Play to Pause
A copy-paste animated icons component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Animated IconsHTMLCSSJavaScriptany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<button class="nuda-icon-playpause" type="button" aria-label="Play" aria-pressed="false">
<svg class="nuda-icon-playpause__svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true">
<rect class="nuda-icon-playpause__l" x="6" y="5" width="5" height="14" rx="1.2" />
<rect class="nuda-icon-playpause__r" x="13" y="5" width="5" height="14" rx="1.2" />
</svg>
</button>CSS
/* Play to Pause
Two bars: collapsed (play wedge) → split apart (pause). Lime when playing.
GPU-only: transform + opacity. Customize: --icon-accent */
.nuda-icon-playpause {
--icon-accent: #e4ff54;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 44px;
height: 44px;
background: #09090b;
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
border-radius: 50%;
color: #fafafa;
cursor: pointer;
transition: border-color 0.25s, color 0.25s;
}
.nuda-icon-playpause:hover,
.nuda-icon-playpause:focus-visible {
border-color: rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.4);
outline: none;
}
.nuda-icon-playpause:focus-visible {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.5);
}
.nuda-icon-playpause[aria-pressed="true"] { color: var(--icon-accent); }
.nuda-icon-playpause__svg {
width: 22px;
height: 22px;
fill: currentColor;
}
.nuda-icon-playpause__svg rect {
transition: transform 0.35s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.2, 0.2, 1), opacity 0.25s;
transform-origin: center;
will-change: transform, opacity;
}
/* Paused/idle = play look: one slim wedge, second bar hidden */
.nuda-icon-playpause__l { transform: translateX(2px) scaleX(0.55); }
.nuda-icon-playpause__r { opacity: 0; transform: translateX(-4px) scaleX(0.2); }
/* Playing = pause look: two full bars */
.nuda-icon-playpause[aria-pressed="true"] .nuda-icon-playpause__l {
transform: translateX(0) scaleX(1);
}
.nuda-icon-playpause[aria-pressed="true"] .nuda-icon-playpause__r {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateX(0) scaleX(1);
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.nuda-icon-playpause__svg rect { transition: none; }
}JavaScript
/* Play to Pause — vanilla JS
Flips aria-pressed and keeps the label in sync. */
(function () {
document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-icon-playpause").forEach(function (btn) {
btn.addEventListener("click", function () {
var playing = btn.getAttribute("aria-pressed") !== "true";
btn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(playing));
btn.setAttribute("aria-label", playing ? "Pause" : "Play");
});
});
})();How to use Play to Pause
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.