Reveal additional content on hover
Fairly often, I've found myself needing to display additional content on hover. A while ago, I stumbled upon a pretty cool effect, where you can push the image and title of a card upwards to reveal more content. Achieving this effect is pretty simple, too.
The trick is using overflow: hidden
on the card to hide elements that overflow vertically. Then, you can use the :hover
and :focus-within
pseudo-class selectors to change the card's styling if the element is hovered, focused, or any of its descendants are focused.
Then, use a transition
to create a transition effect. Using the margin
and padding
properties, you can push the image and title upwards to reveal additional content.
<div class="card"> <img src="https://picsum.photos/id/404/367/267"/> <h3>Lorem ipsum</h3> <div class="focus-content"> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.<br/> <a href="#">Link to source</a> </p> </div> </div>
.card { width: 300px; height: 280px; padding: 0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1); border-radius: 8px; box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; } .card * { transition: 0.3s ease all; } .card img { margin: 0; width: 300px; height: 224px; object-fit: cover; display: block; } .card h3 { margin: 0; padding: 12px 12px 48px; line-height: 32px; font-weight: 500; font-size: 20px; } .card .focus-content { display: block; padding: 8px 12px; } .card p { margin: 0; line-height: 1.5; } .card:hover img, .card:focus-within img { margin-top: -80px; } .card:hover h3, .card:focus-within h3 { padding: 8px 12px 0; }