Border Draw
A copy-paste buttons component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
ButtonsHTMLCSSany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<!-- Border Draw — border draws itself on hover -->
<button class="nuda-border-draw">
<span>Border Draw</span>
</button>CSS
/* ── Border Draw ─────────────────────────────────────────────
Four pseudo-segments animate to draw a border on hover.
Customize:
--nuda-bd-clr : border & text color
--nuda-bd-width : border thickness
--nuda-bd-speed : draw duration (per side)
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.nuda-border-draw {
--nuda-bd-clr: #6366f1;
--nuda-bd-width: 2px;
--nuda-bd-speed: 0.25s;
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
padding: 12px 32px;
font-size: 1rem;
font-weight: 600;
color: var(--nuda-bd-clr);
background: transparent;
border: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
/* Four line segments */
.nuda-border-draw::before,
.nuda-border-draw::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
background: var(--nuda-bd-clr);
transition: all var(--nuda-bd-speed) ease;
}
/* Top & bottom lines */
.nuda-border-draw::before {
top: 0; left: 0;
width: 0; height: var(--nuda-bd-width);
}
.nuda-border-draw::after {
bottom: 0; right: 0;
width: 0; height: var(--nuda-bd-width);
}
/* Left & right via child span */
.nuda-border-draw span {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.nuda-border-draw span::before,
.nuda-border-draw span::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
background: var(--nuda-bd-clr);
transition: all var(--nuda-bd-speed) ease;
transition-delay: var(--nuda-bd-speed);
}
.nuda-border-draw span::before {
top: -12px; right: -32px;
width: var(--nuda-bd-width); height: 0;
}
.nuda-border-draw span::after {
bottom: -12px; left: -32px;
width: var(--nuda-bd-width); height: 0;
}
/* Hover — draw all four sides */
.nuda-border-draw:hover::before { width: 100%; }
.nuda-border-draw:hover::after { width: 100%; }
.nuda-border-draw:hover span::before { height: calc(100% + 24px); }
.nuda-border-draw:hover span::after { height: calc(100% + 24px); }
/* ── Accessibility ──────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.nuda-border-draw::before,
.nuda-border-draw::after,
.nuda-border-draw span::before,
.nuda-border-draw span::after {
transition: none;
}
}How to use Border Draw
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.