- Interaction
- Hover replay
- Category
- Communication
- Duration
- 1.13 s
- Frame rate
- 30 fps
- Artboard
- 32 × 32 px
- Lottie size
- 1.6 kB
Message Circle
Animated message circle icon
Message Circle is a 1.13 s micro animation from the communication set that plays once on hover, like Message Square and Mail. 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 messageCircle from 'react-useanimations/lib/messageCircle';
<UseAnimations animation={messageCircle} size={32} />npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/message-circle.jsonimport { AnimatedMessageCircle } from '@/components/animations/message-circle';
<AnimatedMessageCircle size={24} /><div id="message-circle-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('message-circle-icon');
const a = lottie.loadAnimation({ container: el, renderer: 'svg', loop: false, autoplay: false, path: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/message-circle.json' });
const motion = matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
el.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => { if (!motion.matches && a.isPaused) a.playSegments([0, a.totalFrames], true); });
</script>Message Circle runs on the light build, lottie_light.min.js.
import LottieView from 'lottie-react-native';
<LottieView source={{ uri: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/message-circle.json' }} autoPlay loop={false} style={{ width: 48, height: 48 }} />import Lottie
LottieView {
await LottieAnimation.loadedFrom(url: URL(string: "https://useanimations.com/icons/message-circle.json")!)
}
.playing(loopMode: .playOnce)
.frame(width: 48, height: 48)val composition by rememberLottieComposition(LottieCompositionSpec.Url("https://useanimations.com/icons/message-circle.json"))
LottieAnimation(composition, iterations = 1, modifier = Modifier.size(48.dp))import 'package:lottie/lottie.dart';
Lottie.network('https://useanimations.com/icons/message-circle.json', width: 48, height: 48, repeat: false)Bundle message-circle.json with the app to use it offline.
<img src="https://useanimations.com/icons/message-circle/message-circle.svg" alt="Message Circle" width="24" height="24" />Inside <img> the SVG draws black; inline it to follow the text color.
Static SVG
Questions about the Message Circle icon
›Why doesn't Message Circle 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 Message Circle decorative?
By default it is aria-hidden. Pass aria-label="Message Circle" to announce it as an image, or leave it hidden when the link or button it sits in has its own text.
›Can Message Circle play on click instead?
Yes: pass interaction="click-replay". It then replays once from the start on every click unless reduced motion is preferred.