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# Hand-Drawn Arrow

> Wobbled draw-on arrow with straight, gentle, and swoop curve presets; boils while on screen

export const InstallCommand = ({command, item}) => {
  const [copied, setCopied] = React.useState(false);
  const [tuned, setTuned] = React.useState("");
  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (!item) return;
    const read = () => {
      try {
        const raw = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get(`vars-${item}`);
        if (!raw) return setTuned("");
        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
        if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed)) return setTuned("");
        if (Object.keys(parsed).length === 0) return setTuned("");
        setTuned(` --vars '${JSON.stringify(parsed)}'`);
      } catch {
        setTuned("");
      }
    };
    read();
    window.addEventListener("hf-vars-changed", read);
    window.addEventListener("popstate", read);
    return () => {
      window.removeEventListener("hf-vars-changed", read);
      window.removeEventListener("popstate", read);
    };
  }, [item]);
  const fullCommand = `${command}${tuned}`;
  const copy = async () => {
    try {
      if (navigator.clipboard && window.isSecureContext) {
        await navigator.clipboard.writeText(fullCommand);
      } else {
        const previous = document.activeElement;
        const scratch = document.createElement("textarea");
        scratch.value = fullCommand;
        scratch.setAttribute("readonly", "");
        scratch.style.position = "fixed";
        scratch.style.opacity = "0";
        document.body.appendChild(scratch);
        scratch.select();
        document.execCommand("copy");
        document.body.removeChild(scratch);
        previous?.focus?.();
      }
      setCopied(true);
      setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 2000);
    } catch {}
  };
  return <div className="hf-install-command not-prose my-4 flex items-stretch overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-zinc-200 bg-zinc-50 dark:border-zinc-800 dark:bg-zinc-900">
      <code className="flex-1 overflow-x-auto whitespace-nowrap border-r border-zinc-200 px-4 py-3 font-mono text-sm text-zinc-800 dark:border-zinc-800 dark:text-zinc-100">
        {fullCommand}
      </code>
      <button type="button" onClick={copy} data-copied={copied ? "true" : "false"} aria-label={`Copy ${command} to the clipboard`} className="hf-install-copy">
        <svg className="hf-install-copy-clipboard" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 18 18" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" aria-hidden="true">
          <path d="M14.25 5.25H7.25C6.14543 5.25 5.25 6.14543 5.25 7.25V14.25C5.25 15.3546 6.14543 16.25 7.25 16.25H14.25C15.3546 16.25 16.25 15.3546 16.25 14.25V7.25C16.25 6.14543 15.3546 5.25 14.25 5.25Z" />
          <path d="M2.80103 11.998L1.77203 5.07397C1.61003 3.98097 2.36403 2.96397 3.45603 2.80197L10.38 1.77297C11.313 1.63397 12.19 2.16297 12.528 3.00097" />
        </svg>
        <svg className="hf-install-copy-check" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 18 18" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" aria-hidden="true">
          <path d="M2.75 9.5L6.5 13.25L15.25 4.5" />
        </svg>
      </button>
      <span className="hf-install-copy-status" role="status" aria-live="polite">
        {copied ? "Copied" : ""}
      </span>
    </div>;
};

<iframe className="w-full aspect-video rounded-xl border-0 bg-zinc-100 dark:bg-zinc-800" title="hw-arrow preview" loading="lazy" srcDoc={`<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><style>html,body{margin:0;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent}hyperframes-player{display:block;width:100%;height:100%}</style><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@hyperframes/player@0.7/dist/hyperframes-player.global.js"><\/script></head><body><script>fetch("/public/catalog/components/hw-arrow.json").then(function(r){return r.json()}).then(function(d){var p=document.createElement("hyperframes-player");p.setAttribute("srcdoc",d.html);p.setAttribute("controls","");p.setAttribute("autoplay","");p.setAttribute("loop","");p.setAttribute("muted","");p.setAttribute("poster","https://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/components/hw-arrow.png");document.body.appendChild(p)});<\/script></body></html>`} />

## Install

<InstallCommand command="npx hyperframes add hw-arrow" item="hw-arrow" />

That writes `compositions/components/hw-arrow.html`, plus 1 supporting file under `assets/fonts/`.

## Paste it into your composition

Open `compositions/components/hw-arrow.html` and copy what is inside into your own composition.

A component has no size or duration of its own. It takes both from the composition
you paste it into.

## Source

<Accordion title={`hw-arrow.html`}>
  ```html theme={null}
  <!doctype html>
  <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8" />
      <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
      <style>
        @font-face {
          font-family: "Caveat";
          src: url("assets/fonts/Caveat-700-latin.woff2") format("woff2");
          font-weight: 700;
          font-display: block;
        }
        *,
        *::before,
        *::after {
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          box-sizing: border-box;
        }
        body {
          background: transparent;
          overflow: hidden;
        }
        /* ---- hw-arrow ------------------------------------------------------
           Hand-wobbled draw-on arrow, boiling. Position the wrapper, pick a
           curve preset, call the helpers. Requires the hw-boil helpers
           (hwOnUpdate / hwHash / hwBoil) in the host script. */
        .hw-arrow {
          position: absolute;
          pointer-events: none;
        }
        .hw-arrow svg {
          width: 100%;
          height: 100%;
          overflow: visible;
        }
        .hw-arrow path {
          fill: none;
          stroke: var(--hw-arrow-color, var(--hw-ink, #f4f2ec));
          stroke-width: var(--hw-arrow-w, 6);
          stroke-linecap: round;
          stroke-linejoin: round;
        }
        .hw-arrow.hw-soft path {
          filter: blur(0.6px);
        }
        /* self-preview scene */
        #hw-ar-scene {
          position: absolute;
          inset: 0;
          background: linear-gradient(135deg, #274060 0%, #123 100%);
          display: flex;
          align-items: center;
          justify-content: center;
          font-family: var(--hw-font-print, "Caveat", cursive);
          font-weight: 700;
          font-size: 80px;
          color: rgba(244, 242, 236, 0.92);
        }
      </style>
    </head>
    <body>
      <!-- Self-preview. WIRING: copy the .hw-arrow CSS, the markup pattern,
           and the hwArrowPath / hwArrowOn / hwArrowOff helpers (plus the
           hw-boil helpers) into your host. Then:

             document.querySelector("#hw-my-arrow path")
               .setAttribute("d", hwArrowPath(360, 160, "swoop", 3));
             hwArrowOn(tl, "#hw-my-arrow", 2.0);
             hwBoil(tl, "#hw-my-arrow", { frameDrop: 3, seed: 3 });
             hwArrowOff(tl, "#hw-my-arrow", 8.0);
      -->
      <div
        id="hw-ar-root"
        data-composition-id="hw-arrow"
        data-start="0"
        data-duration="4"
        data-width="1920"
        data-height="1080"
      >
        <div id="hw-ar-scene"><span>point at things</span></div>
        <div
          class="hw-arrow"
          id="hw-ar-demo"
          style="left: 560px; top: 320px; width: 380px; height: 180px"
        >
          <svg viewBox="0 0 380 180"><path id="hw-ar-demo-path"></path></svg>
        </div>
        <div
          id="hw-ar-drv"
          class="clip"
          data-start="0"
          data-duration="4"
          data-track-index="0"
          style="position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none"
        ></div>
      </div>
      <script>
        (function () {
          window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};

          /* ---- hw-boil helpers (shared family runtime — copy once per host) ---- */
          window.hwOnUpdate = function (tl, fn) {
            if (!tl.__hwRenders) {
              tl.__hwRenders = [];
              tl.eventCallback("onUpdate", function () {
                for (var i = 0; i < tl.__hwRenders.length; i++) tl.__hwRenders[i]();
              });
            }
            tl.__hwRenders.push(fn);
            fn();
          };
          window.hwHash = function (n, seed) {
            var x = Math.sin(n * 127.1 + (seed || 1) * 311.7) * 43758.5453;
            return (x - Math.floor(x)) * 2 - 1;
          };
          window.hwBoil = function (tl, target, opts) {
            opts = opts || {};
            var amp = opts.amp !== undefined ? opts.amp : 1.6;
            var rot = opts.rot !== undefined ? opts.rot : 0.5;
            var fps = opts.fps || 30;
            var drop = opts.frameDrop || 3;
            var seed = opts.seed || 1;
            var els = gsap.utils.toArray(target);
            window.hwOnUpdate(tl, function () {
              var step = Math.floor((tl.time() * fps) / drop);
              for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
                gsap.set(els[i], {
                  x: window.hwHash(step * 3 + i * 97, seed) * amp,
                  y: window.hwHash(step * 3 + 1 + i * 97, seed) * amp,
                  rotation: (opts.baseRot || 0) + window.hwHash(step * 3 + 2 + i * 97, seed) * rot,
                });
              }
            });
          };

          // ---- hw-arrow helpers (copy these too) ----
          // Wobbled arrow path in a w x h box, tail at left, head at right.
          // curve: "straight" | "gentle" | "swoop"
          window.hwArrowPath = function (w, h, curve, seed) {
            seed = seed || 1;
            var bend = curve === "swoop" ? 0.55 : curve === "gentle" ? 0.28 : 0.06;
            function wob(v, n, range) {
              return v + window.hwHash(n, seed) * range;
            }
            var x0 = wob(4, 1, 3),
              y0 = wob(h * 0.72, 2, 4),
              x1 = wob(w - 10, 3, 4),
              y1 = wob(h * 0.3, 4, 4);
            var cx1 = wob(w * 0.35, 5, 10),
              cy1 = wob(h * (0.72 + bend * 0.5), 6, 8);
            var cx2 = wob(w * 0.7, 7, 10),
              cy2 = wob(h * (0.3 + bend), 8, 8);
            var ang = Math.atan2(y1 - cy2, x1 - cx2);
            function head(da, len) {
              var a = ang + Math.PI + da;
              return (
                "M " +
                x1.toFixed(1) +
                " " +
                y1.toFixed(1) +
                " l " +
                (Math.cos(a) * len).toFixed(1) +
                " " +
                (Math.sin(a) * len).toFixed(1)
              );
            }
            return (
              "M " +
              x0.toFixed(1) +
              " " +
              y0.toFixed(1) +
              " C " +
              cx1.toFixed(1) +
              " " +
              cy1.toFixed(1) +
              ", " +
              cx2.toFixed(1) +
              " " +
              cy2.toFixed(1) +
              ", " +
              x1.toFixed(1) +
              " " +
              y1.toFixed(1) +
              " " +
              head(0.5, wob(34, 9, 6)) +
              " " +
              head(-0.5, wob(34, 10, 6))
            );
          };
          window.hwArrowOn = function (tl, target, at, dur) {
            var p = document.querySelector(target + " path");
            var len = p.getTotalLength();
            gsap.set(p, { strokeDasharray: len, strokeDashoffset: len });
            tl.to(
              p,
              { strokeDashoffset: 0, duration: dur === undefined ? 0.7 : dur, ease: "power2.inOut" },
              at,
            );
          };
          window.hwArrowOff = function (tl, target, at) {
            tl.to(target, { opacity: 0, duration: 0.3, ease: "power2.in" }, at);
          };

          // ---- self-preview ----
          document
            .getElementById("hw-ar-demo-path")
            .setAttribute("d", window.hwArrowPath(380, 180, "swoop", 7));
          var tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
          window.hwArrowOn(tl, "#hw-ar-demo", 0.4);
          window.hwBoil(tl, "#hw-ar-demo", { amp: 2, rot: 0.6, frameDrop: 3, seed: 7 });
          window.hwArrowOff(tl, "#hw-ar-demo", 3.4);
          tl.set("#hw-ar-root", { visibility: "hidden" }, 3.98);
          window.__timelines["hw-arrow"] = tl;
        })();
      </script>
    </body>
  </html>
  ```
</Accordion>

Tagged `handwritten` `annotation` `arrow` `overlay`.

## Related topics

* [Browse the complete Catalog](/catalog)
* [Add assets and Catalog items in Studio](/studio/assets-and-blocks)
* [Build a richer composition](/go-further)
