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Glowing Bento

A border glowing effect that adapts to any container or card, as seen on Cursor's website.

Installation

Install dependencies

npm i motion clsx tailwind-merge

Add util file

lib/utils.ts

import { ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
  return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}
 

Run the following command

It will create a new file glowing-bento.tsx inside the components/mage-ui/bento-grid directory.

mkdir -p components/mage-ui/bento-grid && touch components/mage-ui/bento-grid/glowing-bento.tsx

Paste the code

Open the newly created file and paste the following code:

"use client";
 
import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
import { animate } from "framer-motion";
import { Box, Lock, Search, Settings, Sparkles } from "lucide-react";
 
interface GlowingEffectProps {
  blur?: number;
  inactiveZone?: number;
  proximity?: number;
  spread?: number;
  variant?: "default" | "white";
  glow?: boolean;
  className?: string;
  disabled?: boolean;
  movementDuration?: number;
  borderWidth?: number;
}
 
const GlowingEffect = memo(
  ({
    blur = 0,
    inactiveZone = 0.7,
    proximity = 0,
    spread = 20,
    variant = "default",
    glow = false,
    className,
    movementDuration = 2,
    borderWidth = 1,
    disabled = false, // Changed default to false so it's enabled by default
  }: GlowingEffectProps) => {
    const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
    const lastPosition = useRef({ x: 0, y: 0 });
    const animationFrameRef = useRef<number>(0);
 
    const handleMove = useCallback(
      (e?: MouseEvent | { x: number; y: number }) => {
        if (!containerRef.current) return;
        if (animationFrameRef.current) {
          cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrameRef.current);
        }
        animationFrameRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
          const element = containerRef.current;
          if (!element) return;
 
          const { left, top, width, height } = element.getBoundingClientRect();
          const mouseX = e?.x ?? lastPosition.current.x;
          const mouseY = e?.y ?? lastPosition.current.y;
          if (e) lastPosition.current = { x: mouseX, y: mouseY };
 
          const center = [left + width * 0.5, top + height * 0.5];
          const distanceFromCenter = Math.hypot(mouseX - center[0], mouseY - center[1]);
          const inactiveRadius = 0.5 * Math.min(width, height) * inactiveZone;
 
          if (distanceFromCenter < inactiveRadius) {
            element.style.setProperty("--active", "0");
            return;
          }
 
          const isActive =
            mouseX > left - proximity &&
            mouseX < left + width + proximity &&
            mouseY > top - proximity &&
            mouseY < top + height + proximity;
 
          element.style.setProperty("--active", isActive ? "1" : "0");
          if (!isActive) return;
 
          const currentAngle = parseFloat(element.style.getPropertyValue("--start")) || 0;
          let targetAngle =
            (180 * Math.atan2(mouseY - center[1], mouseX - center[0])) / Math.PI + 90;
          const angleDiff = ((targetAngle - currentAngle + 180) % 360) - 180;
          const newAngle = currentAngle + angleDiff;
 
          animate(currentAngle, newAngle, {
            duration: movementDuration,
            ease: [0.16, 1, 0.3, 1],
            onUpdate: (value) => element.style.setProperty("--start", String(value)),
          });
        });
      },
      [inactiveZone, proximity, movementDuration]
    );
 
    useEffect(() => {
      if (disabled) return;
      const handleScroll = () => handleMove();
      const handlePointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => handleMove(e);
      window.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll, { passive: true });
      document.body.addEventListener("pointermove", handlePointerMove, { passive: true });
 
      return () => {
        if (animationFrameRef.current) cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrameRef.current);
        window.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
        document.body.removeEventListener("pointermove", handlePointerMove);
      };
    }, [handleMove, disabled]);
 
    return (
      <>
        <div
          className={cn(
            "pointer-events-none absolute -inset-px hidden rounded-[inherit] border opacity-0 transition-opacity",
            glow && "opacity-100",
            variant === "white" && "border-white",
            disabled && "!block"
          )}
        />
        <div
          ref={containerRef}
          style={
            {
              "--blur": `${blur}px`,
              "--spread": spread,
              "--start": "0",
              "--active": "0",
              "--glowingeffect-border-width": `${borderWidth}px`,
              "--repeating-conic-gradient-times": "5",
              "--gradient":
                variant === "white"
                  ? `repeating-conic-gradient(
                  from 236.84deg at 50% 50%,
                  var(--black),
                  var(--black) calc(25% / var(--repeating-conic-gradient-times))
                )`
                  : `radial-gradient(circle, #dd7bbb 10%, #dd7bbb00 20%),
                radial-gradient(circle at 40% 40%, #d79f1e 5%, #d79f1e00 15%),
                radial-gradient(circle at 60% 60%, #5a922c 10%, #5a922c00 20%), 
                radial-gradient(circle at 40% 60%, #4c7894 10%, #4c789400 20%),
                repeating-conic-gradient(
                  from 236.84deg at 50% 50%,
                  #dd7bbb 0%,
                  #d79f1e calc(25% / var(--repeating-conic-gradient-times)),
                  #5a922c calc(50% / var(--repeating-conic-gradient-times)), 
                  #4c7894 calc(75% / var(--repeating-conic-gradient-times)),
                  #dd7bbb calc(100% / var(--repeating-conic-gradient-times))
                )`,
            } as React.CSSProperties
          }
          className={cn(
            "pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 rounded-[inherit] opacity-100 transition-opacity",
            glow && "opacity-100",
            blur > 0 && "blur-[var(--blur)] ",
            className,
            disabled && "!hidden"
          )}
        >
          <div
            className={cn(
              "glow",
              "rounded-[inherit]",
              'after:content-[""] after:rounded-[inherit] after:absolute after:inset-[calc(-1*var(--glowingeffect-border-width))]',
              "after:[border:var(--glowingeffect-border-width)_solid_transparent]",
              "after:[background:var(--gradient)] after:[background-attachment:fixed]",
              "after:opacity-[var(--active)] after:transition-opacity after:duration-300",
              "after:[mask-clip:padding-box,border-box]",
              "after:[mask-composite:intersect]",
              "after:[mask-image:linear-gradient(#0000,#0000),conic-gradient(from_calc((var(--start)-var(--spread))*1deg),#00000000_0deg,#fff,#00000000_calc(var(--spread)*2deg))]"
            )}
          />
        </div>
      </>
    );
  }
);
 
GlowingEffect.displayName = "GlowingEffect";
 
const GlowingEffectDemo = () => {
  return (
    <ul className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-12 gap-4">
      {gridItems.map((item, index) => (
        <GridItem key={index} {...item} />
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
};
 
interface GridItemProps {
  area: string;
  icon: React.ReactNode;
  title: string;
  description: React.ReactNode;
}
 
const GridItem = ({ area, icon, title, description }: GridItemProps) => {
  return (
    <li className={`min-h-[14rem] list-none ${area}`}>
      <div className="relative h-full rounded-2.5xl border p-2 md:p-3">
        <GlowingEffect spread={40} glow={true} disabled={false} proximity={64} inactiveZone={0.01} />
        <div className="relative flex flex-col justify-between gap-6 p-6 border rounded-xl shadow-lg">
          <div className="w-fit p-2 border rounded-lg border-gray-600">{icon}</div>
          <h3 className="text-xl font-semibold">{title}</h3>
          <p className="text-sm text-gray-500">{description}</p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </li>
  );
};
 
const gridItems: GridItemProps[] = [
  { area: "md:[grid-area:1/1/2/7]", icon: <Box />, title: "Do things the right way", description: "Running out of copy so I'll write anything." },
  { area: "md:[grid-area:1/7/2/13]", icon: <Settings />, title: "The best AI code editor ever.", description: "Yes, it's true. I'm not even kidding." },
  { area: "md:[grid-area:2/1/3/7]", icon: <Lock />, title: "You should buy Mage UI Pro", description: "It's the best money you'll ever spend." },
  { area: "md:[grid-area:2/7/3/13]", icon: <Sparkles />, title: "This card is also built by Cursor", description: "I'm not even kidding. Ask my mom." },
  { area: "md:[grid-area:3/1/4/13]", icon: <Search />, title: "Coming soon on Mage UI", description: "I'm writing the code as I record this." }
];
 
export { GlowingEffect };
export default GlowingEffectDemo;