Learn to recreate Apple's iOS 26 Liquid Glass UI effect for the web using SVG filter primitives, CSS backdrop filters, and React. The tutorial covers the physics behind refraction and reflection, walks through building displacement and specular maps in Figma, and demonstrates how to compose SVG filters like feDisplacementMap,
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What is Liquid Glass?Core principles behind Liquid GlassHigh-level architecture for the Liquid Glass buttonSetting up Tailwind CSS theme tokensBuilding the React button componentOver 200k developers use LogRocket to create better digital experiencesSVG filter primitives: a quick primerDesigning the refraction map in FigmaWiring the refraction filter in SVGDesigning the reflection (specular rim) mapApplying reflection in the SVG filterDesigning Liquid Glass states and interactionsExisting Liquid Glass librariesPerformance and browser supportAccessibility considerationsConclusionSort: