Animated List
Reveals items one at a time, newest on top, like a live activity feed.
- Category: Display
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Animated List
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
children | ReactNode[] | — | |
interval | number | 1400 | |
loop | boolean | true |
About Animated List
Animated List reveals items one at a time with the newest on top, like a live activity feed. It is the easy way to show something happening.
Animated List is a display component for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.
When to use Animated List
- Notification and activity feeds.
- Live order streams on landing pages.
- Chat previews.
- Onboarding checklists.
How it works
Items enter on springs at an interval, pushing older ones down with layout animation. loop restarts the sequence for demos.
Interactive parts are buttons or links with accessible names, decorative layers are hidden from assistive tech, and everything is reachable by keyboard. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Animated List
Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.
The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change interval, loop live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- interval (number, default 1400).
- loop (boolean, default true).
Goes well with Animated List
These display pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Tilt Card: A 3D tilt card for React that leans toward the pointer with a moving glare
- Spotlight Card: A React spotlight card: an accent glow follows the pointer across card and border
- Sortable List: A drag-to-reorder React list with lifted shadows and keyboard sorting
- Card Stack: A swipeable React card stack where the next card rises to meet you
- Image Compare: A React before and after image comparison slider you can drag anywhere
Install Animated List
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/animated-listAnimated List is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies animated-list.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.
You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.
See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup
Frequently asked questions
- Can the animated list loop?
- Yes. Set loop and the sequence restarts after the last item, which is handy for demos and social proof feeds.
- How do I install Animated List?
- Animated List is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/animated-list. It copies animated-list.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Animated List free for commercial use?
- Animated List needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
- Does Animated List work with Next.js?
- Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
- Can an AI coding agent install Animated List?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Animated List's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.