sprout">
        <input className="toggle-sprout__input" type="checkbox" role="switch" />
        <span className="toggle-sprout__track" aria-hidden="true">
          <span className="toggle-sprout__stem" />
          <span className="toggle-sprout__leaf toggle-sprout__leaf--l" />
          <span className="toggle-sprout__leaf toggle-sprout__leaf--r" />
          <span className="toggle-sprout__bud" />
          <span className="toggle-sprout__seed" />
          <span className="toggle-sprout__soil" />
        </span>
        Eco mode
      </label>
    </>
  );
}

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

Install with shadcn

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

About this component

An eco-mode switch: the stem grows out of the seed, two leaves unfurl one after the other and a bud pops at the top. Off, it all withdraws into the soil.

Dependencies
None
Difficulty
Beginner
Triggers
click, state change, spring, delay stagger
Techniques
css transition, transition delay stagger
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 the change is instant.

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