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

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Improved CSS Text-Stroke (tyl)211
css
Building the ChatGPT Typing Effect (jsd)210
chatgpt, javascript
Throwing Confetti With CSS Random (sch)209
css, functions, randomness
An Animated Radial Gradient Mask Over Text in CSS (cas)208
css, masking
Revealing Text With CSS “letter-spacing” (pre/css)207
css, animations, transitions
Zoomable Image—Creating a Zoom Effect (bar)206
zooming, images, hugo, javascript, css
Repeating Square Dots Backgrounds in CSS (chr/fro)205
css, backgrounds, gradients
On Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets (max)204
rendering, math
Using CSS “corner-shape” for Folded Corners (dxn/css)203
css, borders
Multi-Stroke Text Effect in CSS (yua)202
css
Liquid Glass201
websites, liquid-glass, libraries
An Interactive Cover Component (kit)200
components, css
Building a Dual-Scene Fluid X-Ray Reveal Effect in Three.js (cod)199
threejs
View Transitions Can Swoop‽ (arg)198
css, view-transitions
The Odometer Effect (Without JavaScript) (pre/fro)197
css, functions
Anatomy of a CSS Phone Mockup196
css, design
Lessons Learned From Failed Demos: Pure CSS Nav Thumb Flip on Scroll (ana/fro)195
lessons, css
How to Create a CSS-Only Elastic Text Effect (css/fro)194
how-tos, css
Shades of Halftone (max)193
halftone
Background Patterns With CSS “corner-radius” (pre/fro)192
css, backgrounds, examples
Elastic/Bouncy Text Effect (css)191
css
CSS Optical Illusions (alv)190
css, examples
Death to Scroll Fade (dbu)189
scrolling, performance
Designing Page Transitions188
videos, design, transitions
How to Create a Pixel-to-Voxel Video Drop Effect With Three.js and Rapier (cod)187
how-tos, javascript, tooling, gsap, threejs
Non-Square Image Blur Extensions (ana/fro)186
images, css
Springs and Bounces in Native CSS (jos)185
css, animations, transitions, functions
How to Animate WebGL Shaders With GSAP: Ripples, Reveals, and Dynamic Blur Effects (cod)184
how-tos, animations, webgl, gsap
Numbers That Fall (Scroll-Driven Animations and Sibling Index) (chr/fro)183
css, html, animations, scrolling
Drunk CSS (ede)182
css, theming
Frontend News #16: “:heading” Pseudo-Class, Faded Text Effects, “box-sizing” (zor/css)181
videos, css, selectors, box-model, view-transitions
Follow-the-Leader Pattern With CSS Anchor Positioning (una)180
css, anchor-positioning
The Web Behind Glass (med)179
design, liquid-glass, best-practices
Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction With CSS and SVG178
liquid-glass, css, svg, images
CSS Pulse Animation (mar)177
css, animations
3D Layered Text: The Basics (ami/css)176
fundamentals, css, 3d
Infinite Marquee Animation Using Modern CSS (css/fro)175
css, animations
Nobody Waits for Your Fancy Animations Anymore (and They Never Really Did) (web)174
animations, parallax, performance, user-experience, design
Making a Faded Text Effect in (Mostly) CSS (cas)173
css
Liquid Glass on the Web (chr/fro)172
design, liquid-glass, css, examples
Scroll-Driven Sticky Heading (ami/css)171
headings, css, animations, positioning, scrolling
View Transition List Reordering (With a Kick Flip) (chr/fro)170
css, view-transitions, animations
Liquid Glass, Fragile UX, and Why I Wanted 2 Weeks Before Writing About It169
design, liquid-glass, user-experience
Grainy Gradients (ana/fro)168
gradients, css, svg, masking
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)167
navigation, javascript, css
CSS Spotlight Effect (ami/fro)166
css
Fixing Vercel’s Landing Page165
design, landing-pages, vercel
Using CSS “backdrop-filter” for UI Effects (pre/css)164
css, filters
Cover Flow With Modern CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action (add)163
css, animations, transforms, scrolling, history
CSS Bursts With Conic Gradients (chr/fro)162
css, gradients, examples
CSS-Only Glitch Effect161
css, html
Overengineered Anchor Links160
links, techniques
Expanding CSS Shadow Effects (pre/fro)159
css, shadows
Holographic Masks (hej)158
code-pens, css, gradients, blend-modes
Create a Fun Quick Text Flip Effect (kev)157
videos, css
10 Awesome CSS Text Effects for Your Next Project (pau)156
css, code-pens
Implementing a Dissolve Effect With Shaders and Particles in Three.js (cod)155
threejs
Rainbow Selection in CSS (chr/fro)154
css, selectors
The First Ever Website That Literally Glows in the Dark153
videos, apis, javascript, css
Transitioning Top-Layer Entries and the Display Property in CSS (uti/sma)152
css, animations, transitions, techniques
Dynamic Focus Zoom Effect With CSS “@property”151
css
Positioning Text Around Elements With CSS Offset (pre/css)150
css
Creating an Angled Slider (zac/fro)149
sliders, html, css
My Website Has Been Gaslighting You (dav)148
css, javascript, colors
6 CSS Snippets Every Front-End Developer Should Know in 2025 (arg)147
css, functions, custom-properties, transitions, animations, gradients
Stylish Holidays! Creating a Scroll-Driven Christmas Tree in CSS (uti)146
css, svg, animations, scrolling
Animating Entry Effects (ty/5t3)145
css, animations, transitions
Smooth Multi-Page Experiences With Just a Few Lines of CSS (joh/mat)144
css, transitions
The Pixel Canvas Shimmer Effect (hex)143
web-components
Pure CSS Halftone Effect in 3 Declarations (ana/fro)142
css, halftone
Modern CSS for Sites: View Transitions, Scroll Effects, and More (arg)141
videos, css, view-transitions, scrolling
View Transitions Staggering (chr/fro)140
css, view-transitions, pug
Fanout With Grid and View Transitions (chr/fro)139
css, layout, grids, view-transitions
How to Use the CSS “backdrop-filter” Property (log)138
how-tos, css, filters, backgrounds
Building a Dynamic Background Effect137
react, css, backgrounds, animations
Keeping Pixely Images Pixely (and Performant!) (chr/fro)136
css, images
Making Orbit Animations With CSS Custom Properties (lon)135
css, custom-properties, animations
Split Effects With No Content Duplication (ana/fro)134
css, maintainability
The Art of Dithering and Retro Shading for the Web (max)133
dithering, javascript
Character Modeling in CSS (jul/css)132
videos, css, design, creativity
The Magic of Clip Path (emi)131
css, clipping, masking
CSS Surprise Manga Lines (alv)130
css
A Text-Reveal Effect Using “conic-gradient()” in CSS (pre/fro)129
css, functions, gradients
Glassmorphism: Definition and Best Practices (nng)128
design, best-practices
CSS-Only Custom Range Slider With Motion (bra)127
sliders, css, examples
The Latest in Web UI (una)126
videos, html, css, layout
The Modern Guide for Making CSS Shapes (css/sma)125
guides, css, shapes, techniques
Rounded Tabs With Inner Curves (css)124
css, tips-and-tricks
Flickering Glowing Text Effect With CSS (man)123
css
Spicing Up Text With “text-emphasis” in CSS (ami)122
css, typography
Quick Tip: How to Add Gradient Effects and Patterns to Text (ral)121
tips-and-tricks, how-tos, css, gradients
The Problem With Data Attributes for Text Effects (man)120
html, custom-data, css, typography
Exploring the Creative Power of CSS Filters and Blending119
css, blend-modes, filters
Parallax Effect With CSS Custom Properties (fro)118
css, custom-properties, parallax
Gold Text Effect With CSS (man)117
css
Animating Font Palette (man)116
css, colors, fonts
CSS Blurry Shimmer Effect (sma)115
css
Highlight Text When a User Scrolls Down to That Piece of Text (chr/fro)114
css, scrolling
Fading Content Using Transparent Gradient in CSS (ami)113
css, gradients, transparency+opacity
Using Heaps of Cutting Edge CSS Features to Build a Progress Indicator (and)112
css, scrolling, progress-indicators
Custom Mouse Hover Effect With JavaScript111
javascript, hover
Cool Wiggly Hover Animation With CSS (ami)110
css, animations, hover
Sharing a State Between Windows Without a Server109
web-workers, apis, state-management, javascript
Christmas Tree Animations Made With CSS and JS108
css, javascript, animations, link-lists
Creating a Marquee Effect With CSS Animations107
css, animations
CSS 3D Text Effects106
css, 3d
Re-Creating the Pop-Out Hover Effect With Modern CSS (css/sma)105
css, hover
Gradients, Blend Modes, and a Really Cool Hover Effect (pre/sma)104
css, gradients, hover
CSS Loaders (css)103
websites, css, animations
A Few Interesting Ways to Use CSS Shadows for More Than Depth (pre/sma)102
css, shadows
10 Simple CSS and JavaScript Micro-Interactions for Buttons101
css, javascript, buttons
Down-and-Across Highlighting (mey)100
code-pens, css, tables
Shines, Perspective, and Rotations: Fancy CSS 3D Effects for Images (css/sma)99
css, images
Blur Vignette Effect in CSS98
css
I Created 100+ Unique CSS Patterns (css)97
css, backgrounds
Creating a Shine Effect on a Card With Tailwind CSS96
tailwind
Crafting a Modern Spotlight Effect With React and CSS95
css, react
Can You Create Beautiful Stroked Text in CSS? (log)94
css
A Color Wheel With Gradient (css)93
css, colors, gradients, tips-and-tricks
No SVG, No Image, CSS-Only Fluid Slider With “input[type=range]” (ana)92
code-pens, sliders, css, sass
How to Make a Zoom Effect Using CSS (css)91
how-tos, css
A CSS Challenge: Skewed Highlight (pep)90
css
Invisible Ink Effect With SVG Filters and CSS (che)89
code-pens, css, svg, filters
CSS Infinite 3D Sliders (css/css)88
css, sliders, animations, 3d
Get That Marquee AeStHeTiC (dni/mat)87
html, css
CSS Infinite Slider Flipping Through Polaroid Images (css/css)86
sliders, css, images
Animated Border Gradient (shs)85
code-pens, css, animations, gradients
CSS Halftone Patterns (mic)84
css, halftone
How to Create Wavy Shapes and Patterns in CSS (css/css)83
how-tos, css
Dreamy Blur82
css, svg
Zooming Images in a Grid Layout (css/css)81
css, grids
The Infinite Marquee80
html, css, animations
Recreating MDN’s Truncated Text Effect (geo/css)79
mdn, css
CSS Minimal Dark Mode Toggle Button78
code-pens, toggles, minimalism
37 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your UI Designs77
design
Holograms, Light-Leaks, and How to Build CSS-Only Shaders76
how-tos, css, blend-modes
Fun CSS-Only Scrolling Effects for Matterday75
css, parallax
CSS Card Shadow Effects (hui)74
css
Single Element Loaders: The Spinner (css/css)73
css
Cool Hover Effects That Use CSS Text Shadow (css/css)72
css, hover
Creating Realistic Reflections With CSS (pre/css)71
css
Creating a Firework Effect With CSS (alv)70
css
Cool Hover Effects That Use Background Properties (css/css)69
css, hover, backgrounds
How to Make a “Raise the Curtains” Effect in CSS (cit/css)68
how-tos, css
Parallax Powered by CSS Custom Properties (jhe/css)67
css, parallax, custom-properties
Simple Blinking Cursor Animation Using CSS (ami)66
css, animations, cursors
Exploring the CSS Paint API: Image Fragmentation Effect (css/css)65
css, apis, images
Thinking About the Cut-Out Effect: CSS or SVG? (sha)64
css, svg, techniques, comparisons
Adding Shadows to SVG Icons With CSS and SVG Filters (css)63
css, svg, images, icons, shadows, filters
Create Responsive Image Effects With CSS Gradients and “aspect-ratio” (5t3/sma)62
images, responsive-design, css, gradients, aspect-ratio
90’s Cursor Effects61
cursors, javascript
What Is Parallax Scrolling, Explained With Examples60
parallax, scrolling, examples
Neumorphism and CSS (cod/css)59
design, css
A Glassy (and Classy) Text Effect (chr/css)58
css, filters
Decaying Sites (chr/css)57
maintenance, link-rot
Blurred Borders in CSS (ana/css)56
css, borders, clipping
Including Animation in Your Design System (vlh/sma)55
design-systems, animations
20+ CSS Text Glitch Effects (fre)54
css, link-lists
CSS Techniques and Effects for Knockout Text (pre/css)53
css, techniques
Text Effects With CSS (and a Little “contenteditable” Trick) (chr/css)52
css
How to Use Shadows and Blur Effects in Modern UI Design (sma)51
how-tos, design, shadows
Performant Parallaxing (aer)50
scrolling, css, parallax, positioning, performance
Quick Tip: Single Character Transforms With CSS and JS49
css, javascript, tips-and-tricks
Blending Modes Demystified (ali)48
design, images, colors, css
Reverse Text Color Based on Background Color Automatically in CSS (fon/css)47
css, colors, backgrounds, animations
Creating a CSS Sliding Background Effect (geo/css)46
css, transforms, backgrounds
Tour of a Performant and Responsive CSS Only Site (css)45
css, parallax, performance, case-studies
Stripes in CSS (chr/css)44
css, gradients, examples
SVG Filters on Text (css)43
svg, images, filters
Nifty Modal Window Effects (cod)42
css, modals
3D Inset Parallax Effect (css)41
css, parallax, 3d
Form Follows Function40
web-platform, experiments, examples
Parallaxin’ (aer)39
parallax, css, javascript
Understanding CSS Filter Effects38
css, filters
A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow (sma)37
css, animations
Lightbox236
libraries, javascript, images, lightbox
10 Fantastic jQuery Techniques and Effects35
jquery, techniques
Infinite All-CSS Scrolling Slideshow (chr/css)34
images, scrolling, css
Invert a Whole Webpage With CSS Only (lea)33
css
Different Transitions for Hover On / Hover Off (chr/css)32
css, transitions, animations, hover
Add More Sparkle With CSS3 (ate)31
css, link-lists
Use CSS Borders for 3D Effects (sea)30
css, borders, 3d, vendor-extensions
Auto-Moving Parallax Background (chr/css)29
backgrounds, parallax, html, css, javascript
Dojo: The Definitive Guide—Degradable Reflection Widget (dal/aja)28
dojo
jParallax Turns Elements Into a Viewport (rey/aja)27
jquery, plugins, parallax
CSS Tutorial: Hover Effect on Linked Images26
images, hover, css
Lightbox JS25
libraries, javascript, images, lightbox
Rip It Up: Worn Type Using CSS (mis)24
css, image-replacement, techniques
Safari CSS Effects (dav)23
browsers, safari, css
The Table Ruler (cod/ali)22
tables, javascript, css
Zebra Tables (ali)21
tables, css
CSS Drop Shadows (ali)20
css, images, shadows
CSS Design: Custom Underlines (ali)19
css, links
Accessible Image-Tab Rollovers (sim)18
navigation, xhtml, images, hover, accessibility
Better Image Rollovers (sim)17
images, javascript
Collapsible Page Elements With DOM (cod)16
javascript, dom
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