Fractal Geometry Button
<button class="fractal-button">
<span class="fractal-text">Fractal Infinity</span>
<div class="fractal-pattern">
<div class="fractal-segment seg-1"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-2"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-3"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-4"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-5"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-6"></div>
</div>
<div class="golden-spiral"></div>
</button>About Fractal Geometry Button
Fractal Geometry Button is a button built with a keyframe animation, gradient fills, transforms and layered shadows. Its stylesheet runs to 133 lines across 18 rules, declaring 23 distinct properties. It styles hover state explicitly, so the component responds to interaction rather than sitting still. The animation is driven by keyframe sequences named fractal-grow and spiral-rotation, which you can retime or remove without touching the rest of the styling. Every format shown on this page is the same component, so you can take HTML and CSS depending on how your project is set up. Nothing is minified and nothing depends on a framework.
When to use
- Landing pages where one moving element earns attention rather than competing for it, where a fractal and geometry button fits the surrounding design
- A single prominent button rather than a row of them, since the fractal-grow animation runs continuously and several at once compete with each other
- Palettes built around mathematical, golden and spiral, where this button can be dropped in without retheming
- Places where one control is meant to be memorable, since 133 lines of CSS is a real investment for a single element
How it works
The base rule sets the shape with border-radius, height, padding and position. The fill is a gradient rather than a flat colour, so it is a single background declaration with no image to load. Movement is done with transforms rather than by changing position or size, which is what keeps it smooth: transforms are composited and do not force the browser to lay the page out again. State changes are eased with a transition, so hovering does not snap. The looping motion comes from fractal-grow and spiral-rotation. Changing the animation-duration is usually the only edit needed to make it faster or calmer.
Accessibility
Built on a native <button> element, so keyboard focus and screen reader semantics work without extra attributes. No focus style is defined. Add one before shipping, or keyboard users lose track of position. Animates without a prefers-reduced-motion guard. Wrap the animation in that query if motion sensitivity matters to your audience. Those are 2 things to fix before this ships in front of users.
Browser support
Everything this component uses has been supported across browsers for years, so no fallback is needed.
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Fractal Geometry Button
<button class="fractal-button">
<span class="fractal-text">Fractal Infinity</span>
<div class="fractal-pattern">
<div class="fractal-segment seg-1"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-2"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-3"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-4"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-5"></div>
<div class="fractal-segment seg-6"></div>
</div>
<div class="golden-spiral"></div>
</button>What is inside Fractal Geometry Button
Fractal Geometry Button is a CSS button built with a keyframe animation, gradient fills, transforms, defined in 133 lines across 18 selectors.
Techniques used
Animations defined: fractal-growspiral-rotation
CSS properties in this component
animationanimation-delayanimation-durationbackgroundborderborder-colorborder-radiusbox-shadowcolorcursorfont-weightheightleftopacityoverflowpaddingpositiontext-shadowtoptransformtransitionwidthz-indexAccessibility check2 to fix
- Built on a native <button> element, so keyboard focus and screen reader semantics work without extra attributes.
- No focus style is defined. Add one before shipping, or keyboard users lose track of position.
- Animates without a prefers-reduced-motion guard. Wrap the animation in that query if motion sensitivity matters to your audience.
These notes are generated by reading this component's own source, so they describe what it actually does rather than what a template says. Copy the code above in HTML, CSS and adapt it freely.