Folder
Animated folder icon
Folder is a 0.27 s micro animation from the action set that plays on hover and reverses on mouse leave, like Folder Minus and Folder Plus. 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 folder from 'react-useanimations/lib/folder';
<UseAnimations animation={folder} size={32} />npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/folder.jsonimport { AnimatedFolder } from '@/components/animations/folder';
<AnimatedFolder size={24} /><div id="folder-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('folder-icon');
const a = lottie.loadAnimation({ container: el, renderer: 'svg', loop: false, autoplay: false, path: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/folder.json' });
el.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => { a.setDirection(1); a.play(); });
el.addEventListener('mouseleave', () => { a.setDirection(-1); a.play(); });
</script>Folder runs on the light build, lottie_light.min.js.
import LottieView from 'lottie-react-native';
<LottieView source={{ uri: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/folder.json' }} autoPlay loop={false} style={{ width: 48, height: 48 }} />import Lottie
LottieView {
await LottieAnimation.loadedFrom(url: URL(string: "https://useanimations.com/icons/folder.json")!)
}
.playing(loopMode: .playOnce)
.frame(width: 48, height: 48)val composition by rememberLottieComposition(LottieCompositionSpec.Url("https://useanimations.com/icons/folder.json"))
LottieAnimation(composition, iterations = 1, modifier = Modifier.size(48.dp))import 'package:lottie/lottie.dart';
Lottie.network('https://useanimations.com/icons/folder.json', width: 48, height: 48, repeat: false)Bundle folder.json with the app to use it offline.
<img src="https://useanimations.com/icons/folder/folder.svg" alt="Folder" width="24" height="24" />Inside <img> the SVG draws black; inline it to follow the text color.
Static SVG
Questions about the Folder icon
›Does Folder 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 0.27 s. Keyboard focus plays it as well; a tap on a touch screen does not.
›Is Folder decorative?
By default it is aria-hidden. Pass aria-label="Folder" to announce it as an image, or leave it hidden when the link or button it sits in has its own text.
›Can Folder play on click instead?
Yes: pass interaction="click-replay". It then replays once from the start on every click unless reduced motion is preferred.