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Definition · Supertopics: design · Subtopics: animations, halftone, lightbox, liquid-glass, parallax (non-exhaustive) · “effects” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
View Transitions Can Swoop‽ (arg)193
css, view-transitions
The Odometer Effect (Without JavaScript) (pre/fro)192
css, functions
Lessons Learned From Failed Demos: Pure CSS Nav Thumb Flip on Scroll (ana/fro)191
lessons, css
How to Create a CSS-Only Elastic Text Effect (css/fro)190
how-tos, css
Shades of Halftone (max)189
halftone
Background Patterns With CSS “corner-radius” (pre/fro)188
css, backgrounds, examples
Elastic/Bouncy Text Effect (css)187
css
CSS Optical Illusions (alv)186
css, examples
Death to Scroll Fade (dbu)185
scrolling, performance
Designing Page Transitions184
videos, design, transitions
How to Create a Pixel-to-Voxel Video Drop Effect With Three.js and Rapier (cod)183
how-tos, javascript, tooling, gsap, threejs
Non-Square Image Blur Extensions (ana/fro)182
images, css
Springs and Bounces in Native CSS (jos)181
css, animations, transitions, functions
How to Animate WebGL Shaders With GSAP: Ripples, Reveals, and Dynamic Blur Effects (cod)180
how-tos, animations, webgl, gsap
Numbers That Fall (Scroll-Driven Animations and Sibling Index) (chr/fro)179
css, html, animations, scrolling
Drunk CSS (ede)178
css, theming
Frontend News #16: “:heading” Pseudo-Class, Faded Text Effects, “box-sizing” (zor/css)177
videos, css, selectors, box-model, view-transitions
Follow-the-Leader Pattern With CSS Anchor Positioning (una)176
css, anchor-positioning
The Web Behind Glass (med)175
design, liquid-glass, apple, best-practices
Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction With CSS and SVG174
liquid-glass, css, svg, images
3D Layered Text: The Basics (ami/css)173
fundamentals, css
CSS Pulse Animation (mar)172
css, animations
Infinite Marquee Animation Using Modern CSS (css/fro)171
css, animations
Nobody Waits for Your Fancy Animations Anymore (and They Never Really Did) (web)170
animations, parallax, performance, user-experience, design
Making a Faded Text Effect in (Mostly) CSS (cas)169
css
Liquid Glass on the Web (chr/fro)168
design, liquid-glass, apple, css, examples
Scroll-Driven Sticky Heading (ami/css)167
headings, css, animations, positioning, scrolling
View Transition List Reordering (With a Kick Flip) (chr/fro)166
css, view-transitions, animations
Liquid Glass, Fragile UX, and Why I Wanted 2 Weeks Before Writing About It (uxd)165
design, liquid-glass, apple, user-experience
Grainy Gradients (ana/fro)164
gradients, css, svg, masking
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)163
navigation, javascript, css
CSS Spotlight Effect (ami/fro)162
css
Fixing Vercel’s Landing Page161
design, landing-pages, vercel
Using CSS “backdrop-filter” for UI Effects (pre/css)160
css, filters
Cover Flow With Modern CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action (add)159
css, animations, transforms, scrolling, history
CSS Bursts With Conic Gradients (chr/fro)158
css, gradients, examples
CSS-Only Glitch Effect157
css, html
Overengineered Anchor Links156
links, techniques
Expanding CSS Shadow Effects (pre/fro)155
css, shadows
Holographic Masks (hej)154
code-pens, css, gradients, blend-modes
Create a Fun Quick Text Flip Effect (kev)153
videos, css
10 Awesome CSS Text Effects for Your Next Project (pau)152
css, code-pens
Implementing a Dissolve Effect With Shaders and Particles in Three.js (cod)151
threejs
Rainbow Selection in CSS (chr/fro)150
css, selectors
Transitioning Top-Layer Entries and the Display Property in CSS (uti/sma)149
css, animations, transitions, techniques
Dynamic Focus Zoom Effect With CSS “@ property”148
css
Positioning Text Around Elements With CSS Offset (pre/css)147
css
Creating an Angled Slider (zac/fro)146
sliders, html, css
My Website Has Been Gaslighting You (dav)145
css, javascript, colors
6 CSS Snippets Every Front-End Developer Should Know in 2025 (arg)144
css, functions, custom-properties, transitions, animations, gradients
Stylish Holidays! Creating a Scroll-Driven Christmas Tree in CSS (uti)143
css, svg, animations, scrolling
Animating Entry Effects (ty/5t3)142
css, animations, transitions
Smooth Multi-Page Experiences With Just a Few Lines of CSS (joh/mat)141
css, transitions
The Pixel Canvas Shimmer Effect (hex)140
web-components
Pure CSS Halftone Effect in 3 Declarations (ana/fro)139
css, halftone
Modern CSS for Sites: View Transitions, Scroll Effects, and More (arg/dev)138
videos, css, view-transitions, scrolling
View Transitions Staggering (chr/fro)137
css, view-transitions, pug
Fanout With Grid and View Transitions (chr/fro)136
css, layout, grids, view-transitions
How to Use the CSS “backdrop-filter” Property (log)135
how-tos, css, filters, backgrounds
Building a Dynamic Background Effect134
react, css, backgrounds, animations
Keeping Pixely Images Pixely (and Performant!) (chr/fro)133
css, images
Making Orbit Animations With CSS Custom Properties (lon)132
css, custom-properties, animations
Split Effects With No Content Duplication (ana/fro)131
css, maintainability
The Art of Dithering and Retro Shading for the Web (max)130
dithering, javascript
Character Modeling in CSS (jul/css)129
videos, css, design, creativity
The Magic of Clip Path (emi)128
css, clipping, masking
CSS Surprise Manga Lines (alv)127
css
A Text-Reveal Effect Using “conic-gradient()” in CSS (pre/fro)126
css, functions, gradients
Glassmorphism: Definition and Best Practices (nng)125
design, best-practices
CSS-Only Custom Range Slider With Motion (bra)124
sliders, css, examples
The Latest in Web UI (una/dev)123
videos, html, css, layout
The Modern Guide for Making CSS Shapes (css/sma)122
guides, css, shapes, techniques
Rounded Tabs With Inner Curves (css)121
css, tips-and-tricks
Flickering Glowing Text Effect With CSS (man)120
css
Spicing Up Text With “text-emphasis” in CSS (ami)119
css, typography
Quick Tip: How to Add Gradient Effects and Patterns to Text118
tips-and-tricks, how-tos, css, gradients
The Problem With Data Attributes for Text Effects (man)117
html, custom-data, css, typography
Exploring the Creative Power of CSS Filters and Blending116
css, blend-modes, filters
Parallax Effect With CSS Custom Properties (fro)115
css, custom-properties, parallax
Gold Text Effect With CSS (man)114
css
Animating Font Palette (man)113
css, colors, fonts
CSS Blurry Shimmer Effect (sma)112
css
Highlight Text When a User Scrolls Down to That Piece of Text (chr/fro)111
css, scrolling
Fading Content Using Transparent Gradient in CSS (ami)110
css, gradients, transparency
Using Heaps of Cutting Edge CSS Features to Build a Progress Indicator (and)109
css, scrolling, progress-indicators
Custom Mouse Hover Effect With JavaScript108
javascript, hover
Cool Wiggly Hover Animation With CSS (ami)107
css, animations, hover
Sharing a State Between Windows Without a Server106
web-workers, apis, state-management, javascript
Christmas Tree Animations Made With CSS and JS105
css, javascript, animations, link-lists
Creating a Marquee Effect With CSS Animations104
css, animations
CSS 3D Text Effects103
css
Re-Creating the Pop-Out Hover Effect With Modern CSS (css/sma)102
css, hover
Gradients, Blend Modes, and a Really Cool Hover Effect (pre/sma)101
css, gradients, hover
CSS Loaders (css)100
websites, css, animations
A Few Interesting Ways to Use CSS Shadows for More Than Depth (pre/sma)99
css, shadows
10 Simple CSS and JavaScript Micro-Interactions for Buttons98
css, javascript, buttons
Down-and-Across Highlighting (mey)97
code-pens, css, tables
Shines, Perspective, and Rotations: Fancy CSS 3D Effects for Images (css/sma)96
css, images
Blur Vignette Effect in CSS95
css
I Created 100+ Unique CSS Patterns (css)94
css, backgrounds
Creating a Shine Effect on a Card With Tailwind CSS93
tailwind
Crafting a Modern Spotlight Effect With React and CSS92
css, react
Can You Create Beautiful Stroked Text in CSS? (log)91
css
A Color Wheel With Gradient (css)90
css, colors, gradients, tips-and-tricks
No SVG, No Image, CSS-Only Fluid Slider With “input[type=range]” (ana)89
code-pens, sliders, css, sass
How to Make a Zoom Effect Using CSS (css)88
how-tos, css
A CSS Challenge: Skewed Highlight (pep)87
css
Invisible Ink Effect With SVG Filters and CSS (che)86
code-pens, css, svg, filters
CSS Infinite 3D Sliders (css/css)85
css, sliders, animations
Get That Marquee AeStHeTiC (dni/mat)84
html, css
CSS Infinite Slider Flipping Through Polaroid Images (css/css)83
sliders, css, images
Animated Border Gradient (shs)82
code-pens, css, animations, gradients
CSS Halftone Patterns (mic)81
css, halftone
How to Create Wavy Shapes and Patterns in CSS (css/css)80
how-tos, css
Dreamy Blur79
css, svg
Zooming Images in a Grid Layout (css/css)78
css, grids
The Infinite Marquee77
html, css, animations
Recreating MDN’s Truncated Text Effect (geo/css)76
mdn, css
CSS Minimal Dark Mode Toggle Button75
code-pens, toggles, minimalism
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs74
design
Holograms, Light-Leaks, and How to Build CSS-Only Shaders73
how-tos, css, blend-modes
Fun CSS-Only Scrolling Effects for Matterday (net)72
css, parallax
CSS Card Shadow Effects (hui)71
css
Single Element Loaders: The Spinner (css/css)70
css
Cool Hover Effects That Use CSS Text Shadow (css/css)69
css, hover
Creating Realistic Reflections With CSS (pre/css)68
css
Creating a Firework Effect With CSS (alv)67
css
Cool Hover Effects That Use Background Properties (css/css)66
css, hover, backgrounds
How to Make a “Raise the Curtains” Effect in CSS (cit/css)65
how-tos, css
Parallax Powered by CSS Custom Properties (jhe/css)64
css, parallax, custom-properties
Simple Blinking Cursor Animation Using CSS (ami)63
css, animations, cursors
Exploring the CSS Paint API: Image Fragmentation Effect (css/css)62
css, apis, images
Thinking About the Cut-Out Effect: CSS or SVG? (sha)61
css, svg, techniques, comparisons
Adding Shadows to SVG Icons With CSS and SVG Filters (css)60
css, svg, images, icons, shadows, filters
Create Responsive Image Effects With CSS Gradients and “aspect-ratio” (5t3/sma)59
images, responsive-design, css, gradients, aspect-ratio
90’s Cursor Effects58
cursors, javascript
What Is Parallax Scrolling, Explained With Examples57
parallax, scrolling, examples
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)56
design, css
A Glassy (and Classy) Text Effect (chr/css)55
css, filters
Decaying Sites (chr/css)54
maintenance, link-rot
Blurred Borders in CSS (ana/css)53
css, borders, clipping
Including Animation in Your Design System (vlh/sma)52
design-systems, animations
20+ CSS Text Glitch Effects (fre)51
css, link-lists
CSS Techniques and Effects for Knockout Text (pre/css)50
css, techniques
Text Effects With CSS (and a Little “contenteditable” Trick) (chr/css)49
css
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)48
how-tos, design, shadows
Performant Parallaxing (aer/dev)47
scrolling, css, parallax, positioning, performance
Quick Tip: Single Character Transforms With CSS and JS46
css, javascript, tips-and-tricks
Blending Modes Demystified (ali)45
design, images, colors, css
Reverse Text Color Based on Background Color Automatically in CSS (fon/css)44
css, colors, backgrounds, animations
Creating a CSS Sliding Background Effect (geo/css)43
css, transforms, backgrounds
Tour of a Performant and Responsive CSS Only Site (css)42
css, parallax, performance, case-studies
Stripes in CSS (chr/css)41
css, gradients, examples
SVG Filters on Text (css)40
svg, images, filters
Nifty Modal Window Effects (cod)39
css, modals
3D Inset Parallax Effect (css)38
css, parallax
Form Follows Function37
web-platform, experiments, examples
Parallaxin’ (aer/dev)36
parallax, css, javascript
Understanding CSS Filter Effects (dev)35
css, filters
A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow (sma)34
css, animations
Lightbox233
libraries, javascript, images, lightbox
10 Fantastic jQuery Techniques and Effects32
jquery, techniques
Infinite All-CSS Scrolling Slideshow (chr/css)31
images, scrolling, css
Invert a Whole Webpage With CSS Only (lea)30
css
Different Transitions for Hover On / Hover Off (chr/css)29
css, transitions, animations, hover
Add More Sparkle With CSS3 (ate)28
css, link-lists
Use CSS Borders for 3D Effects (sea)27
css, borders, vendor-extensions
Auto-Moving Parallax Background (chr/css)26
backgrounds, parallax, html, css, javascript
Dojo: The Definitive Guide—Degradable Reflection Widget (dal/aja)25
dojo
jParallax Turns Elements Into a Viewport (rey/aja)24
jquery, plugins, parallax
Lightbox JS23
libraries, javascript, images, lightbox
Rip It Up: Worn Type Using CSS (mis)22
css, image-replacement, techniques
Safari CSS Effects (dav)21
browsers, apple, safari, css
Zebra Tables (ali)20
tables, css
CSS Drop Shadows (ali)19
css, images, shadows
CSS Design: Custom Underlines (ali)18
css, links
Accessible Image-Tab Rollovers (sim)17
navigation, xhtml, images, hover, accessibility
Better Image Rollovers (sim)16
images, javascript
CSS Clothoid Corner Generator15
tools, exploration, code-generation, css
CSS Divider Generator14
tools, exploration, code-generation, css
CSS Glassmorphism Generator13
tools, exploration, code-generation, css
CSS Neumorphism Generator12
tools, exploration, code-generation, css
CSS Shadow Generator (Josh W. Comeau) (jos)11
tools, exploration, code-generation, css, shadows
Image Resizer and Editor (PicResize)10
tools, exploration, images, resizing
Image Resizer and Editor (resizemyimg.com)9
tools, exploration, images, resizing
Tilt-Shift Photo Generator8
tools, exploration, images
Wave-Style SVG Generator7
tools, exploration, images, svg, code-generation
Dither Effect Generator6
tools, exploration, images, dithering
Image Rasterizer5
tools, exploration, images
JPEG Distorter4
tools, exploration, images, jpeg
Line Drawing Generator3
tools, exploration, images
CSS Loader Generator2
tools, exploration, code-generation, css
CSS Shadow Generator (CSS Bud)1
tools, exploration, code-generation, css, shadows