Link Hover Effects w/ mo.js

index.html

<div class="container">
  <h1>Hover My Links</h1>
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. <a href="">Voluptates</a> illum saepe, placeat ut <a href="">delectus</a> minima officiis. Inventore mollitia sapiente, aut est nesciunt perspiciatis, odio sunt ad <a href="">natus</a> labore, enim quod.</p>
</div>

link-hover-effects-w-mo-js.markdown

Link Hover Effects w/ mo.js

Simple link hover effects with mo.js.

A Pen by Mike Quinn on CodePen.

License.

script.babel

const links = document.querySelectorAll('a');

links.forEach(link => link.addEventListener('mouseenter', shootLines));

function shootLines(e) {

  const itemDim = this.getBoundingClientRect(),
        itemSize = {
          x: itemDim.right - itemDim.left,
          y: itemDim.bottom - itemDim.top,
        },
        shapes = ['line', 'zigzag'],
        colors = ['#2FB5F3',
                  '#FF0A47',
                  '#FF0AC2',
                  '#47FF0A'];
  
  const chosenC = Math.floor(Math.random() * colors.length),
        chosenS = Math.floor(Math.random() * shapes.length);
  
  // create shape
  const burst = new mojs.Burst({
    left: itemDim.left + (itemSize.x/2),
    top: itemDim.top + (itemSize.y/2),
    radiusX: itemSize.x,
    radiusY: itemSize.y,
    count: 8,
    
    children: {
      shape: shapes[chosenS],
      radius: 10,
      scale: {0.8: 1},
      fill: 'none',
      points: 7,
      stroke: colors[chosenC],
      strokeDasharray: '100%',
      strokeDashoffset: { '-100%' : '100%' },
      duration: 350,
      delay: 100,
      easing: 'quad.out',
      isShowEnd: false,
    }
  });
  
  burst.play();
}

scripts

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/mojs/latest/mo.min.js"></script>

style.scss

body {
  font-family: lato, sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.2em;
}

body {
  display: flex;
  height: 100vh;
  align-items: center;
  background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #efefef 0%, #ffffff 100%);
}

.container {
  width: 50%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
  
  @media screen and (max-width: 700px) {
    width: 75%;
  }
}

h1 {
  position: relative;
  font-family: cardo, serif;
  font-size: 2.6em;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #333333;
  line-height: 1.2em;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
  margin-bottom: 1.66em;
}

h1:after {
  content: '†';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 100%;
  transform: rotateZ(180deg);
}

p {
  font-size: 1.2em;
  line-height: 1.4em;
  color: #333333;
}

a {
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  color: #333333;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 0.2em 0.05em;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #333333;
}

a:hover {
  color: #efefef;
}

a:after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  top: 100%;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: #333333;
  z-index: -1;
  transition: all 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.000, 0.590, 1.000, 0.260);
}

a:hover:after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: #333333;
  z-index: -1;
}