- 01Setting Up (What You'll Need)
- 02Your First HTML
- 03Lists and Links
- 04Adding Color with CSS
- 05CSS Selectors and Classes
- 06Layout with Flexbox
- 07Trying Out Images and Tables
- 08Trying Out Form Controls
- 09Understanding the Box Model
- 10Intro to Responsive Design (Media Queries)
- 11CSS Variables (Custom Properties)
- 12Layout with CSS Grid
- 13Adding an Animation
- 14How to Write Comments
- 15Adding Interaction with Pseudo-Classes (:hover)
- 16CSS's :not() and Multi-Condition Selectors
- 17The Basics of Meta Tags and SEO
- 18The Basics of Accessibility (alt and aria-label)
- 19Trying Out data Attributes (data-*)
- 20CSS Transitions (Smooth Hover Changes)
- 21iframe (Embedding Another Page)
- 22position (Precisely Positioning an Element)
- 23z-index (Specifying Stacking Order)
- 24The Basics of localStorage (Saving Data in the Browser)
- 25The video and audio Tags (Embedding Media)
- 26Advanced Tables (colspan and rowspan)
- 27The Basics of CSS Specificity
- 28The Basics of SVG (Drawing Vector Images)
- 29Advanced Flexbox (Wrapping and Growing)
- 30Form Validation (required and pattern)
- 31Advanced CSS Grid (grid-template-areas)
- 32The details and summary Tags (Building a Collapsible Panel)
- 33CSS Counters (Automatic Numbering)
- 34Fluid Font Sizes with clamp()
- 35prefers-color-scheme (Dark Mode Support)
- 36Building a Slider with input type=range
- 37Fixing an Aspect Ratio with aspect-ratio
- 38Adjusting How an Image Displays with object-fit
- 39Rotating and Scaling with transform
- 40Serving Responsive Images with the picture Tag
- 41Showing Keyboard Focus with :focus-visible
- 42Scrolling Smoothly with scroll-behavior
- 43Switching Layouts Per-Component with Container Queries
- 44Creating a Frosted-Glass Effect with backdrop-filter
- 45Building a Flexible Grid with repeat() and minmax()
- 46Fixing a Header in Place with position: sticky
- 47Adding Pseudo-Elements with ::before and ::after
- 48Truncating Long Text with an Ellipsis Using text-overflow
- 49Using a Calculated Value in CSS with calc()
- 50[Applied] Build a Simple Website
CSS Transitions (Smooth Hover Changes)
In this lesson you'll learn how to stage smooth changes using CSS transitions, so you can build an interface that feels polished. This is for people searching "CSS transition usage."
Specifying transition makes a change in color or size animate smoothly, instead of switching "instantly." Pairing it with a change on mouse hover (:hover) is a classic combination.
The sample code specifies transition: background 0.3s, transform 0.3s; on .btn, so that hovering the mouse causes both a background-color change and an enlargement (transform: scale(1.1)) to happen smoothly. Notice that you can specify multiple properties at once, comma-separated.
A common beginner stumbling block is where to put the transition. It needs to be written on the normal state (.btn) side, not the :hover side. This is an important point also touched on in the pseudo-class lesson — getting it backwards means it won't behave the way you expect.
Adding just a short one-liner, transition: property seconds;, can make the impression of an entire site surprisingly smoother and more polished. This is one of those techniques worth remembering for easily raising the perceived quality of your visual design.
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