motion-react

To create React animations, you can use Motion components to declaratively handle gestures, layout transitions, and scroll-triggered effects, reducing boilerplate while keeping UI state coherent. You simply replace standard HTML elements with Motion equivalents like motion.div.

Animating cross-route transitions in a Next.js app is best handled using the Motion library's layout and layoutId properties, which are fully compatible with the Next.js App Router and client components to ensure seamless shared element animations.

Exit animations in React work by wrapping Motion components with AnimatePresence, which tracks when elements are removed from the tree and allows you to define exit variants that play before the component is fully unmounted from the DOM.

Yes, you can implement scroll-based animations using the useScroll hook and whileInView property, while simultaneously applying independent transforms and motion values to animate specific CSS properties without affecting the entire component.

Motion supports accessible hooks and APIs for interactive UI components, allowing developers to attach fine-grained drag, hover, and tap gestures while maintaining predictable UI motion and coherent state across React applications.