Archive
Animated archive icon
The Archive animated icon plays on hover and reverses on mouse leave in 0.17 s, a good fit for inbox and archive views in mail clients. Hover icons typically mark navigation items, delete buttons, settings, zoom controls and social links.
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Use it
npm install react-useanimationsimport UseAnimations from 'react-useanimations';
import archive from 'react-useanimations/lib/archive';
<UseAnimations animation={archive} size={32} />npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/archive.jsonimport { AnimatedArchive } from '@/components/animations/archive';
<AnimatedArchive size={24} /><div id="archive-icon" style="width: 48px; height: 48px"></div>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lottie-web@5.13.0/build/player/lottie_light.min.js"></script>
<script>
const el = document.getElementById('archive-icon');
const a = lottie.loadAnimation({ container: el, renderer: 'svg', loop: false, autoplay: false, path: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/archive.json' });
el.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => { a.setDirection(1); a.play(); });
el.addEventListener('mouseleave', () => { a.setDirection(-1); a.play(); });
</script>Archive runs on the light build, lottie_light.min.js.
import LottieView from 'lottie-react-native';
<LottieView source={{ uri: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/archive.json' }} autoPlay loop={false} style={{ width: 48, height: 48 }} />import Lottie
LottieView {
await LottieAnimation.loadedFrom(url: URL(string: "https://useanimations.com/icons/archive.json")!)
}
.playing(loopMode: .playOnce)
.frame(width: 48, height: 48)val composition by rememberLottieComposition(LottieCompositionSpec.Url("https://useanimations.com/icons/archive.json"))
LottieAnimation(composition, iterations = 1, modifier = Modifier.size(48.dp))import 'package:lottie/lottie.dart';
Lottie.network('https://useanimations.com/icons/archive.json', width: 48, height: 48, repeat: false)Bundle archive.json with the app to use it offline.
<img src="https://useanimations.com/icons/archive/archive.svg" alt="Archive" width="24" height="24" />Inside <img> the SVG draws black; inline it to follow the text color.
Static SVG
Questions about the Archive icon
›Does Archive finish its animation after mouse leave?
It reverses from the frame it reached back to the start, so a quick pass of the pointer gives a short nudge rather than the full 0.17 s. Keyboard focus plays it as well; a tap on a touch screen does not.
›Is Archive decorative?
By default it is aria-hidden. Pass aria-label="Archive" to announce it as an image, or leave it hidden when the link or button it sits in has its own text.
›Can Archive play on click instead?
Yes: pass interaction="click-replay". It then replays once from the start on every click unless reduced motion is preferred.