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Michal
Michal

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How to build a responsive bottom navigation bar in React?

Hi guys! We are working on a school project and want to add a background shape that moves behind the selected icon when switching tabs on a bottom navigation bar. We are using React with TypeScript and TailwindCSS. Any ideas on how to implement this?

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I’d keep the icons fixed and move one absolutely positioned indicator with translateX from the active index. That preserves icon alignment and stable hit areas during the transition.