Modern CSS Transform Effects
2D and 3D transforms - tilts, cubes, perspective and chained motion - driven only by hover and keyframes.
1Perspective Text
Lays a heading back in 3D perspective with depth layers; it stands up straight on hover. Class: fx-perspective-text
Big ideas
<div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-4 p-4 h-full" style="min-height:200px">
<h2 class="display-5 font-bold uppercase mb-0 fx-perspective-text">Big ideas</h2>
</div>
/* CSS (already in assets/css/effects.css) */
.fx-perspective-text {
display: inline-block; transform: perspective(500px) rotateX(28deg); transform-origin: 50% 100%;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(var(--wt-primary-rgb), .6), 0 2px 0 rgba(var(--wt-primary-rgb), .5), 0 3px 0 rgba(var(--wt-primary-rgb), .4), 0 10px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, .25);
transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1);
}
.fx-perspective-text:hover { transform: perspective(500px) rotateX(0deg); }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.fx-perspective-text, .fx-perspective-text::before, .fx-perspective-text::after, .fx-perspective-text *, .fx-perspective-text *::before, .fx-perspective-text *::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="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-4 p-4 h-full" style="min-height:200px">
<div class="fx-translate-3d" style="width:150px;height:110px">
<div class="absolute top-0 start-0 w-full h-full rounded-lg border bg-surface-3">
</div>
<div class="absolute top-0 start-0 w-full h-full rounded-lg" style="background:rgba(var(--wt-secondary-rgb), .45)">
</div>
<div class="absolute top-0 start-0 w-full h-full rounded-lg" style="background:rgba(var(--wt-primary-rgb), .55)">
</div>
<div class="absolute top-0 start-0 w-full h-full rounded-lg grid text-white font-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; }
}