<div class="center-component">
  <button class="colins-submit">
    <svg width="196" height="70" 
         viewPort="0 0 196 70" version="1.1"
         xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
      
      <rect class="btn-shape btn-bg"
            x="3" y="3" 
            width="190" height="64"
            rx="32" ry="32" 
            fill="#ffffff"
            fill-opacity="1"
            stroke="#ccc" stroke-width="4"
            />	
      <rect class="btn-shape btn-color"
            x="3" y="3" 
            width="190" height="64"
            rx="32" ry="32" 
            fill="#ffffff"
            fill-opacity="0"
            stroke="rgb(30,205,151)" stroke-width="4"
            />
      <text class="checkNode" x="96" y="40" 
            font-family="Montserrat" 
            font-size="22"
            fill-opacity="1"
            text-anchor="middle"
            fill="rgb(255,255,255)" >
        ✔
      </text>
      <text class="textNode" x="96" y="40" 
            transform="scale(1)"
            font-family="Montserrat" 
            font-size="16"
            fill-opacity="1"
            text-anchor="middle"
            fill="rgb(30,205,151)" >
        Submit
      </text>
    </svg>
  </button>
  <p>My <a href="https://www.greensock.com/gsap-js/" target="_blank">Greensock</a> controlled version of <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/1426764-Submit-Button" target="_blank">Colin Garven's Submit button</a>. No CSS Keyframes, all one JS timeline + SVG.</p>
</div>
@import "compass/css3";

$seafoam : rgb(30,205,151);
$white : white;
$gray : rgb(200,200,200);

body {
  text-align:center;
}

.center-component {
  position:absolute;
  top:50%;
  left:50%;
  transform:translate(-50%, -50%);
}

button.colins-submit {
  background:transparent;
  border:none;
  &.is-active {
    cursor:default;
  }
  &:focus {
    outline: none; 
  }
  &::-moz-focus-inner {
    border: 0;
  }
  
  //RESTING STATE
  svg {
    text {
      font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
      &.textNode {
        fill:$seafoam;
      }
      &.checkNode {
        fill-opacity:0;
      }
    }
    rect {
      &.btn-shape {
        &.btn-bg {
          stroke:$gray;
          fill:$white;
        }
        &.btn-color {
          stroke:$seafoam;
          fill:$white;
          stroke-dasharray:453;//Magic number :/
          stroke-dashoffset:0;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

p {
  font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;
  color: #575757;
  font-size: 1rem;
  max-width:330px;
  a {
    color:$seafoam;
    &:hover, &:active{
      color:saturate($seafoam, 20%);      
    }
    &:visited {
      color:desaturate($seafoam, 20%);   
    }
  }
}
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$(function(){
  
  //Create variables we will be referencing in our tweens.
  var white = 'rgb(255,255,255)';
  var seafoam = 'rgb(30,205,151)';  
  $buttonShapes = $('rect.btn-shape');
  $buttonColorShape = $('rect.btn-shape.btn-color');
  $buttonText = $('text.textNode');
  $buttonCheck = $('text.checkNode');
  
  //These are the button attributes which we will be tweening
  //This will be used with GSAP and the function below to tween
  var buttonProps = {
    buttonWidth : $buttonShapes.attr('width'),
    buttonX : $buttonShapes.attr('x'),
    buttonY : $buttonShapes.attr('y'),
    textScale : 1,
    textX : $buttonText.attr('x'),
    textY : $buttonText.attr('y')
  };
  
  //This is the update handler that lets us tween attributes
  function onUpdateHandler(){
    $buttonShapes.attr('width', buttonProps.buttonWidth);
    $buttonShapes.attr('x', buttonProps.buttonX);
    $buttonShapes.attr('y', buttonProps.buttonY);
    $buttonText.attr('transform', "scale(" + buttonProps.textScale + ")");
    $buttonText.attr('x', buttonProps.textX);
    $buttonText.attr('y', buttonProps.textY);
  }
  
  //Finally, create the timelines
  var hover_tl = new TimelineMax({
    tweens:[
      TweenMax.to( $buttonText, .15, { fill:white } ),
      TweenMax.to( $buttonShapes, .25, { fill: seafoam })
    ]
  });
  hover_tl.stop();
  
  var tl = new TimelineMax({onComplete:bind_mouseenter});
  //This is the initial transition, from [submit] to the circle
  tl.append( new TimelineMax({
    align:"start",
    tweens:[
      TweenMax.to( $buttonText, .15, { fillOpacity:0 } ),
      TweenMax.to( buttonProps, .25, { buttonX: (190-64)/2, buttonWidth:64, onUpdate:onUpdateHandler } ),
      TweenMax.to( $buttonShapes, .25, { fill: white })
    ], 
    onComplete:function(){ 
      $buttonColorShape.css({
        'strokeDasharray':202,
        'strokeDashoffset':202
      });
    }
  }) );
  
  //The loading dasharray offset animation… 
  tl.append(TweenMax.to($buttonColorShape, 1.2, {
    strokeDashoffset:0, 
    ease:Quad.easeIn,
    onComplete:function(){
      //Reset these values to their defaults.
      $buttonColorShape.css({
        'strokeDasharray':453,
        'strokeDashoffset':0
      });
    }
  }));

  //The Finish - transition to check
  tl.append(new TimelineMax({
    align:"start",
    tweens:[
      TweenMax.to($buttonShapes, .3, {fill:seafoam}),
      TweenMax.to( $buttonCheck, .15, { fillOpacity:1 } ),
      TweenMax.to( buttonProps, .25, { buttonX: 3, buttonWidth:190, onUpdate:onUpdateHandler } )
    ]
  }));
  
  //The Reset - back to the beginning
  //For demo only - probably you would want to remove this.
  tl.append(TweenMax.to($buttonCheck, .1, {delay:1,fillOpacity:0}));

  tl.append(new TimelineMax({
    align:"start",
    tweens:[
      TweenMax.to($buttonShapes, .3, {fill:white}),
      TweenMax.to($buttonText, .3, {fill:seafoam, fillOpacity:1})
    ],
    onComplete:function() {
      $('.colins-submit').removeClass('is-active');
    }
  }));
  tl.stop();
  
  //-- On Click, we launch into the cool transition
  $('.colins-submit').on('click', function(e) {
    //-- Add this class to indicate state
    $(e.currentTarget).addClass('is-active');
    tl.restart();
    $('.colins-submit').off('mouseenter');
    $('.colins-submit').off('mouseleave');
  });
  
  bind_mouseenter();
  
  function bind_mouseenter() {
    $('.colins-submit').on('mouseenter', function(e) {
      hover_tl.restart();
      $('.colins-submit').off('mouseenter');
      bind_mouseleave();
    });
  }
  function bind_mouseleave() {  
    $('.colins-submit').on('mouseleave', function(e) {
      hover_tl.reverse();
      $('.colins-submit').off('mouseleave');
      bind_mouseenter();      
    });
  }
  
});

External CSS

  1. https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat

External JavaScript

  1. //cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js
  2. //cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/1.13.1/TweenMax.min.js