
Role of CSS hover effect
Before diving into this post we should know why we use CSS hover effect in our site, what’s the purpose of all this. The basic answer to all this why and what is that CSS hover effect adds something unique in our site that grabs our user attraction and keeps them engaged in our site for a longer duration of time. It also helps us to improve our UI experience for our visitors.
CSS image hover effects :
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See the Pen Image Hover Effects by kw7oe (@kw7oe) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows color shifting effect Hover Effect By : kw7oe Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
Image Hover Effect-2
See the Pen Pure CSS – Image Hover Effect by Bruno Beneducci (@brunobeneducci) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect contains set of different effects like: zoom in-out etc Hover Effect By : Bruno Beneducci Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen #1321 – Image Hover by LittleSnippets.net (@littlesnippets) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows image flip effect Hover Effect By : LittleSnippets.net Made with : Html,CSS,JS Dependencies : jquery.min.js
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See the Pen Image Hover Effect by Dimitra Vasilopoulou (@mimikos) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows image multiplication effect Hover Effect By : Dimitra Vasilopoulou Made with : Html,CSS,JS Dependencies : TweenMax.min.js
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See the Pen #1190 – Image hover effect with title & caption by LittleSnippets.net (@littlesnippets) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows image shadow hover effect and more Hover Effect By : LittleSnippets.net Made with : Html,CSS,JS Dependencies : Jquery.min.js
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See the Pen Animation @keyframes in Image Hovers by Vail Joy (@vailjoy) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows color change and ripple effect Hover Effect By : Vail Joy Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Awesome Image Hover in Pure CSS by MAHESH AMBURE (@maheshambure21) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows image/letter shifting effect Hover Effect By : MAHESH AMBURE Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Image hover effect by Hervé (@herve) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows new image reveal effect Hover Effect By : Hervé Made with : Html(Pug),CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen CSS Grid album with nice hover effect by Aleksandar Cizmadija (@AleksandarCizmadija) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows text overlay effect Hover Effect By : Aleksandar Cizmadija Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen #1206 – Image hover effect with caption by LittleSnippets.net (@littlesnippets) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows background reveal effect Hover Effect By : LittleSnippets.net Made with : Html,CSS,JS Dependencies : Jquery.min.js
Css text hover effects :
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See the Pen Splitting.js: CSS vars for split words & chars by Shaw (@shshaw) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This contains set of different effects like:blur,3-D Flip etc Hover Effect By : Shaw Made with : Html,CSS(Scss),JS Dependencies : splitting.js
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See the Pen CSS-Clip-Path-Text-Hover-Effects by Swarup Kumar Kuila (@uiswarup) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows splitting text effect using clip-path Hover Effect By : Swarup Kumar Kuila Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Flickering Light Text Effect by Mandy Michael (@mandymichael) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows flickering text effect which is really cool Hover Effect By : Mandy Michael Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Text hover effects by Matteo (@PegasusDev) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen contains complete set of effects like: bottom down-up etc Hover Effect By : Matteo Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Text Hover Effect by Alejandro (@Cachilero) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect contains set of four cool text effect Hover Effect By : Alejandro Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Lines and layered css text effects by Mandy Michael (@mandymichael) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This text effect shows layered/lines effect Hover Effect By : Mandy Michael Made with : Html,CSS(Scss),JS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Simple CSS Text Ghost effect – CodepenChallenge by Sladix (@Sladix) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This text effect shows smoke effect Hover Effect By : Sladix Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen More cascading text effects w/ Scrolling + ScrollOut 👊😎 by Jhey (@jh3y) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows cascading text effects Hover Effect By : Jhey Made with : Html(Pug),CSS(Stylus),JS(Babel) Dependencies : splitting.js,scroll-out.min.js
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See the Pen Glitch Text by Chase (@chasebank) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows cool glitch effect Hover Effect By : Chase Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies : Jquery.min.js
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See the Pen 5 CSS Text Effects by Stephy (@blindingstars) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This is not hover effect but cool collection of text effects Hover Effect By : Stephy Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
Button Hover effects :
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See the Pen Button Hover by Katherine Kato (@kathykato) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows full button reveal effect Hover Effect By : Katherine Kato Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Collection of Button Hover Effects by David Conner (@davidicus) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows collection of different cool effects Hover Effect By : David Conner Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Button Hover Animation by Chris Ota (@chrisota) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows button color fill effect Hover Effect By : Chris Ota Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen CSS3 Button Hover Effects with FontAwesome by foxeisen (@foxeisen) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen is a collection of hover effect with fontawesome icons Hover Effect By : foxeisen Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies : font-awesome.min.css
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See the Pen Hidden door twitter button by Tim Holman (@tholman) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows full button reveal effect Hover Effect By : Tim Holman Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Gradient Button Hover by Muhammed Erdem (@JavaScriptJunkie) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows to create gradient hover effect(My favourite) Hover Effect By : Muhammed Erdem Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Button hover effect by Adam (@badurski) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows different text reveal effect on hover Hover Effect By : Adam Made with : Html(Haml),CSS(Sass) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Hover.css by Ian Lunn (@IanLunn) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen is by far the best collection of simple yet nice lookinh button hover effects Hover Effect By : Ian Lunn Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Neon Button by Simone (@flik185) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows neon blinking hover effect Hover Effect By : Simone Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
Menu Hover Effects :
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See the Pen Morphing Hamburger Menu with CSS by lmgonzalves (@lmgonzalves) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows morphing css effect Hover Effect By : lmgonzalves Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Menu Hover Line Effect by Mehmet Burak Erman 🧛🏽♂️ (@mburakerman) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows cool wave animation on menu hover Hover Effect By : Mehmet Burak Erman 🧛🏽♂️ Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows different menu hover effects Hover Effect By : tympanus.net Made with : Html,CSS(Scss),JS Dependencies :
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See the Pen The Hamburger Menu by Matthew Blode (@mblode) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen contains different hamburger menu effects Hover Effect By : Matthew Blode Made with : Html,CSS(Scss),JS Dependencies : jquery.min.js
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See the Pen Menu Hover Effect by khalidl (@khalidl) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows shuttle bounce hover effect Hover Effect By : khalidL Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Hamburger Menu Animations by Tamino Martinius (@Zaku) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows hamburger button effects Hover Effect By : Tamino Martinius Made with : Html,CSS(Scss),JS(TypeScript) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Full Screen Overlay Hamburger Menu by Kabir Shah (@KingKabir) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows full menu reveal effect Hover Effect By : Kabir Shah Made with : Html(Pug),CSS(Scss) Dependencies : jquery.min.js
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See the Pen Pure CSS Fullscreen Navigation Menu by Brenden Palmer (@brenden) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows circular reveal effect on click Hover Effect By : Brenden Palmer Made with : Html,CSS(Less) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Fancy Menu Hover Effect With (only) CSS by lemmin (@lemmin) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows blur menu effect Hover Effect By : lemmin Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Menu hover effect by Jason Hee (@jasonheecs) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This hover effect shows letter flip effect Hover Effect By : Jason Hee Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
CSS Card Hover Effect :
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See the Pen CSS Card Hover Effects by Jhonier Riascos Zapata (@Jhonierpc) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows extended card effect Hover Effect By : Jhonier Riascos Zapata Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen card hover effect — week 30/52 by Mert Cukuren (@knyttneve) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows Zoom in and extra text reveal effect Hover Effect By : Mert Cukuren Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Animated card / flip on hover /CSS by James Gillen (@james_gillen) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows flip card and text reveal effect Hover Effect By : James Gillen Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen 3D Card Hover Effect by Lee Magbanua (@leemagbanua) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows 3D card effect that moves along with cursor Hover Effect By : Lee Magbanua Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) ,JS(Babel) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Pure CSS Profile Card Hover Effect by Colin (@colinkeany) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows card flip and video play effect Hover Effect By : Colin Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Team User Card UI Design by Riccardo Tartaglia (@riktar) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows ripple effect in card Hover Effect By : Riccardo Tartaglia Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Card // Hover Effect Simple by Dominic Dreier (@DreierDominic) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows zoom-in image effect Hover Effect By : Dominic Dreier Made with : Html(Pug),CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen UI Testimonial Card by Gabriele Corti (@borntofrappe) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows card tilt effect Hover Effect By : Gabriele Corti Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Card Hover Effect | SASS | Cubic Bezier by Kaio Almeida (@KaioRocha) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows full card reveal effect Hover Effect By : Kaio Almeida Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen card design by Swarup Kumar Kuila (@uiswarup) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows card wave effect which is pretty cool Hover Effect By : Swarup Kumar Kuila Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies : bootstrap.min.css
Social Media Icons hover effect :
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See the Pen Social Icons with Tooltip by Jon Milner (@jonmilner) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows social icons tooltip effect Hover Effect By : Jon Milner Made with : Html,CSS(Scss) Dependencies :
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See the Pen Social Media Icons – Floating by Stockin (@Stockin) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows shuttle neumorphism effect Hover Effect By : Stockin Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen social media animation by CodeBlogger (@guldus) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows circular social icon reveal effect Hover Effect By : CodeBlogger Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen SVG Social Media Icons by Ruandré Janse van Rensburg (@ruandre) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen contains complete list of SVG social icons Hover Effect By : Ruandré Janse van Rensburg Made with : Html,CSS Dependencies :
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See the Pen Radial Pop-Out Navigation by Dudley Storey (@dudleystorey) on CodePen.
About This Hover Effect: This pen shows RADIAL POP OUT EFFECT Hover Effect By : Dudley Storey Made with : Html,CSS(Scss),JS Dependencies : jquery.min.js
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding hover effects :
Hover effect is simply a change (of color, size, shape, image, etc.) of some element while you put a mouse arrow over it.
The hover effect in CSS is used to improve user experience and make the site visually appealing.
1. If your hover effect is triggered by JavaScript, just use $. unbind(‘hover’);
2. If your hover style is triggered by class, then just use $. removeClass(‘hoverCssClass’);