---
title: "Pendulum Swing"
description: "Content hangs from a fixed pivot and swings into rest with gravity-damped oscillation, like a hanging sign settling on its hook."
mode: "frame"
---

import { CatalogDetail, CatalogSlot } from "/snippets/catalog-detail.jsx";
import { InstallCommand } from "/snippets/install-command.jsx";

<CatalogDetail
  previewSrc="/public/catalog/components/pendulum-swing.json"
  compositionId="pendulum-swing"
  compositionSrc="compositions/components/pendulum-swing.html"
  title="Pendulum Swing"
  description="Content hangs from a fixed pivot and swings into rest with gravity-damped oscillation, like a hanging sign settling on its hook."
  variables={[{"id":"pivot","type":"enum","role":"layout","label":"Pivot","description":"Where the content hangs from. The swing rotates about this point, so the top edge stays pinned.","default":"top-center","options":[{"value":"top-center","label":"Top center"},{"value":"top-left","label":"Top left"},{"value":"top-right","label":"Top right"}]},{"id":"amplitude","type":"enum","role":"motion","label":"Amplitude","description":"How far the first swing reaches before it settles. Every later swing scales with it, so the pendulum still comes to rest upright.","default":"standard","options":[{"value":"gentle","label":"Gentle"},{"value":"standard","label":"Standard"},{"value":"wide","label":"Wide"}]},{"id":"direction","type":"enum","role":"motion","label":"Direction","description":"Which side the pendulum swings in from: right lifts the first swing clockwise, left mirrors it.","default":"right","options":[{"value":"right","label":"Right"},{"value":"left","label":"Left"}]},{"id":"tone","type":"enum","role":"style","label":"Tone","description":"Content colour: ink for light frames, paper for dark ones, accent rides --brand.","default":"ink","options":[{"value":"ink","label":"Ink"},{"value":"paper","label":"Paper"},{"value":"accent","label":"Accent"}]}]}
  meta={{"category":"Motion Scenes","badge":"Stable","codeLines":130}}
  attribution={{"path":"registry/components/pendulum-swing","tags":["motion-primitive","physics","swing","settle","reveal"]}}
  hasCode
  rawUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/main/registry/components/pendulum-swing/pendulum-swing.html"
>

<CatalogSlot slot="code">

```html pendulum-swing.html
<!--
  Pendulum Swing - motion primitive for HyperFrames.

  Paste the markup, CSS and script into a composition. Drive the timeline
  integration from a paused GSAP timeline so renders remain deterministic.

  Variables. The script reads each one, falls back to the declared default on
  anything missing or unrecognised, and writes the result as a custom property
  the CSS below consumes. The timeline recipe stays untouched by them: it keeps
  easing one unitless swing value from 1 down to 0, and these decide where the
  content hangs from, how far the first swing reaches, which way it enters and
  what colour it is.

    - pivot (top-center | top-left | top-right, default top-center): where the
      content hangs from. The swing rotates about this point, so the pinned top
      edge never drifts.
    - amplitude (gentle | standard | wide, default standard): how far the first
      swing reaches, 18deg, 34deg or 52deg. Every later swing scales with it, so
      whatever the reach the pendulum still comes to rest upright.
    - direction (right | left, default right): which side the pendulum swings in
      from. right lifts the first swing clockwise, left mirrors it.
    - tone (ink | paper | accent, default ink): content colour. ink is
      near-black for light frames, paper near-white for dark ones, accent rides
      --brand.

  On every default the result is identical to the original: a near-black sign
  hanging from its top centre, entering from the right through a 34deg swing.

  Motion note. The swing is a damped oscillation about the pivot: the content
  passes through upright several times, each pass smaller, until it settles.
  It rides a single unitless custom property (--hf-swing-angle) that the recipe
  eases 1 -> 0, so rotation interpolates sub-pixel and stays smooth under the
  seek-by-frame capture engine; nothing here animates a layout or reflow
  property.
-->

<div
  class="hf-catalog-pendulum-swing"
  data-composition-variables='[
    { "id": "pivot", "type": "enum", "role": "layout", "label": "Pivot", "description": "Where the content hangs from. The swing rotates about this point, so the top edge stays pinned.", "default": "top-center", "options": [{ "value": "top-center", "label": "Top center" }, { "value": "top-left", "label": "Top left" }, { "value": "top-right", "label": "Top right" }] },
    { "id": "amplitude", "type": "enum", "role": "motion", "label": "Amplitude", "description": "How far the first swing reaches before it settles. Every later swing scales with it, so the pendulum still comes to rest upright.", "default": "standard", "options": [{ "value": "gentle", "label": "Gentle" }, { "value": "standard", "label": "Standard" }, { "value": "wide", "label": "Wide" }] },
    { "id": "direction", "type": "enum", "role": "motion", "label": "Direction", "description": "Which side the pendulum swings in from: right lifts the first swing clockwise, left mirrors it.", "default": "right", "options": [{ "value": "right", "label": "Right" }, { "value": "left", "label": "Left" }] },
    { "id": "tone", "type": "enum", "role": "style", "label": "Tone", "description": "Content colour: ink for light frames, paper for dark ones, accent rides --brand.", "default": "ink", "options": [{ "value": "ink", "label": "Ink" }, { "value": "paper", "label": "Paper" }, { "value": "accent", "label": "Accent" }] }
  ]'
>
  <span class="hf-catalog-pendulum-swing__body">Hanging&nbsp;Sign</span>
</div>

<style>
  .hf-catalog-pendulum-swing {
    display: inline-block;
    /* The pendulum swings about the hanging pivot. The angle stays a unitless
       factor so the timeline can ease it 1 -> 0 (a damped oscillation through
       upright) while amplitude and direction, set once from the variables,
       decide the reach and the side. */
    transform-origin: var(--hf-swing-origin, 50% 0%);
    transform: rotate(
      calc(var(--hf-swing-angle, 0) * var(--hf-swing-dir, 1) * var(--hf-swing-max, 34deg))
    );
  }
  .hf-catalog-pendulum-swing__body {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 22px 40px;
    border-radius: 14px;
    /* Tone sets a background/foreground pair so the sign stays legible whatever
       the frame: the fill is the tone colour, the text its paired contrast. */
    background: var(--hf-swing-bg, #18181b);
    color: var(--hf-swing-fg, #fafafa);
    font-family: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif;
    font-weight: 800;
    font-size: 54px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
</style>

<script>
  (function () {
    "use strict";

    var vars =
      window.__hyperframes && window.__hyperframes.getVariables
        ? window.__hyperframes.getVariables()
        : {};

    // Unrecognised overrides return to their declared defaults.
    function pick(table, value, fallback) {
      return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(table, value) ? value : fallback;
    }

    var pivots = {
      "top-center": "50% 0%",
      "top-left": "0% 0%",
      "top-right": "100% 0%",
    };
    var amplitudes = { gentle: "18deg", standard: "34deg", wide: "52deg" };
    var directions = { right: 1, left: -1 };
    // Each tone is a fill/text pair so the sign keeps AA contrast on any frame.
    var tones = {
      ink: { bg: "#18181b", fg: "#fafafa" },
      paper: { bg: "#fafafa", fg: "#18181b" },
      accent: { bg: "var(--brand, #34d399)", fg: "#0b0b0c" },
    };

    var origin = pivots[pick(pivots, vars.pivot, "top-center")];
    var maxAngle = amplitudes[pick(amplitudes, vars.amplitude, "standard")];
    var dir = directions[pick(directions, vars.direction, "right")];
    var tone = tones[pick(tones, vars.tone, "ink")];

    var roots = document.querySelectorAll(".hf-catalog-pendulum-swing");
    for (var i = 0; i < roots.length; i += 1) {
      var root = roots[i];
      root.style.setProperty("--hf-swing-origin", origin);
      root.style.setProperty("--hf-swing-max", maxAngle);
      root.style.setProperty("--hf-swing-dir", String(dir));
      root.style.setProperty("--hf-swing-bg", tone.bg);
      root.style.setProperty("--hf-swing-fg", tone.fg);
    }
  })();
</script>

<!--
  Timeline integration. The swing settles like a real pendulum: it passes
  through upright several times, each pass smaller, until it comes to rest. That
  is a cosine (the swings) inside an exponential decay (the damping), normalised
  so the tween still lands exactly upright at the end.

    const swingSettle = (p) => 1 - Math.exp(-2.3 * p) * Math.cos(3.5 * Math.PI * p);
    tl.fromTo('.hf-catalog-pendulum-swing', { '--hf-swing-angle': 1 }, { '--hf-swing-angle': 0, duration: 2.9, ease: swingSettle }, startTime);
-->
```

</CatalogSlot>

<CatalogSlot slot="install">

<InstallCommand command="npx hyperframes add pendulum-swing" item="pendulum-swing" />

That writes one file: `compositions/components/pendulum-swing.html`.

</CatalogSlot>

<CatalogSlot slot="docs">

## Paste it into your composition

Open `compositions/components/pendulum-swing.html` and copy what is inside into your own composition.
The file opens with a comment header that walks you through it.

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

## Variables

Every one of these has a default, so the piece works untouched. Set the ones you
want to change on the element:

| Variable | Default | Accepts | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pivot` | `top-center` | `top-center`, `top-left`, `top-right` | Where the content hangs from. The swing rotates about this point, so the top edge stays pinned. |
| `amplitude` | `standard` | `gentle`, `standard`, `wide` | How far the first swing reaches before it settles. Every later swing scales with it, so the pendulum still comes to rest upright. |
| `direction` | `right` | `right`, `left` | Which side the pendulum swings in from: right lifts the first swing clockwise, left mirrors it. |
| `tone` | `ink` | `ink`, `paper`, `accent` | Content colour: ink for light frames, paper for dark ones, accent rides --brand. |

Set them with `data-variable-values` on the element that mounts it. These are the
defaults, so this behaves exactly like the preview above until you change one:

```html wrap
<div
  data-composition-id="pendulum-swing"
  data-composition-src="compositions/components/pendulum-swing.html"
  data-variable-values='{"pivot":"top-center","amplitude":"standard","direction":"right","tone":"ink"}'
></div>
```

{/* hf:generated-footer */}

Tagged `motion-primitive` `physics` `swing` `settle` `reveal`.

## Related topics

- [Browse the complete Catalog](/catalog)
- [Add assets and Catalog items in the browser editor](/studio/assets-and-blocks)
- [Put blocks together into one video](/concepts/compositions)

</CatalogSlot>

</CatalogDetail>