{"id":2994,"date":"2015-10-22T12:06:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cssnewbie.com\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2015-10-22T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:06:06","slug":"quick-tip-how-to-use-css3-to-create-a-fade-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/quick-tip-how-to-use-css3-to-create-a-fade-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tip: How to Use CSS3 to Create a Fade Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With CSS3&#8217;s webkit transition property and opacity properties, it&#8217;s easy to duplicate the effects of JavaScript and jQuery with CSS.<\/p>\n<p>Insert this code into the body of your html:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-1\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">HTML<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"html4strict\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #ddbb00\">&amp;lt;<\/span>div id=<span style=\"color: #ddbb00\">&amp;quot;<\/span>fade<span style=\"color: #ddbb00\">&amp;quot;&amp;gt;<\/span>Hover over this text to see it fade away<span style=\"color: #ddbb00\">&amp;lt;<\/span>\/div<span style=\"color: #ddbb00\">&amp;gt;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p>This css code will make the entire <strong>#fade<\/strong> div fade out to nothing when it&#8217;s hovered upon:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-2\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #cc00cc\">#fade<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">&nbsp; opacity<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc66cc\">1<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">&nbsp; -webkit-transition<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> opacity 1s linear<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #cc00cc\">#fade<\/span><span style=\"color: #3333ff\">:hover<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">&nbsp; opacity<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc66cc\">0<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p>By\u00a0defining the parameters of the\u00a0<strong>-webkit-transition<\/strong> property to <strong>opacity 1s linear\u00a0<\/strong>we are defining which property is going to transition (opacity), for how long (1s) and whether or not the transition is going to change speed throughout the duration (linear). 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