<h1>CSS Border Transitions</h1>
<section class="buttons">
<button class="draw">Draw</button>
<button class="draw meet">Draw Meet</button>
<button class="center">Center</button>
<button class="spin">Spin</button>
<button class="spin circle">Spin Circle</button>
<button class="spin thick">Spin Thick</button>
</section>
//Colors
$background: #fefefe;
$text: #4b507a;
$cyan: #60daaa;
$yellow: #fbca67;
$orange: #ff8a30;
$red: #f45e61;
$purple: #6477b9;
$blue: #0eb7da;
// Basic styles
button {
background: none;
border: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 1em;
padding: 1em 2em;
// Using inset box-shadow instead of border for sizing simplicity
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px $red;
color: $red;
font-size: inherit;
font-weight: 700;
// Required, since we're setting absolute on pseudo-elements
position: relative;
vertical-align: middle;
&::before,
&::after {
box-sizing: inherit;
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
}
.draw {
transition: color 0.25s;
&::before,
&::after {
// Set border to invisible, so we don't see a 4px border on a 0x0 element before the transition starts
border: 2px solid transparent;
width: 0;
height: 0;
}
// This covers the top & right borders (expands right, then down)
&::before {
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
// And this the bottom & left borders (expands left, then up)
&::after {
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
}
&:hover {
color: $cyan;
}
// Hover styles
&:hover::before,
&:hover::after {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
&:hover::before {
border-top-color: $cyan; // Make borders visible
border-right-color: $cyan;
transition:
width 0.25s ease-out, // Width expands first
height 0.25s ease-out 0.25s; // And then height
}
&:hover::after {
border-bottom-color: $cyan; // Make borders visible
border-left-color: $cyan;
transition:
border-color 0s ease-out 0.5s, // Wait for ::before to finish before showing border
width 0.25s ease-out 0.5s, // And then exanding width
height 0.25s ease-out 0.75s; // And finally height
}
}
// Inherits from .draw
.meet {
&:hover {
color: $yellow;
}
// Start ::after in same position as ::before
&::after {
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
// Change colors
&:hover::before {
border-top-color: $yellow;
border-right-color: $yellow;
}
&:hover::after {
border-bottom-color: $yellow;
border-left-color: $yellow;
transition: // Animate height first, then width
height 0.25s ease-out,
width 0.25s ease-out 0.25s;
}
}
// Does not inherit
.center {
&:hover {
color: $purple;
}
// Set up base styles, we're going to scale instead of animating width/height
&::before,
&::after {
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
transform-origin: center; // Ensure scaling is done from the center (expands outwards)
}
// scale3d(<scale-horizontal>, <scale-vertical>, <scale-depth>);
&::before {
border-top: 2px solid $purple;
border-bottom: 2px solid $purple;
transform: scale3d(0,1,1); // Shrink only width
}
&::after {
border-left: 2px solid $purple;
border-right: 2px solid $purple;
transform: scale3d(1,0,1); // Shrink only height
}
&:hover::before,
&:hover::after {
transform: scale3d(1,1,1); // Show full-size
transition: transform 0.5s;
}
}
// Border spins around element
// ::before holds three borders that appear separately, one at a time
// ::after holds one border that spins around to cover ::before's borders, making their appearance seem smooth
.spin {
width: 5em;
height: 5em;
padding: 0;
&:hover {
color: $blue;
}
&::before,
&::after {
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
&::before {
border: 2px solid transparent; // We're animating border-color again
}
&:hover::before {
border-top-color: $blue; // Show borders
border-right-color: $blue;
border-bottom-color: $blue;
transition:
border-top-color 0.15s linear, // Stagger border appearances
border-right-color 0.15s linear 0.10s,
border-bottom-color 0.15s linear 0.20s;
}
&::after {
border: 0 solid transparent; // Makes border thinner at the edges? I forgot what I was doing
}
&:hover::after {
border-top: 2px solid $blue; // Shows border
border-left-width: 2px; // Solid edges, invisible borders
border-right-width: 2px; // Solid edges, invisible borders
transform: rotate(270deg); // Rotate around circle
transition:
transform 0.4s linear 0s,
border-left-width 0s linear 0.35s; // Solid edge post-rotation
}
}
.circle {
border-radius: 100%;
box-shadow: none;
&::before,
&::after {
border-radius: 100%;
}
}
.thick {
color: $red;
&:hover {
color: #fff;
font-weight: 700;
}
&::before {
border: 2.5em solid transparent;
z-index: -1;
}
&::after {
mix-blend-mode: color-dodge;
z-index: -1;
}
&:hover::before {
background: $red;
border-top-color: $red;
border-right-color: $red;
border-bottom-color: $red;
transition:
background 0s linear 0.4s,
border-top-color 0.15s linear,
border-right-color 0.15s linear 0.15s,
border-bottom-color 0.15s linear 0.25s;
}
&:hover::after {
border-top: 2.5em solid $red;
border-left-width: 2.5em;
border-right-width: 2.5em;
}
}
/* Page styling */
html {
background: $background;
}
body {
background: $background;
color: $text;
font: 300 24px/1.5 Lato, sans-serif;
margin: 1em auto;
max-width: 36em;
padding: 1em 1em 2em;
text-align: center;
}
.buttons {
isolation: isolate;
}
h1 {
font-weight: 300;
font-size: 2.5em;
}
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