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Orbit

Orbit helps use continuous motion for waiting, liveliness, or ambient atmosphere.

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Orbit helps use continuous motion for waiting, liveliness, or ambient atmosphere.

An element circling around another in a continuous path

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Orbit

Duration1200ms

Distance28px

Delay0ms

Curvesoft

.motion-card {
  animation-name: motion-orbit;
  animation-duration: 1200ms;
  animation-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
  animation-delay: 0ms;
  animation-fill-mode: both;
  will-change: transform, opacity;
  transform-origin: center;
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
}

@keyframes motion-orbit {
  from {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateY(0) scale(0.98);
  }

  to {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(0) scale(1);
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .motion-card {
    animation-name: motion-orbit-reduced;
    animation-duration: 180ms;
    animation-delay: 0ms;
    transform: none;
    animation-iteration-count: 1;
  }
}

@keyframes motion-orbit-reduced {
  from {
    opacity: 0;
  }

  to {
    opacity: 1;
  }
}

Agent prompt

Use Orbit for a UI fragment: Orbit helps use continuous motion for waiting, liveliness, or ambient atmosphere. Animate transform and opacity, keep the duration at 1200ms, use 28px of visual amplitude, add a 0ms delay, use soft easing (cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)), and include a reduced-motion fallback.

intent: entrancefeel: softcontext: card

Usage

Use it when you need to use continuous motion for waiting, liveliness, or ambient atmosphere.
Good for low- or medium-frequency UI changes that should stay short, clear, and interruptible.
Copy the prompt or CSS and hand it to an agent for implementation.

Examples

Preview Orbit on a card, list item, or lightweight panel.
Tune duration, travel, delay, and curve until Orbit matches the surrounding interface.

Review notes

Prefer transform and opacity so motion stays off layout and paint work.
Keep UI motion under 300ms; frequent feedback should be shorter.
Avoid scale(0) and UI ease-in; use a physical starting point and a strong ease-out curve.

Reduced motion

Under reduced motion, Orbit removes travel, rotation, or looping and keeps a short fade or state comparison.

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