- Interaction
- Hover replay
- Category
- Navigation
- Duration
- 1.13 s
- Frame rate
- 30 fps
- Artboard
- 32 × 32 px
- Lottie size
- 1.9 kB
External Link
Animated external link icon
The External Link animated icon plays once on hover in 1.13 s, a good fit for external link markers and sidebar toggles. Hover-to-play icons typically liven up arrow links, feature lists, toolbar buttons and landing page cards.
Free under the MIT license · Markdown version · About the files
Use it
npm install react-useanimationsimport UseAnimations from 'react-useanimations';
import externalLink from 'react-useanimations/lib/externalLink';
<UseAnimations animation={externalLink} size={32} />npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/external-link.jsonimport { AnimatedExternalLink } from '@/components/animations/external-link';
<AnimatedExternalLink size={24} /><div id="external-link-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('external-link-icon');
const a = lottie.loadAnimation({ container: el, renderer: 'svg', loop: false, autoplay: false, path: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/external-link.json' });
const motion = matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
el.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => { if (!motion.matches && a.isPaused) a.playSegments([0, a.totalFrames], true); });
</script>External Link runs on the light build, lottie_light.min.js.
import LottieView from 'lottie-react-native';
<LottieView source={{ uri: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/external-link.json' }} autoPlay loop={false} style={{ width: 48, height: 48 }} />import Lottie
LottieView {
await LottieAnimation.loadedFrom(url: URL(string: "https://useanimations.com/icons/external-link.json")!)
}
.playing(loopMode: .playOnce)
.frame(width: 48, height: 48)val composition by rememberLottieComposition(LottieCompositionSpec.Url("https://useanimations.com/icons/external-link.json"))
LottieAnimation(composition, iterations = 1, modifier = Modifier.size(48.dp))import 'package:lottie/lottie.dart';
Lottie.network('https://useanimations.com/icons/external-link.json', width: 48, height: 48, repeat: false)Bundle external-link.json with the app to use it offline.
<img src="https://useanimations.com/icons/external-link/external-link.svg" alt="External Link" width="24" height="24" />Inside <img> the SVG draws black; inline it to follow the text color.
Static SVG
Questions about the External Link icon
›Why doesn't External Link restart on every mouse enter?
A run that has started plays its 1.13 s to the end, so moving in and out quickly doesn't make it stutter; the next enter after that plays it again. Keyboard focus plays it as well; a tap on a touch screen does not.
›Is External Link decorative?
By default it is aria-hidden. Pass aria-label="External Link" to announce it as an image, or leave it hidden when the link or button it sits in has its own text.
›Can External Link play on click instead?
Yes: pass interaction="click-replay". It then replays once from the start on every click unless reduced motion is preferred.