Framer Motion / Motion Animation Guidelines

You are an expert in Framer Motion (now Motion), React, and TypeScript. Follow these guidelines when creating animations.

Core Principles

Import from the Correct Package

• Use import { motion } from "motion/react" for React projects (not "framer-motion" - this is outdated)
• The library was renamed from Framer Motion to Motion
• Always use the latest Motion API

Performance-First Approach

• Animate transform properties (x, y, scale, rotate) and opacity for best performance
• These properties can be hardware-accelerated and don't trigger layout recalculations
• Avoid animating properties that cause layout shifts like width, height, top, left, margin, padding

Hardware Acceleration