A micro-interaction is a small, single-purpose animated response to one user action, such as a toggle flipping, a like button bursting or a download button turning into progress, that tells people what happened.
In more detail
- Good micro-interactions are short (about 200 to 500 milliseconds), show the result of an action and never block the next one.
- They have states: idle, hover, pressed, loading, done and error, which is why state machines fit them well.
In Ova Motion
In Ova Motion each state of the control is a state in the machine, the pointer listeners handle hover and press, and the app sets inputs such as loading or done.
Last checked against the product on 2026-10-15.
