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Equalizer Bars
Seven pill-shaped vermillion-to-tan gradient bars bounce at staggered offsets, mimicking an audio equalizer. Pure CSS scaleY animation.
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When to use it
Music apps, audio players, loading states, or any context where an audio/media metaphor fits the brand.
When not to
Static content pages or contexts where looping motion distracts from primary content; reduced-motion users get a near-static fallback only.
Working with an AI agent
Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:
Change bar count to 5 by removing 2 span elements, set --accent-iris to #ff3b6b and --accent-cyan to #ff9f43, slow the bounce to 1.6s. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.
Safe to edit
- bar count (number of .c08-eq__bar spans)
- animation duration (1.1s in animation shorthand)
- gradient colors (--accent-iris, --accent-cyan)
- bar height percentages per nth-child
- gap between bars (clamp gap value)
- theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)
Keep intact
- visibilitychange pause in IIFE
- prefers-reduced-motion guard
- c08- namespaced class prefix (avoids conflicts)
- transform-origin:bottom on bars
- theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)
Known limitations
- Reduced-motion fallback freezes bars mid-animation rather than removing them — not fully static
- Bar heights are hardcoded per nth-child — adding/removing bars requires manual height assignment
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