39 CSS Hover Effects
Collection of hand-picked free HTML and CSS hover effect code examples: animations, transitions, etc. Update of May 2018 collection. 14 new items.
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CSS Hover Effect Examples
HTML and CSS hover effect code examples (34 items).
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Pure CSS Box Hover with Background Effect
As you hover on the quotes, the background will change upon which quote you hover upon. Best viewed on a tablet or desktop screens. Total responsiveness is still to be desired.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: no
Dependencies: -
Author
- Dronca Raul
Links
Made with
- HTML / CSS (SCSS) / JavaScript (Babel)
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Kinetic Magnetic Dot
Kinetic magnetic dot with little JavaScript.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: no
Dependencies: -
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Hover Effect for Boxes
Hover effect for boxes in HTML and CSS.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: font-awesome.css
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Circle Hover Effect
Pure CSS circle hover effect.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: no
Dependencies: -
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Circular Ripple Hover Effect on Button
Hover over each of the buttons to see the effect in action.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
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Hover for Product Info
CSS properties used: filter: drop-shadow(), clip-path: polygon(), CSS Grid.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
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Futuristic 3D Hover Effect
Usable as navigation, menu or effect. It uses CSS transform and perspective to create a unique hololens-like animation effect. Can be used for many more use cases, you will probably have your own ideas. This is an experimental idea, you may want to flesh it out for use in production.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: no
Dependencies: -
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Reveal Card Content on Hover
Clean card hover effect in HTML and CSS.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: material-icons.css
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Let Me See What You Got!
Hover effect for box with media content in HTML and CSS.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
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Box with Magic Zoom Effect
Box with animated magic zoom effect in pure CSS.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
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Animated Box with Hover Effects
Animated box with hover effects in HTML and CSS.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
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Box Corners Animation
Box corners animation on hover in pure CSS.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
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Radial Gradient Spotlight Effect
This pen shows how CSS radial gradients can be used to create a focusable spotlight effect.
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Icons Hovering
Pretty hover effects for icons.
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Glitch Effect on Hover
Learn how to create the glitch effect with CSS clip-path without JS.
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
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Responsive 16/9 Thumbnail & Shine Hover Effect
This thumbnail maintain 16/9 aspect ratio at any size. There are a shine hover effect and a little animation when launching the video. Shine effect using CSS variables inspired by Raul Dronca.
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Hover Animation
One div hover animation.
Attract Hover Effect
Attract hover effect with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Made by Louis Hoebregts
July 6, 2017
Pure CSS Perspective Hover Effect
List of blocks with perspective effect.
Made by Maxime Lafarie
July 6, 2017
Image Hover Effect
Image with reflection and proximity effect on hover.
Made by Tiago Alexandre Lopes
June 2, 2017
Stacked Cards Hover Effects
Just playing around with more CSS transitions and hover effects.
Made by Kyle Brumm
May 17, 2017
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Pure CSS Hover Blur
Compatible browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari
Responsive: yes
Dependencies: -
CSS 3D Hover
Pure CSS 3D hover effect for cards.
Made by Akhil Sai Ram
December 24, 2016
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Lifted Paper Strips
Lifted Paper Strips (Hover Effect).
10 Stylish Hover Effects With LESS
A small collection of stylish effects with LESS.
Made by Renan C. Araujo
October 13, 2016
10 Stunning Hover Effects With SCSS
A small collection of stylish effects with SCSS.
Made by Renan C. Araujo
October 13, 2016
:hover AnimationPure CSS 3D Perspective Render With :hover Animation
Tip: To keep this 3D look you must know a detail, the length of the word must be proportional to the body’s perspective property number. If the length of this word increase you must increase the perspective too :)
Made by Rafael González
September 16, 2016
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CSS Only Fade Siblings On Hover
Fade out all siblings when an item is hovered, using only CSS.
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Hover Effect For Discover A Project Link
A hover effect to discover a project name into a portfolio for example.
Hover Squares
HTML and CSS hover squares.
Made by Rudolf van der Ven
December 8, 2015
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Hover Effect
Animation hover effect.
Direction-Aware 3D Hover Effect
CSS & bits of JS.
Made by Noel Delgado
October 30, 2014
CSS3 Hover Effects
Inspired by tympanus.net, a showcase of most CSS3 hover effects.
Made by honglio
November 21, 2013
Hover Animation
Uses jQuery to add/remove classes and trigger animation only on mouse out.
Made by Matt Boldt
July 8, 2013
Hover Effect CSS Libraries
HTML and CSS hover effect libraries (5 items).
Hover.css
A collection of CSS3 powered hover effects to be applied to links, buttons, logos, SVG, featured images and so on. Easily apply to your own elements, modify or just use for inspiration. Available in CSS, Sass, and LESS.
Made by Ian Lunn
iHover.css
iHover is a collection of hover effects using pure CSS, inspired by codrops article, powered by Sass.
Made by gudh
Image Hover Effects
Image hover effects that work with or without Bootstrap.
Made by Michael
Mocassin.css
Mocassin.css is a responsive collection of hover effects for captions, powered by Sass. Each caption is adapt the size of the image.
Made by Eliezer Pujols
HoverEffects.css
Several hover effects for navigation (CSS3).
Made by Kevin Jannis
