How to Create a Pure CSS3 animated buttons
Today I want to share some experience with creating interactive animated elements (buttons) with CSS3. In our example I going to use hover and active states of our buttons. Please pay attention that our demo will work in browsers that support used CSS3 properties.
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Ok, download the example files and lets start coding !
Step 1. HTML
Here are full html code of our result. Pay attention to classes of buttons. In our experiment I used 2 different types of buttons. Each type have own behavior. Each button consist of few inner SPAN elements.
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" > <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Pure CSS3 animated buttons | Script Tutorials</title> <link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="css/buttons.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script> <![endif]--> </head> <body> <div class="container" id="container"> <div class="buttons"> <a href="#" class="but1"> <span class="icon"></span> <span class="title">Button #1</span> <span class="icon2"></span> </a> <a href="#" class="but1"> <span class="icon"></span> <span class="title">Button #2</span> <span class="icon2"></span> </a> <a href="#" class="but1"> <span class="icon"></span> <span class="title">Button #3</span> <span class="icon2"></span> </a> <div style="clear:both"></div> <a href="#" class="but2"> <span class="title">Join us</span> <span class="extra"><span>For a free</span></span> <span class="icon"></span> </a> <a href="#" class="but2"> <span class="title">Try to search</span> <span class="extra"><input type="text" /></span> <span class="icon"></span> </a> <a href="#" class="but2"> <span class="title">Subscribe</span> <span class="extra"><input type="text" /></span> <span class="icon"></span> </a> </div> </div> <footer> <h2>Pure CSS3 animated buttons</h2> <a href="https://www.script-tutorials.com/how-to-create-a-pure-css3-animated-buttons/" class="stuts">Back to original tutorial on <span>Script Tutorials</span></a> </footer> </body> </html>
Step 2. CSS
Now – our CSS styles. First file is page layout
css/main.css
/* page layout */ *{ margin:0; padding:0; } body { color:#fff; font:14px/1.3 Arial,sans-serif; background:transparent url(../images/bg.gif) repeat top left; } footer { background-color:#212121; bottom:0; box-shadow: 0 -1px 2px #111111; -moz-box-shadow: 0 -1px 2px #111111; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 -1px 2px #111111; display:block; height:70px; left:0; position:fixed; width:100%; z-index:100; } footer h2{ font-size:22px; font-weight:normal; left:50%; margin-left:-400px; padding:22px 0; position:absolute; width:540px; } footer a.stuts,a.stuts:visited{ border:none; text-decoration:none; color:#fcfcfc; font-size:14px; left:50%; line-height:31px; margin:23px 0 0 110px; position:absolute; top:0; } footer .stuts span { font-size:22px; font-weight:bold; margin-left:5px; } .container { margin:20px auto; padding:20px; position:relative; width:800px; }
And now – styles of our buttons
css/buttons.css
/*buttons #1*/ .buttons { overflow:hidden; } .but1{ border-radius:10px; -moz-border-radius:10px; -webkit-border-radius:10px; box-shadow:0px 0px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.4) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(255,255,255,0.1); -moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.4) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(255,255,255,0.1); -webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.4) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(255,255,255,0.1); background-color:#f4f5fe; display:block; float:left; margin:10px; overflow:hidden; padding:10px 15px; position:relative; text-decoration:none; transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; -moz-transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; -o-transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; } .but1 .icon{ background:transparent url(../images/download.png) no-repeat top left; float:left; height:32px; width:45px; transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; -moz-transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; -o-transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition:all 0.5s ease-in-out; } .but1 .title{ font-size:18px; color:#000; display:block; float:left; font-weight:bold; line-height:32px; } .but1 .icon2{ background:transparent url(../images/download2.png) no-repeat top left; height:32px; left:20px; opacity:0; position:absolute; top:-15px; width:32px; } .but1:hover{ background-color:#e3e3ff; box-shadow:0px 0px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(51,51,204,0.5); -moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(51,51,204,0.5); -webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(51,51,204,0.5); -webkit-transition-delay: 0.5s; -moz-transition-delay: 0.5s; -o-transition-delay: 0.5s; -ms-transition-delay: 0.5s; transition-delay: 0.5s; } .but1:hover .icon{ transform:rotate(-90deg) scale(0.8); -ms-transform:rotate(-90deg) scale(0.8); -moz-transform:rotate(-90deg) scale(0.8); -o-transform:rotate(-90deg) scale(0.8); -webkit-transform:rotate(-90deg) scale(0.8); } .but1:active .icon{ opacity:0; } .but1:active .icon2{ opacity:1; -webkit-animation:slideDown1 1.0s linear infinite; -moz-animation:slideDown1 1.0s linear infinite; animation:slideDown1 1.0s linear infinite; } .but1:active{ background-color:#c1c1ff; box-shadow:0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(51,51,204,0.8); -moz-box-shadow:0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(51,51,204,0.8); -webkit-box-shadow:0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) inset, 0px 0px 0px 4px rgba(51,51,204,0.8); } @keyframes slideDown1{ 0% { top: -30px; } 100% { top: 55px; } } @-webkit-keyframes slideDown1{ 0% { top: -30px; } 100% { top: 55px; } } @-moz-keyframes slideDown1{ 0% { top: -30px; } 100% { top: 55px; } } /*buttons #2*/ .but2{ border-radius:15px; -moz-border-radius:15px; -webkit-border-radius:15px; background-color:#99cc99; float:left; height:40px; margin:10px; overflow:hidden; padding-left:20px; position:relative; text-decoration:none; transition:all 0.5s linear; -moz-transition:all 0.5s linear; -o-transition:all 0.5s linear; -webkit-transition:all 0.5s linear; } .but2 .title{ color:#000000; display:block; float:left; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; line-height:40px; transition:all 0.2s linear; -moz-transition:all 0.2s linear; -o-transition:all 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition:all 0.2s linear; } .but2 .extra{ background-color:#63707e; color:#fff; float:left; font-size:18px; line-height:40px; opacity:0; position:relative; text-transform:uppercase; width:0px; transition:all 0.3s linear; -moz-transition:all 0.3s linear; -o-transition:all 0.3s linear; -webkit-transition:all 0.3s linear; } .but2 .extra span, .but2 .extra input { display:none; } .but2 .icon{ background:transparent url(../images/right.png) no-repeat center center; float:left; height:40px; width:40px; transition:all 0.3s linear; -moz-transition:all 0.3s linear; -o-transition:all 0.3s linear; -webkit-transition:all 0.3s linear; } .but2:hover .extra span, .but2:hover .extra input{ display:inline-block; } .but2:hover .extra{ margin-left:10px; opacity: 1; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:center; width:150px; } .but2:hover .icon{ transform:rotate(180deg); -ms-transform:rotate(180deg); -moz-transform:rotate(180deg); -o-transform:rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(180deg); }
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Conclusion
Thats all, all was really easy, isn’t it? The result was great. I hope that our nice tips help you. Good luck!
I love CSS3 and HTML5. your tutorial regarding CSS3 button is very good. Thanks for shearing nice post.
nice trick,…
thanks for sharing,…
^_^
Is there a way to do this using the tag instead of <a> tags?
Hi David,
Yes, sure, you can use any elements you need