hawt linkz

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hawt linkz

These are pretty nice hover styles, admittedly.

A Pen by Matthew Pasteris on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<h1>Best of ever hawt linkz hover styles: Flex Edition</h1>
  <section class="links flex-container">
  <a class="link wipe flex-item" href="#">wipe</a>
  <a class="link underline flex-item" href="#">underline</a>
  <a id="slide-link" class="link slide flex-item" href="#"><span>slide</span></a>
  <a class="link opacity flex-item" href="#">opacity</a>
  </section>

script.js

var $slideLink = $("#slide-link"),
    slideLinkText = $slideLink.find("span")[0];

$slideLink.on("mouseenter", linkOver);

function linkOver() {
  TweenLite.to(slideLinkText, 0.3, {y: -25, ease: Cubic.easeIn, onComplete: function() {
    TweenLite.fromTo(slideLinkText, 0.3, {y: 25}, {y: 0, ease: Cubic.easeOut})
  }});
}

scripts

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/1.18.2/TweenLite.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/latest/plugins/CSSPlugin.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/1.18.2/easing/EasePack.min.js"></script>

style.scss

@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald);

body {
  background: #1e7a90;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: "Oswald", Arial, sans-serif;
  text-align: center;
}

h1 {
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  margin: 2em 0;
}

.links {
  width: 90%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.link {
  display: inline-block;
  min-width: 120px;
  max-width: 320px;
  min-height: 34px;
  line-height: 36px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fff;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  margin: 10px;
  position: relative;
  justify-content: center;
}
.link span {
  position: absolute;
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  text-align: center;
}

.wipe, .slide, .opacity {
  border: 2px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 4px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.opacity {
  transition: background-color 0.3s linear, color 0.3s linear;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
}
.opacity:hover {
  color: #124a58;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
}

.wipe {
  transition: color 0.3s ease-out;
}
.wipe::after {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: block;
  background-color: #fff;
  content: " ";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  transition: -webkit-transform 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1);
  transition: transform 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1);
  transition: transform 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1), -webkit-transform 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1);
  -webkit-transform: translateY(34px);
          transform: translateY(34px);
  z-index: -1;
}
.wipe:hover {
  color: #124a58;
}
.wipe:hover::after {
  -webkit-transform: translateY(0px);
          transform: translateY(0px);
}

.underline {
  border: 2px solid transparent;
}
.underline::after {
  width: 0%;
  height: 2px;
  display: block;
  background-color: #fff;
  content: " ";
  position: absolute;
  top: 34px;
  left: 50%;
  transition: left 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1), width 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1);
}
.underline:hover::after {
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  display: block;
  background-color: #fff;
  content: " ";
  position: absolute;
  top: 34px;
  left: 0;
}
.flex-container {
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-flex-direction: row;
  -ms-flex-direction: row;
  flex-direction: row;
  -webkit-flex-wrap: wrap;
  -ms-flex-wrap: wrap;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  -webkit-justify-content: space-around;
  -ms-flex-pack: distribute;
  justify-content: space-around;
  -webkit-align-content: stretch;
  -ms-flex-line-pack: stretch;
  align-content: stretch;
  -webkit-align-items: flex-start;
  -ms-flex-align: start;
  align-items: flex-start;
  }

.flex-item:nth-child {
  -webkit-order: 0;
  -ms-flex-order: 0;
  order: 0;
  -webkit-flex: 0 1 auto;
  -ms-flex: 0 1 auto;
  flex: 0 1 auto;
  -webkit-align-self: auto;
  -ms-flex-item-align: auto;
  align-self: auto;
  }