Animated Search Input
The placeholder cycles through examples while the field is empty and idle. It can start as an icon button, opens on click or ⌘K, and closes on Escape when empty. Sent text blurs up and away.
The decision inside it
The examples never become the name
The field is always called Search for screen readers; the rotating examples are drawn under it and hidden, so nobody hears a new label every three seconds.
When to use it
Use Animated Search Input for a prominent search on a landing page, docs or an app header, where example searches teach what can be found. For a search inside a form or a filter bar, use the plain Input.
Installation
How you get it
Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any coding agent. It installs the file and uses it as it is, instead of writing a new one.
Use Layro's Animated Search Input for this.
Install it: npx shadcn@latest add @layro/animated-search-input
(the @layro registry is set up in components.json, with LAYRO_KEY in .env.local)
Import it from @/components/ui/animated-search-input.
Do not rewrite or restyle it. Pass my data through its props
and keep its built-in states.For the full brief with every prop and the mistakes assistants usually make, use Copy prompt above. Pro components install through the @layro registry with your CLI token: see the Namespaced tab.
Usage
import { AnimatedSearchInput } from "@/components/ui/animated-search-input";
export function DocSearch({ search }: { search: (q: string) => void }) {
return (
<AnimatedSearchInput
placeholders={["Search contracts…", "Try “unsigned this week”", "Search by signer"]}
onSubmit={search}
shortcut="mod+k"
/>
);
}API reference
“Copy prompt” above puts a full brief on your clipboard — install command, dependencies, props, and the mistakes an assistant usually makes with this component.
Props
Read from the component’s own TypeScript interface when the site is built, so this table cannot drift from the file you install.
| Prop | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
placeholders | string[] | Example searches that take turns as the placeholder. |
interval | number | Milliseconds each example shows. Default 3000. |
expandable | boolean | Start as an icon button that opens into the field. Default false. |
vanishOnSubmit | boolean | Blur the sent text up and away, then clear. Default true. |
value | string | — |
defaultValue | string | — |
onValueChange | (value: string) => void | — |
onSubmit | (value: string) => void | Called with the trimmed text on Enter or the send button. |
shortcut | string | A key that focuses it from anywhere, e.g. "mod+k" or "/". |
width | number | Width when open, in pixels. Default fills its parent. |
Dependencies
npm packages
clsxframer-motionlucide-reacttailwind-mergeLayro foundations, installed alongside it
layro-themeStates
All of them are drawn by the component. None is left for you to design.
- Rotating examples
- Typing
- Sent
- Icon
- Opened by shortcut
- Reduced motion
Accessibility
- Keyboard reachable throughout, in visual order
- Focus trapped in overlays, Escape closes them
- Focus returns to whatever opened it
- Live regions announce what changed, not that something did
- Honours prefers-reduced-motion
Responsive behavior
- Sizes to its container, not the viewport
- Usable from 320px up
- Pointer-based interaction, so trackpad and touch both work
- No hover-only affordances
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