Menu on image hover
CSS, Layout, Animation · Oct 11, 2021
Displays a menu overlay when the user hovers over the image.
- Use a
<figure>to wrap the<img>element and a<div>element that will contain the menu links. - Use the
opacityandrightattributes to animate the image on hover, creating a sliding effect. - Set the
leftattribute of the<div>to the negative of the element'swidth. Reset it to0when hovering over the parent element to slide in the menu. - Use
display: flex,flex-direction: columnandjustify-content: centeron the<div>to vertically center the menu items.
<figure class="hover-menu">
<img src="https://picsum.photos/id/1060/800/480.jpg"/>
<div>
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#">Pricing</a>
<a href="#">About</a>
</div>
</figure>.hover-menu {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 8px;
min-width: 340px;
max-width: 480px;
max-height: 290px;
width: 100%;
background: #000;
text-align: center;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.hover-menu * {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.hover-menu img {
position: relative;
max-width: 100%;
top: 0;
right: 0;
opacity: 1;
transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.hover-menu div {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: -120px;
width: 120px;
height: 100%;
padding: 8px 4px;
background: #000;
transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
}
.hover-menu div a {
display: block;
line-height: 2;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
opacity: 0.8;
padding: 5px 15px;
position: relative;
transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.hover-menu div a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
.hover-menu:hover img {
opacity: 0.5;
right: -120px;
}
.hover-menu:hover div {
left: 0;
opacity: 1;
}
