<button>Add content</button>
<div class="demo"></div>
/*
Animated skeleton screen using CSS.
Create shapes using gradients that simulate solids.
Use `:empty` pseduo-class to show skeleton screen background only while container has no content (ex: for the "loading" state). When content is added to the container element, the pseudo-class selector won't match anymore and the skeleton screen will be removed automatically; no need to toggle a separate class on the container.
See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:empty
Animating one layer of the background which is a tilted linear gradient with white in the middle to achieve shine effect.
*/
.demo:empty {
margin: auto;
width: 500px;
height: 600px; /* change height to see repeat-y behavior */
background-image:
radial-gradient( circle 50px at 50px 50px, lightgray 99%, transparent 0 ),
linear-gradient( 100deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80% ),
linear-gradient( lightgray 20px, transparent 0 ),
linear-gradient( lightgray 20px, transparent 0 ),
linear-gradient( lightgray 20px, transparent 0 ),
linear-gradient( lightgray 20px, transparent 0 );
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-size:
100px 200px, /* circle */
50px 200px, /* highlight */
150px 200px,
350px 200px,
300px 200px,
250px 200px;
background-position:
0 0, /* circle */
0 0, /* highlight */
120px 0,
120px 40px,
120px 80px,
120px 120px;
animation: shine 1s infinite;
}
@keyframes shine {
to {
background-position:
0 0,
100% 0, /* move highlight to right */
120px 0,
120px 40px,
120px 80px,
120px 120px;
}
}
// As soon as content is added to the skeleton screen container, the `:empty` pseudo-class won't match anymore and the background will be automatically removed.
document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', function() {
document.querySelector('.demo').innerHTML = '<h1>Injected content.</h1>';
})
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