CSS image hover effects

CSS hover effects gives us the ability to animate changes to a CSS property value. In the following lesson we are going to follow that up with different kinds of effects specifically built for use with images. However, these effects can make your site feel much more dynamic and alive. The effects we will be using today all use code that is supported by modern browsers.

Create A Rollover Image Effect (Hover Effects)

The following code shows how to show a hover effect on Box Shadow.


Mouse over here

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Image Hover Effects (Image Rollovers)

The following CSS code shows how to present an Image hover effects.

Move your mouse over the Image.

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CSS Image Opacity / Transparency

Opacity is the opposite of transparency, allowing no light to pass through. You can create transparent images in CSS with the opacity property .

CSS Image fade effect

Image transparency

Image Blur effect

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Creating transparent/Opacity images - mouseover effect

The following CSS program shows how to impliment Opacity on an Image while mouse hover. When you mouse over the image, you can see the image is fading.

Image Opacity on Hover

Move your mouse over the Image.

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Text Overlay on Image Hover

Layering images over one another is a great way to give an Image a new Look. Here, the CSS code that display text on image while mouse hover

Move your mouse over the Image.

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CSS hover image swap - onmouseover Event

The following CSS code shows how to change an Image on mouse over. On mouse hover one div containging image is placed over the other image.

Move your mouse over the Image.

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Image link change on hover (Make A Rollover Image Effect)

The following source code shows how to change the image link while on mouse hover.

Move your mouse over the Image Link.

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CSS Div Hover

You can change the background color of a Div on Hover. The following CSS code shows how to change div background color on hover.

Move your mouse over the Div.


CSS Div hover effects

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