Transitions

Follow this guide to learn how to add a transition to a website using the transition CSS property! This also makes use of the hover pseudo-class.

Setup

The setup for this concept will be a little more involved than other concepts.

1. Click here to go to the Starter project
2. Open the index.html file for editing
3. Add a class attribute to the second <p> element that says "Style this paragraph..."
4. Set the class to be update
5. Find the <style></style> element
6. Create a new ruleset to style the paragraph by its class
   • Use .update as the selector
   • After the selector, add curly brackets ({ and })
7. Create another new ruleset, this one styling the paragraph when it is hovered
   • Use .update:hover as the selector
   • After the selector, add curly brackets ({ and })

At this point, the added code should look something like this:

HTML

<p class="update">Style this paragraph...</p>

CSS

.update {

}

.update:hover {

}

The project should be ready for styling.

Adding the Hover State

First, set some styles that will only apply when you hover over the <p> element on the website.

1. Open the index.html file for editing, and locate the <style></style> element
2. Find the .update:hover ruleset
   • This sets styles for the <p> only when someone has their cursor on top of it
3. In between the { and }, create a new property declaration with color
4. Set the value for the color property to be blue

Load up the page, hover over the paragraph, make sure it turns blue!

The CSS code for this part should look something like this:

.update:hover {
  color: blue;
}

Adding the Transition

Right now, hovering over the paragraph will update it immediately. However, sometimes a smoother transition is desired. That's where the transition property comes in handy.

1. In the index.html file, locate the <style></style> element
2. Find the .update ruleset
3. In between the { and }, create a new property declaration with transition
4. Set the value for the transition property to color 1s
   • This will mean that when someone hovers over the paragraph, it will take one second to turn blue!

Load up the page and hover over the paragraph. Make sure it takes a second for the text color to change to blue!

The CSS code within the <style></style> element should look something like this:

.update {
  transition: color 1s;
}

.update:hover {
  color: blue;
}