This One Trick Makes Your UI Feel 10x Smoother


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⚡ Smooth UX with data-pending

Take a look at the Visitor Journey section in the dashboard:

When a user triggers a state transition (like navigating to a new route), we don’t want them to interact with incomplete data.

That’s where a subtle, 📶 blinking animation helps signal that something is loading.

We use the data-pending attribute to mark the loading state. And then apply a Tailwind animation when this attribute is present:

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