Modern CSS Transform Effects

2D and 3D transforms - tilts, cubes, perspective and chained motion - driven only by hover and keyframes.

13D Card Tilt

Tilts a card in 3D with a moving glare on hover - a pure CSS take on the mouse-follow tilt. Class: fx-3d-card-tilt

Release notes for students

$23.04

<div class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center justify-content-center gap-3 p-3 h-100" style="min-height:200px">
  <div class="card border-0 shadow-sm fx-3d-card-tilt" style="width:12rem">
    <img src="../assets/img/photo-2.svg" alt="Card cover" class="card-img-top object-fit-cover" style="height:100px">
    <div class="card-body py-2">
      <h3 class="h6 mb-0">Release notes for students</h3>
      <p class="small text-body-secondary mb-0">$23.04</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

/* CSS (already in assets/css/effects.css) */
.fx-3d-card-tilt {
  position: relative; overflow: hidden; transform-style: preserve-3d;
  transform: perspective(900px) rotateX(0deg) rotateY(0deg);
  transition: transform .55s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1), box-shadow .55s;
}
.fx-3d-card-tilt::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; pointer-events: none; opacity: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(115deg, transparent 30%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .45) 48%, transparent 62%);
  transform: translateX(-60%); transition: transform .7s ease, opacity .4s;
}
.fx-3d-card-tilt:hover, .fx-3d-card-tilt:focus-within {
  transform: perspective(900px) rotateX(8deg) rotateY(-12deg) translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 18px 22px 40px -18px rgba(var(--wt-primary-rgb), .55);
}
.fx-3d-card-tilt:hover::after, .fx-3d-card-tilt:focus-within::after { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(60%); }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .fx-3d-card-tilt, .fx-3d-card-tilt::before, .fx-3d-card-tilt::after, .fx-3d-card-tilt *, .fx-3d-card-tilt *::before, .fx-3d-card-tilt *::after { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
}

2Translate 3D

Stacked layers separate along the Z axis on hover, like an exploded view of your interface. Class: fx-translate-3d

Hover me

<div class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center justify-content-center gap-3 p-3 h-100" style="min-height:200px">
  <div class="fx-translate-3d" style="width:150px;height:110px">
    <div class="position-absolute top-0 start-0 w-100 h-100 rounded-3 border bg-body-tertiary">
    </div>
    <div class="position-absolute top-0 start-0 w-100 h-100 rounded-3" style="background:rgba(var(--wt-secondary-rgb), .45)">
    </div>
    <div class="position-absolute top-0 start-0 w-100 h-100 rounded-3" style="background:rgba(var(--wt-primary-rgb), .55)">
    </div>
    <div class="position-absolute top-0 start-0 w-100 h-100 rounded-3 d-grid text-white fw-semibold" style="place-items:center">
      Hover me
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

/* CSS (already in assets/css/effects.css) */
.fx-translate-3d { position: relative; transform-style: preserve-3d; transform: perspective(800px); transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1); }
.fx-translate-3d > * { transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1); }
.fx-translate-3d:hover { transform: perspective(800px) rotateX(48deg) rotateZ(-28deg); }
.fx-translate-3d:hover > :nth-child(1) { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); }
.fx-translate-3d:hover > :nth-child(2) { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 30px); }
.fx-translate-3d:hover > :nth-child(3) { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 60px); }
.fx-translate-3d:hover > :nth-child(4) { transform: translate3d(0, 0, 90px); }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .fx-translate-3d, .fx-translate-3d::before, .fx-translate-3d::after, .fx-translate-3d *, .fx-translate-3d *::before, .fx-translate-3d *::after { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
}