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

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<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="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1565895405140-6b9830a88c19?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&h=800&q=70" alt="Card cover" class="card-img-top object-fit-cover" style="height:100px">
    <div class="card-body py-2">
      <h3 class="h6 mb-0">Vegan dishes worth crossing town for</h3>
      <p class="small text-body-secondary mb-0">$218.11</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; }
}

2Transform Chain

Chains translate, rotate and scale as separate properties with staggered timing for a lively hover. Class: fx-transform-chain

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<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-transform-chain" style="width:12rem">
    <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1625862692743-3f57873bb37c?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&h=800&q=70" alt="Card cover" class="card-img-top object-fit-cover" style="height:100px">
    <div class="card-body py-2">
      <h3 class="h6 mb-0">Planning the perfect birthday dinner</h3>
      <p class="small text-body-secondary mb-0">$183.42</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

/* CSS (already in assets/css/effects.css) */
.fx-transform-chain { transition: translate .3s ease, rotate .5s cubic-bezier(.34, 1.56, .64, 1) .08s, scale .4s ease .16s; }
.fx-transform-chain:hover, .fx-transform-chain:focus-visible { translate: 0 -8px; rotate: -3deg; scale: 1.06; }
@supports not (translate: 0) {
  .fx-transform-chain { transition: transform .4s cubic-bezier(.34, 1.56, .64, 1); }
  .fx-transform-chain:hover, .fx-transform-chain:focus-visible { transform: translateY(-8px) rotate(-3deg) scale(1.06); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .fx-transform-chain, .fx-transform-chain::before, .fx-transform-chain::after, .fx-transform-chain *, .fx-transform-chain *::before, .fx-transform-chain *::after { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
}