Reworked the shimmer animation for a smoother, more natural sweep. The previous animation felt too uniform and fast. Now uses a custom cubic-bezier curve that starts slow and accelerates through the text, with softer highlight contrast in both light and dark modes.
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/22516
**Author:** [@jannikstdl](https://github.com/jannikstdl)
**Created:** 3/10/2026
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 3/11/2026
**Merged by:** [@tjbck](https://github.com/tjbck)
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `feat/refined-shimmer-effect`
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### 📝 Commits (1)
- [`9e7bbf3`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/9e7bbf3b182b01ad34f2184285f828604eb19bef) refac: refined shimmer effect
### 📊 Changes
**1 file changed** (+22 additions, -8 deletions)
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📝 `src/app.css` (+22 -8)
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### 📄 Description
Reworked the shimmer animation for a smoother, more natural sweep. The previous animation felt too uniform and fast. Now uses a custom cubic-bezier curve that starts slow and accelerates through the text, with softer highlight contrast in both light and dark modes.
**White:**
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6153bdaa-7d4a-4998-950c-ed6e4423fa89
**Dark:**
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bf67ad59-2222-428c-992e-7991d294f1e6
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/22516
Author: @jannikstdl
Created: 3/10/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 3/11/2026
Merged by: @tjbck
Base:
dev← Head:feat/refined-shimmer-effect📝 Commits (1)
9e7bbf3refac: refined shimmer effect📊 Changes
1 file changed (+22 additions, -8 deletions)
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src/app.css(+22 -8)📄 Description
Reworked the shimmer animation for a smoother, more natural sweep. The previous animation felt too uniform and fast. Now uses a custom cubic-bezier curve that starts slow and accelerates through the text, with softer highlight contrast in both light and dark modes.
White:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6153bdaa-7d4a-4998-950c-ed6e4423fa89
Dark:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bf67ad59-2222-428c-992e-7991d294f1e6
Contributor License Agreement
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.