3D Cube for tabbed content

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3D Cube for tabbed content

Fun way to display tabbed content with a 3d cube: Uses CSS perspective, transitions and radio checked. No javascript.

A Pen by Kara Olthof on CodePen.

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index.html

<div class="perspective">

  <label class="tab" for="tab-top">TOP</label>
  <label class="tab" for="tab-front">FRONT</label>
  <label class="tab" for="tab-bottom">BOTTOM</label>
  <input type="radio" name="tabs" id="tab-top">
  <input type="radio" name="tabs" id="tab-front">
  <input type="radio" name="tabs" id="tab-bottom"> 

  <div class="cube">
    <div class="tab-content">
      <h1>TOP CONTENT</h1>
      <p>THIS IS AWESOME</p>
    </div>
     <div class="tab-content">
      <h1>FRONT CONTENT</h1>
      <p>THIS IS COOL</p>
    </div>
    <div class="tab-content">
      <h1>BOTTOM CONTENT</h1>
      <p>THIS IS SWEET</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

style.scss

body {
  background: #F8FFE5;
}
.perspective {
	perspective: 76em;
	perspective-origin: 50% 50px;
  width: 494px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 100;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
}
input {
  display: none;
}
.tab {
  position: absolute;
  width: 80px;
  height: 70px;
  background: pink;
  right: 0;
  line-height: 70px;
  font-weight: 300;
  
  &:nth-child(1) { 
    top: -5px;
    background: #06D6A0;
  }
  &:nth-child(2) {
    top: 69px;
    background: #1B9AAA;
  }
  &:nth-child(3) {
    top: 143px;
    background: #EF476F;
  }
}

.cube {
  position: relative;
  margin: 60px auto 0;
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  transform-origin: 0 100px;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
  transition: transform 0.5s ease-in;
}
.tab-content {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  position: absolute;
  
  h1 {
    font-size: 25px;
    margin: 75px 0 10px;
    font-weight: 300;
  }
  p {
    font-size: 12px;
  }
  &:nth-child(2) {
    transform: translateZ(100px);
    background: #1B9AAA;
  }
  &:nth-child(1) {
    transform: rotateX(-270deg)
               translateY(-100px);
    transform-origin: top left;
    background: #06D6A0;
  }
  &:nth-child(3) {
    transform: rotateX(-90deg)
               translateY(100px);
    transform-origin: bottom center;
    background: #EF476F;
  } 
}

#tab-top:checked ~ .cube {
  transform: rotateX(-90deg);
}
#tab-front:checked ~ .cube {
  transform: rotateX(0deg);
}
#tab-bottom:checked ~ .cube {
  transform: rotateX(90deg);
}