Hover effect

Hover-effect.markdown

Hover effect

Simple effect where when you hover over the image, another image/bit of text/whatever is overlayed

A Pen by Marie Hogebrandt on CodePen.

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index.html

<a>
  <img src="http://placehold.it/230x300">
  <!-- the hover effect --> 
  <div class="shown-when-hover">
      This is visible when hovering over it.
    </div>
  </a>

style.css

a .shown-when-hover {
  /* Display none, overridden when the a is hovered over */
  display: none;
  
  /* Absolute positioning to make it fill out every bit
  of the containing link */
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  
  /* Slightly transparent background so the picture shows */
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

a:hover .shown-when-hover {
  /* display block when the link is being hovered over */
  display: block; 
}

a { 
  /* These three are important for containing the hover */
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  
  /* These two are the dimension of the image, to contain
  the hover effect*/
  width: 230px;
  height: 300px;
}