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feat: Add cursor trail effect #201

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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>devconnect</title>
</head>

<body>
<div id="root"></div>

<script type="module" src="/src/main.tsx"></script>

<style>
.circle-container {
position: fixed;
inset: 0;
pointer-events: none;
z-index: 999999;
}

.cursor-circle {
position: absolute;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
border-radius: 50%;
background-color: #ff8c00;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px rgba(255, 140, 0, 0.7);
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
will-change: transform;
mix-blend-mode: screen;
}

.cursor-circle:first-child {
width: 14px;
height: 14px;
background-color: #ffcc00;
box-shadow: 0 0 20px #ff8c00,
0 0 40px rgba(255, 140, 0, 0.5);
z-index: 2;
}

.cursor-clicking {
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(2.5);
background-color: #ffcc00;
}

.cursor-hovering {
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1.8);
background-color: #ff9900;
}
</style>

<div class="circle-container" id="cursor-trail"></div>

<script>
(function () {
document.body.style.cursor = 'none';

const container = document.getElementById('cursor-trail');
const coords = { x: 0, y: 0 };
const circles = [];
const COUNT = 16;

for (let i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
const c = document.createElement('div');
c.className = 'cursor-circle';
c.style.opacity = (1 - i / COUNT).toString();
container.appendChild(c);
circles.push({ el: c, x: 0, y: 0 });
}

window.addEventListener('mousemove', e => {
coords.x = e.clientX;
coords.y = e.clientY;
});

window.addEventListener('mousedown', () =>
circles.forEach(c =>
c.el.classList.add('cursor-clicking')
)
);

window.addEventListener('mouseup', () =>
circles.forEach(c =>
c.el.classList.remove('cursor-clicking')
)
);

window.addEventListener('mouseover', e => {
const interactive = e.target.closest('a,button');
circles.forEach(c =>
c.el.classList.toggle(
'cursor-hovering',
!!interactive
)
);
});

function animate() {
let x = coords.x;
let y = coords.y;

circles.forEach((c, i) => {
c.el.style.left = x + 'px';
c.el.style.top = y + 'px';
c.x = x;
c.y = y;

const next = circles[i + 1] || circles[0];
x += (next.x - x) * 0.4;
y += (next.y - y) * 0.4;
});

requestAnimationFrame(animate);
}

animate();
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>