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Hero button

A sparkle call-to-action button for landing pages: a dark pill that turns brand-coloured on hover, with twinkling stars, a spark line round the edge and particles. No GSAP, respects reduced motion.

Hero button

A sparkle call-to-action button: a dark pill that turns brand-coloured on hover, with twinkling stars, a spark line running round the edge and particles streaming out. Use it once per page, for the main call to action in a hero. Everywhere else, use ace-btn--primary.

Get started

<button class="ace-hero-btn">Book a demo</button>

<!-- Effects (sparkle icon, spark line, particles): -->
<script src="ace-hero.js" defer></script>

<!-- Works on links too; any colour via --ace-tone -->
<a class="ace-hero-btn" href="/signup" style="--ace-tone:#2563eb">Get started</a>

<!-- Without the sparkle icon -->
<button class="ace-hero-btn" data-no-icon>Book a demo</button>

<!-- Markup added later (Vue / React / HTMX): -->
AceHero.init(container)

Use it for the single most important action on a landing page ("Book a demo", "Get started").
Keep the label short (one to three words), so it fits on one line.

Don't

Put two hero buttons on one screen, or use it inside forms, dialogs or tables.
Worry about motion-sensitive visitors: with "reduce motion" on, it keeps the colours but drops the movement.

Use it

One stylesheet and one script from the CDN, pinned to v1.3.0:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://acecss.dev/v1.3.0/ace.min.css"
      integrity="sha384-zHAwOqjifsc0D+iUvzD1a4W0R2g0BOK9AqQJZGakUEp/Tm5IUcP07R9xkY0q/stj" crossorigin="anonymous">
<script src="https://acecss.dev/v1.3.0/ace-hero.min.js" defer
        integrity="sha384-9GbyxTfs2krubP46OnEkVVYjds58yGjr3EF3P1CAujQqzY/qB9ccrF7YIQIaWif5" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

Or from npm:

npm i @acecss/core

import '@acecss/core'
import '@acecss/core/hero'

Bundlers, Tailwind, every script in one file and self-hosting: Install.

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