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gear-train-loader-15641
Gear Train Loader
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Gear Train Loader

Two toothed wheels with hubs and bolt holes sit meshed at the rim and turn against each other, the smaller amber gear running faster in the opposite direction.

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lines of CSS
53lines of CSS
dependencies
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browser, for years
Everybrowser, for years
stops under reduced motion
Guardedstops under reduced motion
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gear-train-loader-15641.css
.fx-v14-load-gears-15640 {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}
.fx-v14-load-gears-15640 i {
  display: block;
  border-radius: 50%;
}
.fx-v14-load-gears-15640 .g1 {
  width: 58px;
  height: 58px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 22%, #0f172a 0 3px, rgba(0,0,0,0) 3.5px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 50%, #0f172a 0 7px, rgba(0,0,0,0) 7.5px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 50%, #38bdf8 0 21px, rgba(0,0,0,0) 21.5px),
    repeating-conic-gradient(from 0deg, #38bdf8 0 9deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 9deg 22.5deg);
  animation: fx-v14-load-gears-15640-cw 2.4s linear infinite;
}
.fx-v14-load-gears-15640 .g2 {
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  margin-left: -9px;
  margin-top: 26px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 26%, #0f172a 0 2.5px, rgba(0,0,0,0) 3px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 50%, #0f172a 0 5px, rgba(0,0,0,0) 5.5px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 50%, #f59e0b 0 15px, rgba(0,0,0,0) 15.5px),
    repeating-conic-gradient(from 12deg, #f59e0b 0 10deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10deg 24deg);
  animation: fx-v14-load-gears-15640-ccw 1.75s linear infinite;
}
@keyframes fx-v14-load-gears-15640-cw {
  from { transform: rotate(0deg); }
  to   { transform: rotate(360deg); }
}
@keyframes fx-v14-load-gears-15640-ccw {
  from { transform: rotate(0deg); }
  to   { transform: rotate(-360deg); }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .fx-v14-load-gears-15640,
  .fx-v14-load-gears-15640::before,
  .fx-v14-load-gears-15640::after,
  .fx-v14-load-gears-15640 *,
  .fx-v14-load-gears-15640 *::before,
  .fx-v14-load-gears-15640 *::after {
    animation-duration: 1ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    animation-delay: 0ms !important;
    transition-duration: 1ms !important;
    transition-delay: 0ms !important;
  }
}
gear-train-loader-15641.html
<div class="fx-v14-load-gears-15640">
  <i class="g1"></i>
  <i class="g2"></i>
</div>

What do I do with this?

  1. Put gear-train-loader-15641.css anywhere your page already loads CSS from — in Next.js that is app/globals.css, or any stylesheet with a <link> in your HTML.
  2. Then put the class on the element you want it on: <button class="fx-v14-load-gears-15640">. The CSS does nothing until a class name in it matches something on the page.
  • Link the stylesheet, then paste the markup wherever you need it.
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What's included

  • The markup and the stylesheet, in whichever framework you pick
  • No runtime dependencies

Works with

  • React
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • Tailwind
  • styled-components
  • Plain CSS

npx hoverlab add gear-train-loader-15641

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License

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Motion safety

Static estimate, read from the CSS

Reduced motion
Guarded

Ships a prefers-reduced-motion block, so the loop settles into its end state for visitors who ask for less motion.

What it animates
Compositor only

Only transform, opacity or filter: the GPU can run it without re-laying-out or repainting the page.

Flashing (WCAG 2.3.1)
No flashing found

No repeating change in opacity, colour or brightness large enough to count as a flash.

Layout shift (CLS)
No shift expected

Nothing it animates moves or resizes the box in flow. A category from the CSS, not a measurement for this effect.

Every row is read from the shipped CSS. Only a figure marked measured came from a browser. Customizing the speed changes the timing, so recheck a customized copy. How it is computed

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7 variations of Gear Train Loader

Finished looks, each one a position in the customizer above. Copy any of them, or open it and keep moving the sliders.