<h3>Smoothly change flex direction with GSAP's Flip plugin</h3>
<button id="changeLayout" class="button">change</button>
<div class="group">
<div class="box">Common "FLIP" techniques employed by other tools won't work with flex elements because of the way browsers handle width/height.
</div>
<div class="box">Simply set <code>absolute: true</code> to have GSAP's Flip plugin make the elements position: absolute during the flip to work around challenges with flex and grid layouts.
</div>
<div class="box">When the flip animation is done, elements get reverted back to their normal positioning and everything appears seamless.</div>
<div class="box">Happy flipping!</div>
</div>
<a class="gsap-logo" target="_blank" href="gsap.com">
<img src="https://assets.codepen.io/16327/gsap-logo-light.svg" alt="" />
</a>
/* Typography */
@font-face {
font-display: block;
font-family: Mori;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 400;
src: url(https://assets.codepen.io/16327/PPMori-Regular.woff) format("woff");
}
@font-face {
font-display: block;
font-family: Mori;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 600;
src: url(https://assets.codepen.io/16327/PPMori-SemiBold.woff) format("woff");
}
@font-face {
font-display: block;
font-family: Fraktion Mono;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 400;
src: url(https://assets.codepen.io/16327/PPFraktionMono-Bold.woff)
format("woff");
}
:root {
--color-shockingly-green: #0ae448;
--color-just-black: #0e100f;
--color-surface-white: #fffce1;
--color-pink: #fec5fb;
--color-shockingly-pink: #f100cb;
--color-orangey: #ff8709;
--color-lilac: #9d95ff;
--color-lt-green: #abff84;
--color-blue: #00bae2;
--color-grey: gray;
--color-surface75: #bbbaa6;
--color-surface50: #7c7c6f;
--color-surface25: #42433d;
}
body {
color: var(--color-surface-white);
background-color: var(--color-just-black);
font-family: Mori, sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
margin: 0;
font-size: 1rem;
line-height: 1.45;
text-align: center;
}
.group.reorder {
flex-direction: row;
}
h1 {
font-weight: 400;
}
.group {
width: 740px;
height: auto;
margin: 1rem auto;
padding: 4px;
border: dashed 2px var(--color-surface-white);
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
overflow: hidden;
color: var(--color-just-black);
position: relative;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.box {
margin: 4px;
padding: 8px;
line-height: 28px;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.box:nth-child(1) {
background-color: #bef3fe;
}
.box:nth-child(2) {
background-color: var(--color-blue);
}
.box:nth-child(3) {
background-color: var(--color-pink);
}
.box:nth-child(4) {
background-color: #e1faff;
}
button {
margin: 0 auto;
display: inline-block;
outline: none;
padding: 8px 14px;
background: var(--dark);
border: solid 2px var(--color-surface-white);
color: var(--light);
text-decoration: none;
border-radius: 99px;
padding: 12px 25px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: 600;
cursor: pointer;
line-height: 18px;
}
.gsap-logo {
width: 20vw;
max-width: 90px;
position: fixed;
bottom: 15px;
right: 15px;
mix-blend-mode: difference;
z-index: 9999;
}
img {
max-width: 100%;
}
gsap.registerPlugin(Flip);
const group = document.querySelector(".group");
document.querySelector(".button").addEventListener("click", () => {
// Get the initial state
const state = Flip.getState(".group, .box");
console.log(state);
// toggle the flex direction
group.classList.toggle("reorder");
Flip.from(state, {
absolute: true, // uses position: absolute during the flip to work around flexbox challenges
duration: 0.5,
stagger: 0.1,
ease: "power1.inOut"
// you can use any other tweening properties here too, like onComplete, onUpdate, delay, etc.
});
});
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