Five-star rating UI where the selected stars are filled yellow and bounce playfully, while unselected stars remain grey dots

Elastic Animated Star Rating

This Elastic Animated Star Rating component turns a mundane feedback form into a delightful micro-interaction. Instead of simple color changes, the stars spring to life with a satisfying “elastic” pop when clicked. The animation logic handles both filling (bouncing in) and emptying (shrinking away) states, making the interaction feel physically responsive and engaging. (Requires: GSAP)

Technologies:
HTML SCSS JavaScript
Difficulty: Intermediate
Browser Support (as of Feb 2026):
Chrome Chrome 55+ Edge Edge 79+ Firefox Firefox 54+ Safari Safari 10.1+
Features:
Elastic Easing SVG Clip-path Staggered Animation Physics Simulation
Code by: Aaron Iker Aaron Iker
License: MIT

See the Pen Elastic Animated Star Rating.

Rating Stars

Rating Stars

A sophisticated star rating component featuring fractional fills implemented via CSS clip-path. The JavaScript class generates SVG stars and orchestrates a staggered entrance animation, while SCSS keyframes drive complex scale, rotate, and shockwave effects for a tactile, gamified feel.

See the Pen Rating Stars.

Animated Ratings Component

Animated Ratings Component

This interactive rating component stands out with three unique 3D effects, built using advanced Sass (loops, gradient randomization), - and showcases SVG facial animation via path morphing in pure JS.

See the Pen Animated Ratings Component.

Percentage Based Star Rating with Font Awesome

Percentage Based Star Rating with Font Awesome

See how a percentage-based rating is elegantly achieved by layering two sets of Font Awesome icons, where dynamic filling is managed by the CSS properties width and overflow: hidden;. A vanilla JS script ensures instant filling updates from the input field.

Alien Rating Control Widget

Alien Rating Control Widget

An interactive rating widget where GSAP MorphSVGPlugin drives the seamless SVG shape morphing of the avatar’s eyes and mouth, dynamically expressing an emotional response to each click, while adapting to the prefers-reduced-motion media query.

See the Pen Alien Rating Control Widget.