Paperclip

Animated paperclip icon

Paperclip is a 1.33 s micro animation from the content set that plays once on hover, like File and Book. Hover-to-play icons typically liven up arrow links, feature lists, toolbar buttons and landing page cards.

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Use it

npm install react-useanimations

import UseAnimations from 'react-useanimations';
import paperclip from 'react-useanimations/lib/paperclip';

<UseAnimations animation={paperclip} size={32} />

npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/paperclip.json

import { AnimatedPaperclip } from '@/components/animations/paperclip';

<AnimatedPaperclip size={24} />

<div id="paperclip-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('paperclip-icon');
  const a = lottie.loadAnimation({ container: el, renderer: 'svg', loop: false, autoplay: false, path: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/paperclip.json' });
  const motion = matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
  el.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => { if (!motion.matches && a.isPaused) a.playSegments([0, a.totalFrames], true); });
</script>

Paperclip runs on the light build, lottie_light.min.js.

React Native

import LottieView from 'lottie-react-native';

<LottieView source={{ uri: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/paperclip.json' }} autoPlay loop={false} style={{ width: 48, height: 48 }} />

iOS (SwiftUI)

import Lottie

LottieView {
  await LottieAnimation.loadedFrom(url: URL(string: "https://useanimations.com/icons/paperclip.json")!)
}
.playing(loopMode: .playOnce)
.frame(width: 48, height: 48)

Android (Compose)

val composition by rememberLottieComposition(LottieCompositionSpec.Url("https://useanimations.com/icons/paperclip.json"))
LottieAnimation(composition, iterations = 1, modifier = Modifier.size(48.dp))

Flutter

import 'package:lottie/lottie.dart';

Lottie.network('https://useanimations.com/icons/paperclip.json', width: 48, height: 48, repeat: false)

Bundle paperclip.json with the app to use it offline.

<img src="https://useanimations.com/icons/paperclip/paperclip.svg" alt="Paperclip" width="24" height="24" />

Inside <img> the SVG draws black; inline it to follow the text color.

Static SVG

paperclip.svg

Questions about the Paperclip icon

›Why doesn't Paperclip restart on every mouse enter?

A run that has started plays its 1.33 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 Paperclip decorative?

By default it is aria-hidden. Pass aria-label="Paperclip" to announce it as an image, or leave it hidden when the link or button it sits in has its own text.

›Can Paperclip play on click instead?

Yes: pass interaction="click-replay". It then replays once from the start on every click unless reduced motion is preferred.

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