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Freecard · hover · dark
Spotlight Border Card
A grid of feature cards whose borders light up where the pointer is: a soft accent glow travels along the edge nearest the hand and spills faintly into the card, and because every card listens to the same pointer the glow continues across the gaps between them.
The mechanic
Each card's `::before` has `padding: 1px`, a `radial-gradient(240px circle at var(--x) var(--y), accent, transparent 70%)` background, and a `mask: linear-gradient(#000 0 0) content-box, linear-gradient(#000 0 0)` with `mask-composite: exclude`, leaving only the ring. `::after` paints the same gradient at 10 % as the spill. One `pointermove` on the grid sets `--x/--y` on every card relative to its own box.
How to use it
From prompt to a block in your page.
- 01Try the component
The preview is the shipped element inside a neutral demo page. Hover, click, focus: the one interaction it is about is live.
- 02Pick a palette
Token sets re-tint it live. The prompt carries the one you chose.
- 03Pick your stack
A paste-in snippet, or a component for Next.js, React, Vue, Astro, WordPress, Shopify or Webflow.
- 04Copy the prompt
It quotes the markup, styles and script verbatim with the tokens and the rules that keep it self-contained.
- 05Mount it in your layout
It inherits your page's font and width; the tokens live on :root; several instances share one script.
