# Paper plane send button

> The plane pulls back, takes off from the shrinking button and comes back as a drawn check before gliding home.

- Category: [Microinteractions](https://library.aimran.es/components/microinteractions)
- Built with: React + Motion
- Live editor: https://library.aimran.es/blocks/paper-plane-send
- Library: AIMRAN Library (https://library.aimran.es), free, no sign-up, by Aimran Oukham

## Where to use it

A send button animation tells people their message left, which matters more than it sounds on a contact form, a newsletter signup or the send button of a chat. Here the paper plane winds up, flies off the button, and a check draws itself next to “Sent”. Then the plane glides back so the button is ready again.

Trigger the flight once your form has actually been sent, not on the click, or you promise something that may fail. The whole trip takes a little over two seconds. Keep both labels short so the button does not jump in width.

## Code

### React (Motion)

```tsx
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { AnimatePresence, motion, useReducedMotion } from "framer-motion";
import { Send } from "lucide-react";

type SendState = "idle" | "flying" | "sent";

interface PaperPlaneSendProps {
  label?: string;
  sentLabel?: string;
  color?: string;
}

const sendSpring = { type: "spring" as const, stiffness: 520, damping: 34 };
const sendText = {
  initial: { opacity: 0, y: 10, filter: "blur(4px)" },
  animate: { opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: "blur(0px)" },
  exit: { opacity: 0, y: -10, filter: "blur(4px)" },
};

export default function PaperPlaneSend({
  label = "Send",
  sentLabel = "Sent",
  color = "#0a84ff",
}: PaperPlaneSendProps) {
  const [state, setState] = useState<SendState>("idle");
  const [trip, setTrip] = useState(0);
  const timers = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>[]>([]);
  const reduce = useReducedMotion();

  useEffect(() => () => timers.current.forEach(clearTimeout), []);

  const send = () => {
    if (state !== "idle") return;
    setState("flying");
    timers.current = [
      setTimeout(() => setState("sent"), reduce ? 0 : 560),
      setTimeout(() => {
        setState("idle");
        setTrip((t) => t + 1);
      }, 2400),
    ];
  };

  return (
    <motion.button
      type="button"
      layout
      onClick={send}
      aria-disabled={state !== "idle"}
      whileTap={{ scale: state === "idle" ? 0.95 : 1 }}
      transition={sendSpring}
      className="relative flex h-12 items-center justify-center gap-2 px-6 text-[15px] font-medium text-white outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-black/25 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 dark:focus-visible:ring-white/40 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-black"
      style={{
        backgroundColor: color,
        borderRadius: 999,
        boxShadow: "inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.28), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.14), 0 10px 24px -10px " + color,
      }}
    >
      <motion.span layout="position" className="relative grid h-[18px] w-[18px] place-items-center">
        <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
          {state === "sent" ? (
            <motion.svg
              key="check"
              viewBox="0 0 24 24"
              className="absolute h-[18px] w-[18px]"
              fill="none"
              stroke="currentColor"
              strokeWidth={2.5}
              strokeLinecap="round"
              strokeLinejoin="round"
              exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.6 }}
              transition={{ duration: 0.15 }}
            >
              <motion.path
                d="M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7.5"
                initial={{ pathLength: 0 }}
                animate={{ pathLength: 1 }}
                transition={{ duration: 0.32, ease: [0.65, 0, 0.35, 1] }}
              />
            </motion.svg>
          ) : (
            <motion.span
              key={"plane-" + trip}
              className="absolute grid place-items-center"
              initial={trip === 0 ? false : { x: -26, y: 12, rotate: 18, opacity: 0 }}
              animate={
                state === "flying" && !reduce
                  ? {
                      x: [0, -4, 110],
                      y: [0, 3, -80],
                      rotate: [0, 14, -10],
                      scale: [1, 0.92, 0.7],
                      opacity: [1, 1, 0],
                      filter: ["blur(0px)", "blur(0px)", "blur(1.5px)"],
                    }
                  : { x: 0, y: 0, rotate: 0, scale: 1, opacity: 1 }
              }
              exit={{ opacity: 0 }}
              transition={
                state === "flying"
                  ? { duration: 0.56, times: [0, 0.28, 1], ease: [0.55, 0, 0.8, 0.2] }
                  : { type: "spring", stiffness: 260, damping: 22 }
              }
            >
              <Send className="h-[18px] w-[18px]" strokeWidth={1.75} />
            </motion.span>
          )}
        </AnimatePresence>
      </motion.span>
      <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
        {state !== "flying" && (
          <motion.span
            key={state}
            layout="position"
            className="whitespace-nowrap leading-5"
            initial={sendText.initial}
            animate={sendText.animate}
            exit={sendText.exit}
            transition={sendSpring}
          >
            {state === "sent" ? sentLabel : label}
          </motion.span>
        )}
      </AnimatePresence>
      <span className="sr-only" aria-live="polite">
        {state === "sent" ? sentLabel : ""}
      </span>
    </motion.button>
  );
}
```

## Prompt for AI assistants

Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, v0 or Lovable to adapt the block to your stack (Tailwind, Vue, Svelte…):

````text
I want to add the “Paper plane send button” block (Microinteractions) from AIMRAN Library to my project.

## What it is
The plane pulls back, takes off from the shrinking button and comes back as a drawn check before gliding home.

## Chosen settings
- Text: "Send"
- Texto enviado: "Sent"
- Color: #0a84ff

## What I need
1. Add it to my project with the same look and animation as the reference code: same sizes, colours, radii, shadows, timings and easing.
2. It is built with React + TypeScript, with framer-motion for the animation and lucide-react for the icons. If my project uses something else (Vue, Svelte, Astro, plain HTML…), translate it without losing any behaviour. If I use Tailwind, turn the styles into classes; if not, keep the CSS in its own file.
3. Expose the settings above as props (or CSS variables) with those values as defaults.
4. Make it work well on phones: nothing that depends only on hover, touch targets of at least 44 px and no overflow on 320 px screens.
5. Make it look right in light and dark mode.
6. Keep it accessible: semantic HTML, roles and aria-* where needed, visible focus and keyboard support.
7. Respect prefers-reduced-motion: with reduced motion, no big animations but the same end result.

## Reference code
```tsx
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { AnimatePresence, motion, useReducedMotion } from "framer-motion";
import { Send } from "lucide-react";

type SendState = "idle" | "flying" | "sent";

interface PaperPlaneSendProps {
  label?: string;
  sentLabel?: string;
  color?: string;
}

const sendSpring = { type: "spring" as const, stiffness: 520, damping: 34 };
const sendText = {
  initial: { opacity: 0, y: 10, filter: "blur(4px)" },
  animate: { opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: "blur(0px)" },
  exit: { opacity: 0, y: -10, filter: "blur(4px)" },
};

export default function PaperPlaneSend({
  label = "Send",
  sentLabel = "Sent",
  color = "#0a84ff",
}: PaperPlaneSendProps) {
  const [state, setState] = useState<SendState>("idle");
  const [trip, setTrip] = useState(0);
  const timers = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>[]>([]);
  const reduce = useReducedMotion();

  useEffect(() => () => timers.current.forEach(clearTimeout), []);

  const send = () => {
    if (state !== "idle") return;
    setState("flying");
    timers.current = [
      setTimeout(() => setState("sent"), reduce ? 0 : 560),
      setTimeout(() => {
        setState("idle");
        setTrip((t) => t + 1);
      }, 2400),
    ];
  };

  return (
    <motion.button
      type="button"
      layout
      onClick={send}
      aria-disabled={state !== "idle"}
      whileTap={{ scale: state === "idle" ? 0.95 : 1 }}
      transition={sendSpring}
      className="relative flex h-12 items-center justify-center gap-2 px-6 text-[15px] font-medium text-white outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-black/25 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 dark:focus-visible:ring-white/40 dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-black"
      style={{
        backgroundColor: color,
        borderRadius: 999,
        boxShadow: "inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.28), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.14), 0 10px 24px -10px " + color,
      }}
    >
      <motion.span layout="position" className="relative grid h-[18px] w-[18px] place-items-center">
        <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
          {state === "sent" ? (
            <motion.svg
              key="check"
              viewBox="0 0 24 24"
              className="absolute h-[18px] w-[18px]"
              fill="none"
              stroke="currentColor"
              strokeWidth={2.5}
              strokeLinecap="round"
              strokeLinejoin="round"
              exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.6 }}
              transition={{ duration: 0.15 }}
            >
              <motion.path
                d="M5 12.5l4.5 4.5L19 7.5"
                initial={{ pathLength: 0 }}
                animate={{ pathLength: 1 }}
                transition={{ duration: 0.32, ease: [0.65, 0, 0.35, 1] }}
              />
            </motion.svg>
          ) : (
            <motion.span
              key={"plane-" + trip}
              className="absolute grid place-items-center"
              initial={trip === 0 ? false : { x: -26, y: 12, rotate: 18, opacity: 0 }}
              animate={
                state === "flying" && !reduce
                  ? {
                      x: [0, -4, 110],
                      y: [0, 3, -80],
                      rotate: [0, 14, -10],
                      scale: [1, 0.92, 0.7],
                      opacity: [1, 1, 0],
                      filter: ["blur(0px)", "blur(0px)", "blur(1.5px)"],
                    }
                  : { x: 0, y: 0, rotate: 0, scale: 1, opacity: 1 }
              }
              exit={{ opacity: 0 }}
              transition={
                state === "flying"
                  ? { duration: 0.56, times: [0, 0.28, 1], ease: [0.55, 0, 0.8, 0.2] }
                  : { type: "spring", stiffness: 260, damping: 22 }
              }
            >
              <Send className="h-[18px] w-[18px]" strokeWidth={1.75} />
            </motion.span>
          )}
        </AnimatePresence>
      </motion.span>
      <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout" initial={false}>
        {state !== "flying" && (
          <motion.span
            key={state}
            layout="position"
            className="whitespace-nowrap leading-5"
            initial={sendText.initial}
            animate={sendText.animate}
            exit={sendText.exit}
            transition={sendSpring}
          >
            {state === "sent" ? sentLabel : label}
          </motion.span>
        )}
      </AnimatePresence>
      <span className="sr-only" aria-live="polite">
        {state === "sent" ? sentLabel : ""}
      </span>
    </motion.button>
  );
}
```

Give me the complete final code, ready to paste, and tell me in one line where to put it in my project.
````