# Message Circle animated icon

> MIT-licensed Message Circle animated icon: plays once on hover. Use it in React or shadcn/ui, or get the Lottie JSON or SVG.

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.

## Facts

- Interaction: [Hover replay](https://useanimations.com/interactions/hover-replay). Plays once on mouseenter unless reduced motion is preferred. Leaving does not stop it; entering during playback does not restart it.
- Category: [Communication](https://useanimations.com/categories/communication)
- Duration: 1.13 s at 30 fps
- Artboard: 32 × 32 px
- Lottie size: 1.6 kB
- License: MIT, attribution optional ([Licencing & Terms](https://useanimations.com/licencing-and-terms))

## Files

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

## React

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

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

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

## shadcn/ui

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/message-circle.json
```

```tsx
import { AnimatedMessageCircle } from '@/components/animations/message-circle';

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

## HTML and lottie-web

```html
<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>
```

## FAQ

### 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.

## Related icons

- [Message Square](https://useanimations.com/icons/message-square) (hover-replay)
- [Mail](https://useanimations.com/icons/mail) (hover)
- [Alert circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/alert-circle) (loop)
- [Arrow down circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/arrow-down-circle) (click-replay)
- [Arrow left circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/arrow-left-circle) (click-replay)
- [Arrow right circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/arrow-right-circle) (click-replay)
- [Arrow up circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/arrow-up-circle) (click-replay)
- [Check Circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/check-circle) (click-replay)
- [Minus Circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/minus-circle) (click-replay)
- [Plus Circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/plus-circle) (click-replay)
- [Play/Pause circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/play-pause-circle) (click-toggle)
- [Stop Circle](https://useanimations.com/icons/stop-circle) (click-replay)

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