# Pixel Trail

> Square pixels light up behind the cursor and fade away.

Pixel Trail is a cursor effect ready for your AI assistant, React or plain JavaScript, with no dependencies. Also called cursor trail or image trail.

Moving the mouse across a section lights up a row of square pixels, or flickering characters, along its path; they dim one after another into a short trail. The text above stays sharp and selectable, and reduced motion turns the trail off.

- Page: https://foundry44.dev/components/pixel-trail/
- Category: [Cursors](https://foundry44.dev/library/cursors/)
- Interactions: cursor
- Dependencies: none
- Licence: Pro

## With Pro

The AI prompt, the React component, the plain JavaScript file and the embed come with Pro, along with the live demo. Every setting is optional: with none, you get the effect as the preview shows it.

Settings: `pixelSize`, `duration`, `brush`, `glyphs`, `text`.