Animated Glowing Border // Easy to Customize CSS Effect
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2023-02-09

I was inspired to try and recreate a Dribble shot by Aaron Iker - https://dribbble.com/shots/17674758-Button-Glow

🔗 Links
✅ The Dribbble shot that inspired this: https://dribbble.com/shots/17674758-Button-Glow
✅ Conic CSS by Adam Argyle: https://www.conic.style/
✅ The finished code: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/rNrdzdx

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:27 - What we’re starting with
01:45 - Adding the SVG for this effect
03:47 - CSS to get the SVG in position
07:12 - Using dasharray on the SVG to create the gowing segments
10:30 - Using dashoffet to move the segments
12:37 - Matching the border radius using rx
14:00 - Adding the blur and making the SVG bigger to see the glow
19:22 - Repositioning the lines on top of the button
21:03 - Fixing the hover so it’s only on the button itself
22:43 - Improving the glows
27:17 - Adding the fade/in out on the glows
34:50 - Customizing the line lengths
36:37 - Creating solid line variation
38:30 - Creating an offset variation
43:05 - Fixing the rx / border-radius

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