What it looks like
Picture twenty very fine threads tied to the tip of the mouse arrow. When the cursor moves, the threads trail behind with a small delay, bend at every change of direction and gather again when it stops. The lines are semi-transparent and add brightness where they cross, and their hue cycles slowly through blue, violet, pink and red. The canvas covers the whole screen above your content but does not block clicks. On phones, the trail appears when someone swipes a finger.
You may be looking for this if you asked for something like
- colorful lines following the mouse across the whole page
- a trail of threads that drags behind the cursor
- a silky string cursor effect for my portfolio
- something that makes the mouse feel like a design agency site
- a mouse trail that ripples and changes color on its own
- a cursor that leaves a glowing streak as I move it
- those lines that chase the pointer on award-winning sites
Also known as
- cursor trail
- line cursor
- spring trail
- mouse trail effect
- string cursor
- elastic line trail
When to use
- Designer, illustrator or studio portfolios that want a personal touch
- Design or creative event landing pages with little text
- Short showcase sections where moving the mouse is part of the experience
When to avoid
- Dashboards, forms and reading pages, where lines over the text distract
- Pages with other heavy animations, since the drawing loop keeps running while the mouse is still
How to ask your AI
Add a cursor trail of thin spring-physics lines in Canvas 2D that covers the screen without blocking clicks: use my brand colors, add a static version for reduced motion, load it only in the browser and test it on mobile.
With THM Componentes, you paste the full prompt from the catalog together with this component's code, and the AI reproduces this exact effect instead of improvising.
Questions about Sleek Line Cursor
Does Sleek Line Cursor work on phones?
It works with a finger: Sleek Line Cursor listens to touch and starts drawing when someone presses and swipes on the screen. Phones have no cursor, so the trail forms while the finger moves and gathers in when it stops. The THM Componentes prompt asks for mobile testing and an LCP and INP comparison.
Can I change the colors of Sleek Line Cursor?
Yes, with a small code change. In the original, Sleek Line Cursor computes its hue from a wave that runs through blue, violet, pink and red. The THM Componentes prompt tells your AI to use your project color tokens instead of fixed colors, and the number of lines, the friction and the tension are already props.
Is Sleek Line Cursor heavy on performance?
It is rated Medium in THM Componentes. Sleek Line Cursor redraws twenty lines of fifty points on every frame in Canvas 2D, and the loop keeps running while the mouse is still. Lower the trails and size props on weaker devices, load it on demand inside ClientOnly in Nuxt as the prompt asks, and measure INP.
