← Loaders

Bee

<BeeLoader /> A bumblebee flying figure-eights over a flower.

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Loading…
Theme
Usage
<BeeLoader
  size={96}
/>
Props and theme tokens
PropTypeDefaultDescription
themePartial<BeeLoaderTheme>—Colour overrides. Keys listed under theme tokens.
sizenumber64Width and height in pixels.
labelstring"Loading…"Announced to screen readers through role="status".
pausedbooleanfalseFreezes the animation.
classNamestring—Applied to the root element (an inline-flex span).
styleCSSProperties—Merged into the root element style, after theme variables.
Theme keyCSS variableDefault
body--body#f6c445
stripes--stripes#3d3a3a
wings--wings#e6f3fb
petals--petals#f49ab5
centre--centre#f2c14e
stem--stem#6cbf6a
Source files

Copy into components/loaders/. The shared files are needed once for all loaders.

components/loaders/bee-loader.tsx
// <BeeLoader>: a bumblebee flying figure-eights over a flower, wings a blur, turning to face
// the way it's going. The figure-eight is two eased sways at a 1:2 ratio (a Lissajous curve).

import { LoaderFrame, type LoaderProps } from './loader';
import styles from './bee-loader.module.css';

export const beeLoaderTheme = {
  body: '#f6c445',
  stripes: '#3d3a3a',
  wings: '#e6f3fb',
  petals: '#f49ab5',
  centre: '#f2c14e',
  stem: '#6cbf6a',
};
export type BeeLoaderTheme = typeof beeLoaderTheme;

/** A bumblebee flying figure-eights over a flower. */
export function BeeLoader(props: LoaderProps<BeeLoaderTheme>) {
  return (
    <LoaderFrame
      {...props}
      defaultTheme={beeLoaderTheme}
      art={
        <>
          {/* Flower: sways from the base of its stem */}
          <g className={styles.flower}>
            <path d="M50 94 C50 84 48 78 50 70" fill="none" stroke="var(--stem)" strokeWidth="3" strokeLinecap="round" />
            <path d="M50 86 C44 84 40 80 40 76 C45 76 49 80 50 86 Z" fill="var(--stem)" />
            <g fill="var(--petals)">
              {[0, 72, 144, 216, 288].map(a => (
                <ellipse key={a} cx="50" cy="62" rx="4.6" ry="7" transform={`rotate(${a} 50 69)`} />
              ))}
            </g>
            <circle cx="50" cy="69" r="4.5" fill="var(--centre)" />
          </g>

          {/* Bee: x sways once per 2.4s, y twice, a quarter-beat apart, tracing a figure eight */}
          <g transform="translate(50 36)">
            <g className={styles.x}>
              <g className={styles.y}>
                <g className={styles.face}>
                  <g className={styles.bob}>
                    <ellipse className={styles.wing} cx="-2" cy="-7" rx="5" ry="7" fill="var(--wings)" opacity="0.9" />
                    <ellipse className={`${styles.wing} ${styles.wingBack}`} cx="2" cy="-6" rx="4" ry="6" fill="var(--wings)" opacity="0.7" />
                    <path d="M-12 1 L-15 2 L-12 3 Z" fill="var(--stripes)" />
                    <ellipse cx="0" cy="2" rx="12" ry="8.5" fill="var(--body)" />
                    <path d="M-5 -6 Q-7 2 -5 10 M1 -6.5 Q-1 2 1 10.5" fill="none" stroke="var(--stripes)" strokeWidth="3" />
                    <circle cx="9" cy="1" r="5" fill="var(--stripes)" />
                    <circle cx="10.5" cy="0" r="1.3" fill="#ffffff" />
                    <path d="M9 -4 Q10 -9 13 -10" fill="none" stroke="var(--stripes)" strokeWidth="1.2" strokeLinecap="round" />
                  </g>
                </g>
              </g>
            </g>
          </g>
        </>
      }
    />
  );
}
components/loaders/bee-loader.module.css
/* A 2.4s figure eight. ease-in-out alternate approximates a sine, so x (1.2s each way) and
   y (0.6s each way, delayed a quarter of its cycle) trace a Lissajous curve at 1:2. */
.x { animation: x 1.2s ease-in-out infinite alternate; }
.y { animation: y 0.6s ease-in-out infinite alternate; animation-delay: -0.3s; }

/* Faces right on the way right, left on the way back; the turn happens at the ends of the sway. */
.face { animation: face 2.4s linear infinite; }

.bob { animation: bob 0.3s ease-in-out infinite alternate; }

.wing {
  transform-box: fill-box;
  transform-origin: 50% 100%;
  animation: flap 0.08s linear infinite alternate;
}
.wingBack { animation-delay: -0.04s; }

.flower {
  transform-box: fill-box;
  transform-origin: 50% 100%;
  animation: sway 2.4s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
}

@keyframes x {
  from { transform: translateX(-26px); }
  to   { transform: translateX(26px); }
}
@keyframes y {
  from { transform: translateY(-9px); }
  to   { transform: translateY(9px); }
}
@keyframes face {
  0%, 48%   { transform: scaleX(1); }
  52%, 98%  { transform: scaleX(-1); }
  100%      { transform: scaleX(1); }
}
@keyframes bob {
  from { transform: rotate(-4deg); }
  to   { transform: rotate(4deg); }
}
@keyframes flap {
  from { transform: scaleY(1); }
  to   { transform: scaleY(0.35); }
}
@keyframes sway {
  from { transform: rotate(-4deg); }
  to   { transform: rotate(4deg); }
}
components/loaders/loader.tsx
// Shared frame for every loader: theming, sizing and an accessible status label.
// Loaders are pure server components: no client JavaScript.

import type { CSSProperties, ReactNode } from 'react';
import styles from './loader.module.css';

/** Props every loader accepts. `T` is the loader's theme (colour tokens). */
export type LoaderProps<T> = {
  /** Override any of the loader's colours. */
  theme?: Partial<T>;
  /** Width and height in pixels (default 64). */
  size?: number;
  /** Text announced to screen readers (default "Loading…"). */
  label?: string;
  /** Freeze the animation. */
  paused?: boolean;
  className?: string;
  style?: CSSProperties;
};

// waterTop → --water-top, leaf1 → --leaf-1
const toVar = (key: string) => `--${key.replace(/([A-Z])/g, '-$1').replace(/(\d+)/g, '-$1').toLowerCase()}`;

type LoaderFrameProps<T extends Record<string, string>> = LoaderProps<T> & {
  defaultTheme: T;
  /** SVG content drawn in a 100×100 box. */
  art: ReactNode;
};

export function LoaderFrame<T extends Record<string, string>>({
  defaultTheme,
  art,
  theme,
  size = 64,
  label = 'Loading…',
  paused,
  className,
  style,
}: LoaderFrameProps<T>) {
  const vars: Record<string, string> = {};
  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries({ ...defaultTheme, ...theme })) {
    if (value) vars[toVar(key)] = value;
  }
  const classes = [styles.root, paused && styles.paused, className].filter(Boolean).join(' ');

  return (
    <span role="status" className={classes} style={{ ...vars, ...style } as CSSProperties}>
      <svg className={styles.art} width={size} height={size} viewBox="0 0 100 100" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
        {art}
      </svg>
      <span className={styles.label}>{label}</span>
    </span>
  );
}
components/loaders/loader.module.css
.root {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  line-height: 0;
}

.art {
  display: block;
  overflow: visible;
}

/* Visible to screen readers only. */
.label {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.paused * { animation-play-state: paused !important; }

/* A loader that stops moving looks broken, so reduced motion swaps the
   choreography for a slow fade that still reads as "working". */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .art * { animation: none !important; }
  .art { animation: breathe 2.4s ease-in-out infinite; }
}

@keyframes breathe {
  0%, 100% { opacity: 1; }
  50% { opacity: 0.45; }
}