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HTML-CSS: Hover underline animation

HTML-CSS : Exercise-15 with Solution

Using HTML, CSS create an animated underline effect when the user hovers over the text.

  • Use display: inline-block to make the underline span just the width of the text content.
  • Use the :after pseudo-element with width: 100% and position: absolute to place it below the content.
  • Use transform: scaleX(0) to initially hide the pseudo-element.
  • Use the :hover pseudo-class selector to apply transform: scaleX(1) and display the pseudo-element on hover.
  • Animate transform using transform-origin: left and an appropriate transition.
  • Remove the transform-origin property to make the transform originate from the center of the element.

HTML Code:

<!--License: https://bit.ly/3GjrtVF-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>Using HTML, CSS create an animated underline effect when the user hovers over the text</title>
</head>
<body>
  <strong>Preview:</strong><br>
<p class="hover-underline-animation">Hover w3resource text to see the effect!</p>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:

<style> 
.w3rcontainer{
   border: 1px solid #cccfdb;
   border-radius: 2px;
} 
.hover-underline-animation {
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  color: #0087ca;
}

.hover-underline-animation:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #0087ca;
  transform-origin: bottom right;
  transition: transform 0.25s ease-out;
}

.hover-underline-animation:hover:after {
  transform: scaleX(1);
  transform-origin: bottom left;
}
</style>

HTML-CSS Editor:

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HTML-CSS: Tips of the Day

Two divs side by side - Fluid display

#sides{
margin:0;
}
#left{
float:left;
width:75%;
overflow:hidden;
}
#right{
float:left;
width:25%;
overflow:hidden;
}

Ref: https://bit.ly/3EN8QKy