# Search/X animated icon

> Free Search/X animated icon that toggles between search and x on click. MIT-licensed for React, shadcn/ui, Lottie JSON and SVG.

Use the Search/X icon for search field that turns into a clear button: it toggles between two states on click and takes 1 s. Its static SVGs cover the search and x states, so the resting icon still shows which one is active.

## Facts

- Interaction: [Click toggle](https://useanimations.com/interactions/click-toggle). Toggles between two states on click, or switches immediately when reduced motion is preferred.
- Category: [Action](https://useanimations.com/categories/action)
- Duration: 1.00 s at 30 fps
- Artboard: 32 × 32 px
- Lottie size: 3.1 kB
- License: MIT, attribution optional ([Licencing & Terms](https://useanimations.com/licencing-and-terms))

## Files

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

## React

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

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

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

## shadcn/ui

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://useanimations.com/r/search-to-x.json
```

```tsx
import { AnimatedSearchToX } from '@/components/animations/search-to-x';

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

## HTML and lottie-web

```html
<div id="search-to-x-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('search-to-x-icon');
  const a = lottie.loadAnimation({ container: el, renderer: 'svg', loop: false, autoplay: false, path: 'https://useanimations.com/icons/search-to-x.json' });
  const motion = matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
  let isOn = true; // Frame 0 is on; the final frame is off.
  el.addEventListener('click', () => { isOn = !isOn; if (motion.matches) a.goToAndStop(isOn ? 0 : a.totalFrames - 1, true); else { a.setDirection(isOn ? -1 : 1); a.play(); } });
</script>
```

## FAQ

### Can my app decide whether Search/X shows search or x?

Make it controlled: pass active and flip it in onClick, e.g. active={on} onClick={() => setOn(!on)}. true plays to the last frame and false back to the first; an icon that mounts with active already true starts there without animating, and with reduced motion it jumps instead of playing.

### How do I make Search/X an accessible button?

Put its events on a real button with the render prop: render={(events, icon) => <button aria-label="Search/X" aria-pressed={on} {...events}><span {...icon} /></button>}. The animation itself stays aria-hidden, and aria-pressed tells screen readers which state is on.

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- [Plus/X](https://useanimations.com/icons/plus-to-x) (click-toggle)
- [Error](https://useanimations.com/icons/error) (loop)
- [Burger Menu](https://useanimations.com/icons/menu) (click-toggle)
- [Menu V2](https://useanimations.com/icons/menu-v2) (click-toggle)
- [Menu V3](https://useanimations.com/icons/menu-v3) (click-toggle)
- [Menu V4](https://useanimations.com/icons/menu-v4) (click-toggle)
- [Visibility](https://useanimations.com/icons/visibility) (click-toggle)
- [Lock / Unlock](https://useanimations.com/icons/lock) (click-toggle)
- [Visibility V3](https://useanimations.com/icons/visibility-v3) (click-toggle)
- [Visibility V2](https://useanimations.com/icons/visibility-v2) (click-toggle)
- [Heart](https://useanimations.com/icons/heart) (click-toggle)
- [Star](https://useanimations.com/icons/star) (click-toggle)

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