Spotlight Follow
A copy-paste cards & hover component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Cards & HoverHTMLCSSJavaScriptany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<!-- Spotlight Follow — cursor radial spotlight (vanilla JS) -->
<div class="nuda-spotlight-follow" tabindex="0">
<h3 class="nuda-spotlight-follow__title">Spotlight Follow</h3>
<p class="nuda-spotlight-follow__desc">Cursor radial spotlight</p>
</div>CSS
/* ── Spotlight Follow ────────────────────────────────────────
Radial spotlight tracks the cursor via --nuda-sf2-x / -y.
Customize:
--nuda-sf2-bg : card background
--nuda-sf2-light : spotlight color
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.nuda-spotlight-follow {
--nuda-sf2-x: 50%;
--nuda-sf2-y: 50%;
--nuda-sf2-bg: #09090b;
--nuda-sf2-light: rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.18);
position: relative;
width: 280px;
padding: 28px 20px;
background: var(--nuda-sf2-bg);
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
border-radius: 16px;
overflow: hidden;
color: #fafafa;
text-align: center;
}
.nuda-spotlight-follow::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background: radial-gradient(
circle 200px at var(--nuda-sf2-x) var(--nuda-sf2-y),
var(--nuda-sf2-light),
transparent 70%
);
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
pointer-events: none;
}
.nuda-spotlight-follow:hover::before,
.nuda-spotlight-follow:focus-visible::before {
opacity: 1;
}
.nuda-spotlight-follow:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
outline-offset: 3px;
}
.nuda-spotlight-follow__title {
position: relative;
font-size: 1.05rem;
font-weight: 700;
margin: 0;
}
.nuda-spotlight-follow__desc {
position: relative;
font-size: 0.85rem;
opacity: 0.6;
margin: 6px 0 0;
}
/* ── Accessibility ──────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.nuda-spotlight-follow::before { transition: none; }
}JavaScript
/* ── Spotlight Follow — vanilla JS ───────────────────────────
Positions the radial spotlight at cursor coordinates.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
;(function () {
document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-spotlight-follow").forEach(function (card) {
card.addEventListener("mousemove", function (e) {
var rect = card.getBoundingClientRect();
card.style.setProperty("--nuda-sf2-x", (e.clientX - rect.left) + "px");
card.style.setProperty("--nuda-sf2-y", (e.clientY - rect.top) + "px");
});
});
})();How to use Spotlight Follow
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.