# Press pill button

> A rounded button that squeezes down a little when you press it and springs back when you let go.

- Category: [Buttons](https://library.aimran.es/components/buttons)
- Built with: React + Motion
- Live editor: https://library.aimran.es/blocks/press-pill
- Library: AIMRAN Library (https://library.aimran.es), free, no sign-up, by Aimran Oukham

## Where to use it

This is the quiet workhorse of a good interface: “Continue” in a checkout, “Next” in an onboarding flow, “Confirm booking” in an app. The small squeeze gives the same feedback as a physical button, so taps feel registered even on a slow connection. Of all the button press effects, this is the one people never get tired of.

Leave the press scale near 0.96; go much lower and it starts to look like a toy. Because it reacts to taps, not hover, it is one of the few button effects that feels just as good on a phone as on a laptop.

## Code

### React (Motion)

```tsx
import { motion } from "framer-motion";

interface PressPillProps {
  text?: string;
  color?: string;
  scale?: number;
}

export default function PressPill({
  text = "Continue",
  color = "#0071e3",
  scale = 0.96,
}: PressPillProps) {
  return (
    <motion.button
      type="button"
      whileTap={{ scale }}
      transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 300, damping: 30 }}
      className="rounded-full px-6 py-3 text-sm font-medium text-white shadow-[0_1px_2px_rgba(0,0,0,0.03),0_8px_28px_rgba(0,0,0,0.05)]"
      style={{ backgroundColor: color }}
    >
      {text}
    </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 “Press pill button” block (Buttons) from AIMRAN Library to my project.

## What it is
A rounded button that squeezes down a little when you press it and springs back when you let go.

## Chosen settings
- Text: "Continue"
- Color: #0071e3
- Press scale: 0.96 (from 0.88 to 0.99)

## 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 { motion } from "framer-motion";

interface PressPillProps {
  text?: string;
  color?: string;
  scale?: number;
}

export default function PressPill({
  text = "Continue",
  color = "#0071e3",
  scale = 0.96,
}: PressPillProps) {
  return (
    <motion.button
      type="button"
      whileTap={{ scale }}
      transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 300, damping: 30 }}
      className="rounded-full px-6 py-3 text-sm font-medium text-white shadow-[0_1px_2px_rgba(0,0,0,0.03),0_8px_28px_rgba(0,0,0,0.05)]"
      style={{ backgroundColor: color }}
    >
      {text}
    </motion.button>
  );
}
```

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