(Responsive Fork) Flexible Hover Blocks

index.html

<section class="c-hero-flex">
  <a class="c-hero-flex__item">
    <h2 class="c-hero-flex__title">Title Name Here</h2>
  </a>
  <a class="c-hero-flex__item">
    <h2 class="c-hero-flex__title">Another Title Name Here</h2>
  </a>
  <a class="c-hero-flex__item">
    <h2 class="c-hero-flex__title">Last Title Name Here</h2>
  </a>
</section>

responsive-fork-flexible-hover-blocks.markdown

(Responsive Fork) Flexible Hover Blocks

Original: https://codepen.io/jondaiello/details/akZxKz/

This is a modified quick demo showing how you can use flex-grow and transitions to animate a block growing larger in a grid in both directions.

A Pen by Zane Hannan AU on CodePen.

License.

script.js

// none needed

style.scss

body {
  font-family: 'Rubik', 'Segoe UI', 'San Francisco', 'Calibri', Arial, sans-serif;
  margin: 0;
}

.c-hero-flex {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100vh;
  width: 100vw;
  @media (max-width: 960px)
  {
    flex-flow: column nowrap;
    &__item {
      width: 100%;
    }
  }
  
  &__item {
    flex-grow: 1;
    background: #ccc;
    // height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    background-size: cover;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 100vmax rgba(0,0,0,.5);
    transition: .2s all;
    cursor: pointer;
    @media (min-width: 961px)
    {
      height: 100%;
    }
    
    &:hover {
      flex-grow: 2;
      box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 100vmax rgba(175,0,100,.7);
    }
    
    &:nth-child(1) {
      background: #222 url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1417577097439-425fb7dec05e?dpr=1&auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&w=1000&h=1000&q=80&cs=tinysrgb) no-repeat center center;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(2) {
      background: #222 url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1424460421773-58b49adfc68a?dpr=1&auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&w=1000&h=1000&q=80&cs=tinysrgb) no-repeat center center;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(3) {
      background: #222 url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1442876906995-6761040d1f0b?dpr=1&auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&w=1000&h=1000&q=80&cs=tinysrgb) no-repeat center center;
    }
  }
  
  &__title {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: .075em;
    color: #fff;
    transition: .2s all;
  }
  
  
}