# Folder animated icon

> Folder animated icon with a hover interaction for React and shadcn/ui. Download the Lottie JSON or SVG, free under MIT.

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.

## Facts

- Interaction: [Hover](https://useanimations.com/interactions/hover). Plays forward on mouseenter and backward on mouseleave.
- Category: [Action](https://useanimations.com/categories/action)
- Duration: 0.27 s at 30 fps
- Artboard: 32 × 32 px
- Lottie size: 2.1 kB
- License: MIT, attribution optional ([Licencing & Terms](https://useanimations.com/licencing-and-terms))

## Files

- Lottie JSON: https://useanimations.com/icons/folder.json
- Static SVG (folder): https://useanimations.com/icons/folder/folder.svg
- ZIP (Lottie JSON and SVGs): https://useanimations.com/icons/folder.zip
- shadcn registry item: https://useanimations.com/r/folder.json
- Web page: https://useanimations.com/icons/folder

## React

```bash
npm install react-useanimations
```

```jsx
import UseAnimations from 'react-useanimations';
import folder from 'react-useanimations/lib/folder';

<UseAnimations animation={folder} size={32} />
```

## shadcn/ui

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/folder.json
```

```tsx
import { AnimatedFolder } from '@/components/animations/folder';

<AnimatedFolder size={24} />
```

## HTML and lottie-web

```html
<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>
```

## FAQ

### 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.

## Related icons

- [Folder Minus](https://useanimations.com/icons/folder-minus) (click-replay)
- [Folder Plus](https://useanimations.com/icons/folder-plus) (click-replay)
- [Explore](https://useanimations.com/icons/explore) (hover)
- [Zoom In](https://useanimations.com/icons/zoom-in) (hover)
- [Info](https://useanimations.com/icons/info) (hover)
- [Edit](https://useanimations.com/icons/edit) (hover)
- [Calendar](https://useanimations.com/icons/calendar) (hover)
- [Settings](https://useanimations.com/icons/settings) (hover)
- [Zoom Out](https://useanimations.com/icons/zoom-out) (hover)
- [Home](https://useanimations.com/icons/home) (hover)
- [Trash](https://useanimations.com/icons/trash) (hover)
- [Trash V2](https://useanimations.com/icons/trash-v2) (hover)

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