Simple Flip Motion ⚡️

Zero-config, lightweight drop-in animation utility. Automatically animate DOM changes (additions, removals, reordering) without writing a single keyframe.

Why? 🤔

You want your lists to feel smooth, but you don't want to:

• ❌ Install heavy animation libraries (like Framer Motion) for simple tasks.
• ❌ Write complex transition configs.
• ❌ Manually calculate positions.

Simple Flip Motion is the solution. It uses the FLIP technique and the native Web Animations API to smoothly transition elements when the DOM changes.

• Universal: Works with React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Angular, and Vanilla JS.
• Tiny: < 2KB gzipped.
• Performant: Uses hardware-accelerated transforms.

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Installation 📦

npm install simple-flip-motion
# or
yarn add simple-flip-motion
# or
pnpm add simple-flip-motion

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Usage 🚀

React

Use the useAutoAnimate hook.

import { useState } from 'react'
import { useAutoAnimate } from 'simple-flip-motion/react'

const MyList = () => {
    const [items, setItems] = useState(['🍎 Apple', '🍌 Banana', '🍒 Cherry'])
    const [parent] = useAutoAnimate()

    const add = () => setItems([...items, '🍇 Grape'])

    return (
        <>
            <ul ref={parent}>
                {items.map((item) => (
                    <li key={item}>{item}</li>
                ))}
            </ul>
            <button onClick={add}>Add Fruit</button>
        </>
    )
}

Vue 3

Use the v-auto-animate directive.

<script setup>
import { ref } from 'vue'
import { vAutoAnimate } from 'simple-flip-motion/vue'

const items = ref([1, 2, 3])
</script>

<template>
  <ul v-auto-animate>
    <li v-for="item in items" :key="item">{{ item }}</li>
  </ul>
</template>

Svelte

Use the animate action.

<script>
  import { animate } from 'simple-flip-motion/svelte'
  let items = ['One', 'Two', 'Three'];
</script>

<!-- Pass options directly to the action -->
<ul use:animate={{ duration: 300 }}>
  {#each items as item (item)}
    <li>{item}</li>
  {/each}
</ul>

SolidJS

Use the autoAnimate directive.

Note for TypeScript users: You need to extend the JSX namespace to avoid type errors with use:.

import { createSignal, For } from 'solid-js';
import { autoAnimate } from 'simple-flip-motion/solid';

// ⚠️ TypeScript only: Add this declaration to fix "Property 'use:autoAnimate' does not exist"
declare module "solid-js" {
  namespace JSX {
    interface Directives {
      autoAnimate: boolean | object;
    }
  }
}

function App() {
  const [items, setItems] = createSignal([1, 2, 3]);

  return (
    <ul use:autoAnimate={{ duration: 500 }}>
      <For each={items()}>{(item) => <li>{item}</li>}</For>
    </ul>
  );
}

Angular (14+)

Use the standalone AutoAnimateDirective.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { AutoAnimateDirective } from 'simple-flip-motion/angular';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-list',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [CommonModule, AutoAnimateDirective],
  template: `
    <ul autoAnimate>
      <li *ngFor="let item of items">{{ item }}</li>
    </ul>
  `
})
export class ListComponent {
  items = ['Item 1', 'Item 2'];
}

Vanilla JS

import { autoAnimate } from 'simple-flip-motion'

const list = document.getElementById('my-list')

// Enable animations
const controller = autoAnimate(list)

// Later, if you want to stop animating:
// controller.disconnect()

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Configuration ⚙️

You can customize the duration and easing function.

// React
useAutoAnimate({ duration: 500, easing: 'ease-out' })

// Vue
<ul v-auto-animate="{ duration: 500 }">

// Svelte
<ul use:animate={{ duration: 500 }}>

Option	Type	Default	Description
duration	number	250	Animation duration in ms.
easing	string	'ease-in-out'	CSS easing function (e.g., 'linear', 'cubic-bezier(...)').

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How it works 🛠

1. MutationObserver watches the parent element for changes in its children (add/remove).
2. FLIP Technique:
   • First: Calculates the position of all elements before the change.
   • Last: Calculates the position after the change.
   • Invert: Applies a transform to make elements look like they are still in the old position.
   • Play: Removes the transform and animates to the new position using Web Animations API.

Support the project ❤️

"We eliminated the manual keyframe spaghetti, saved your users from jarring layout jumps, and absorbed the MutationObserver & FLIP calculation nightmare. You saved dozens of hours not reinventing a transition engine that would have caused layout thrashing anyway. Your donation is a fair trade for butter-smooth lists and weekends free from debugging CSS transforms."

If this library saved you time, please consider supporting the development:

1. Fiat (Cards/PayPal): via Boosty (one-time or monthly).
2. Crypto (USDT/TON/BTC/ETH): view wallet addresses on Telegram.

License

MIT