<h1>Wacom Hover Effect</h1>
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@import "compass/css3";
*, :before, :after{ @include box-sizing('border-box'); }
body{ padding: 1em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: #eee; }
h1{
font: 300 3em/1em 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
border-bottom: solid 2px #000;
margin-bottom: 1em;
padding-bottom: 1em;
}
.button,
[class*="button-"]{
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
overflow: hidden;
float: left;
margin: 0 1em 1em 0;
padding: 0 4em;
height: 3.5em;
font: 300 1em/3.5em 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
text:{
decoration: none;
shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(black, .35);
}
letter-spacing: .08em;
color: #fff;
background: #0090C0;
border: solid 1px #fff;
border-radius: 2px;
@include transition(.35s ease all);
&:hover{
background: #007DA7;
box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(black, .5) inset;
}
}
.button-hover{
&:hover{ line-height: 9em; }
&:before{
content: attr(data-text);
color: #DEEFF5;
position: absolute;
top: -2.75em;
}
}
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/*
Inspired by buttons on the new Wacom site
http://www.wacom.com/
This technique uses no extra markup besides an extended class name (.button-hover) & zero javascript
*/
This Pen doesn't use any external CSS resources.