Beacon

Beacon helps spotlight specific areas in the interface.

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Published: January 08, 2025
Updated: January 15, 2026

Beacons are animated (pulsing) objects that draw the attention of a user towards something of importance. This could be a new feature, component or message that a user might not otherwise see.

These are used as part of a pattern of objects such as onboarding or new feature releases.

The beacon should be coupled with the Popover Sequential component when in use.


Anatomy

Anatomy summary lists and describes all the elements within a component (including nested components).

beacon-anatomy

Element

Description

Optional?

1. Pulse

Outer ring that continually moves in a pulsing animation to draw attention.

No

2. Centre

Static centre that doesn’t animate.

No


Variants

Variants contain different versions of the component depending on specific properties, such as state, size, colour, optional iconography, etc.

Beacon
Property Values Default
state Variant 1 | 2 | 3 1
Beacon
Beacon
state 3
Beacon
Beacon
state 2
Beacon
Beacon
state 1

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