---
title: "Message reaction animated icon"
description: "Message reaction animated icon (Chat & messaging). React → a heart rises below the message → it settles beside the tail → reaction stays. Light: a 1.6-unit rise. Strong: a 2.4-unit rise and a 14-degree turn. Reverse lowers and removes the heart."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/message-reaction/
---

# Message reaction animated icon

React → a heart rises below the message → it settles beside the tail → reaction stays. Light: a 1.6-unit rise. Strong: a 2.4-unit rise and a 14-degree turn. Reverse lowers and removes the heart.

- Id: `message-reaction`
- Category: Chat & messaging
- Search terms: react, add reaction, emoji reaction, heart reaction, like message, love message, tapback, respond with emoji
- Two states: No reaction to Reacted, played forward and back
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/message-reaction.lottie (dotLottie, 8511 bytes, sha256 aa57762b05ae059bace49029aefd0c42f9aa3681b03f302f46786fb815aedbd5)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add message-reaction
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/message-reaction.mjs';

export function MessageReactionIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/message-reaction.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/message-reaction/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/message-reaction