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Text Cursor
Character trails that follow cursor movement with floating animations for React applications.
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Text or emoji that trails behind your cursor like breadcrumbs, creating playful interactive effects. Characters spawn at regular spacing intervals as you move, orient themselves toward the mouse direction, and gently float with random micro-movements before fading away. Configurable trail length, spawn spacing, exit animations, and optional direction-following behavior. Built with Motion for React using AnimatePresence for smooth enter/exit transitions. Perfect for cursor effects, interactive backgrounds, or whimsical UI touches.
Install with AI
If you've connected the shadcn.io MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-ready AI editor, prompt your agent to install this text effect for you — no copy-paste, no CLI:
use shadcnio to install the text-cursor text effect into my projectRelated Components
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