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="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center justify-content-center gap-3 p-3 h-100" style="min-height:200px">
<h2 class="display-5 fw-bold text-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; }
}2Rotate 3D
A badge or tile that rocks around a diagonal axis with rotate3d() - eye-catching for feature icons. Class: fx-rotate-3d
<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-rotate-3d rounded-4 text-bg-primary d-grid fs-1 shadow" style="width:96px;height:96px;place-items:center">
<i class="bi bi-layers-fill" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</div>
<div class="fx-rotate-3d rounded-4 border d-grid fs-1 text-primary" style="width:96px;height:96px;place-items:center;animation-delay:-2s">
<i class="bi bi-stars" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</div>
</div>
/* CSS (already in assets/css/effects.css) */
.fx-rotate-3d { animation: fx-rotate-3d-rock 4s ease-in-out infinite; }
.fx-rotate-3d:hover { animation-play-state: paused; }
@keyframes fx-rotate-3d-rock {
0%, 100% { transform: perspective(600px) rotate3d(1, 1, 0, 0deg); }
50% { transform: perspective(600px) rotate3d(1, 1, 0, 32deg); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.fx-rotate-3d, .fx-rotate-3d::before, .fx-rotate-3d::after, .fx-rotate-3d *, .fx-rotate-3d *::before, .fx-rotate-3d *::after { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
}3Translate 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; }
}