#hover CSS effects
3,025 free, pure-CSS effects match the "hover" tag. Each is copy-ready and needs no library or build step.
Text Rainbow Flow Navbar
Active link text flows through a rainbow gradient animation.
Text Scramble Hover Navbar
Hovered links scramble their letters via a positional jitter animation.
Text Stroke Draw Navbar
Active link text has its stroke drawn animatedly via dash-offset.
Ticket Stub Perforate Nav
Nav styled as ticket stubs with perforated edges between items.
Ticket Stub Tear Nav
Active ticket stub torn along its perforation edge on hover.
Sliding Underline Nav
Each link grows its own underline from the left as the pointer passes over it.
Vertical Tab Left Arrow Pointer
Vertical tabs with a left-pointing arrow on the active item.
Vertical Tab Right Border Active
Vertical tabs with a right accent border on the active item.
Vertical Tab Dot Indicator
Vertical tabs with a glowing dot indicator on the active item.
Vertical Tab Fill Bg
Vertical tabs with a sliding colored fill background on hover.
Vertical Tab Icon Trailing
Vertical tabs with trailing right-side icons that pop on active.
Vertical Tab Pill Morph
Vertical tabs where the active pill morphs smoothly between items.
Vertical Tab Progress Bar
Vertical tabs with an active progress bar fill on the active item.
Vertical Tab Slide Content
Vertical tabs that slide horizontally revealing content offset.
Vertical Tab Step Marker
Vertical tabs with numbered step markers like a wizard.
Circle Mask Wipe Nav
Active indicator revealed by a circle that expands outward from the link.
Wipe Right Reveal Nav
Active tab revealed by a rightward wipe sweeping across the nav bar.
Flint Triangle Slider
A clipped flint arrowhead points down at the rail like a ruler marker.
Frost Track Slider
A hairline icy rail carries a glowing round knob that swells under the pointer.
Rivet Corner Radius
A riveted steel plate rounds all the way from a hard square into a full circle on hover.
Obsidian Hover Tabs
Hovering previews a tab in indigo before the click; the panel rises from below.
Arc Fixture Reveal
Hovering a fixture arcs open a second line under the tie that lists the goal scorers.
Basalt Airy Rows
Generous vertical rhythm gives three roomy rows plenty of breathing space.
Bloom Palette Swatches
Colour chips sit on a woven checker so alpha reads true, and each chip blooms wider under the pointer.
Brass Row Lift
Hovering a row slides it sideways and drops a warm brass rail on its left edge.
Conduit DNS Records
Long record values are clipped in place and reel sideways on hover instead of widening the table.
Coral Selected Rail
The selected row keeps a coral rail on its left edge and hovering previews it.
Cove Zebra And Hover
Static zebra banding stays readable while the hovered row overrides it with a lit rail.
Dash Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut rows render real key caps that sink into the board when the row is pointed at.
Ember Tag Cloud Cell
One column holds a cluster of small tag chips that lift slightly under the pointer.
Flint Underline Reveal
A stripped down table where hovering a row draws an underline beneath its label.
Halo Room Compare
Amenity levels are drawn as radial gradient rings and hovering a row lays a halo around them.
Lever Config Diff
A before and after column pair marked with minus and plus gutters like a review diff view.
Oasis Pill Rows
Every row is a fully rounded pill and hovering slides a warm fill across it left to right.
Onyx Grid Frame
A fully ruled grid where the hovered cell brightens its own square only.
Pearl Initial Avatars
The name column pairs each entry with a round initial chip in its own tint.
Prairie Hover Arrow
Hovering a row slides a chevron in from the right edge to hint that it can be opened.
Shaft File Manifest
A file listing where the extension sits in a coloured tile that tips forward under the pointer.
Slate Column Scan
Pointing at any cell lights the whole column through a pure CSS has() selector.
Tundra Dashed Divider
Rows are parted by a hand tuned dash rhythm that turns solid when the row is hovered.
Outline Fill Text
Hollow stroked letters flood with colour from left to right when hovered.
Layered Shadow Text
Stacked hard shadows push the heading into a solid extruded block on hover.
Split Color Hover
Text splits horizontally — top half dark, bottom half colored — and swaps on hover.
3D Flip Card Tooltip
3D card-flip tooltip that rotates open like a flip card.
3D Rotate X
Tooltip that rotates fully on the X axis to appear above the trigger.
Dashed Arrow Bottom
Tooltip below the trigger connected by a dashed line with arrow.
Dashed Arrow Right
Tooltip to the right of the trigger with a dashed connector.
Dashed Arrow Top
Tooltip connected to the trigger by a dashed line with arrow.
Fading Arrow Tooltip
A classic bubble with a pointed arrow that fades upward into place on hover.
Line Horizontal Arrow
Tooltip connected by a solid horizontal line indicator on the right.