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Use CSS3 transitions with gradient backgrounds

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css

css-transitions

gradient

css-animations

css-gradients

People also ask

How do you transition a background gradient in CSS?

In CSS, you can't transition a background gradient. It jumps from one gradient to the other immediately, with no smooth transition between the two. He documents a clever tactic of positioning a pseudo element covering the element with a different background and transitioning the opacity of that pseudo element.

Does transition work on linear gradient?

Linear gradient: It goes down/up/left/right/diagonally and makes smooth transitions of colors. To make a linear transition you first have to choose two color stops. Color stops are the color among which you want to make the transitions. You can also select a starting point and a direction(an angle) for the transition.

Can you transition a background image in CSS?

First, we add a transparent background image using the background-image property in CSS in the style tag. background-image: url(white. jpg); For the transition background image, we use the transition property in CSS and add a transition to the background image in the style tag.

How do I combine a background image and CSS3 gradient on the same element?

You can combine a background-image and CSS3 gradient on the same element by using several backgrounds. In our example below, we set the height and width of our <div> and add a background. Then, we set the background image fallback using the “url” value of the background-image property.

Gradients don't support transitions yet (although the current spec says they should support like gradient to like gradient transitions via interpolation.).

If you want a fade-in effect with a background gradient, you have to set an opacity on a container element and 'transition` the opacity.

(There have been some browser releases that supported transitions on gradients (e.g IE10. I tested gradient transitions in 2016 in IE and they seemed to work at the time, but my test code no longer works.)

Update: October 2018 Gradient transitions with un-prefixed new syntax [e.g. radial-gradient(...)]now confirmed to work (again?) on Microsoft Edge 17.17134. I don't know when this was added. Still not working on latest Firefox & Chrome / Windows 10.


One work-around is to transition the background position to give the effect that the gradient is changing: http://sapphion.com/2011/10/css3-gradient-transition-with-background-position/

CSS3 gradient transition with background-position

Although you can’t directly animate gradients using the CSS transition property, it is possible to animate the background-position property to achieve a simple gradient animation:

The code for this is dead simple:

#DemoGradient{  
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#C7D3DC,#5B798E);  
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#C7D3DC,#5B798E);  
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#C7D3DC,#5B798E);  
    background: linear-gradient(#C7D3DC,#5B798E);  
  
    -webkit-transition: background 1s ease-out;  
    -moz-transition: background 1s ease-out;  
    -o-transition: background 1s ease-out;  
    transition: background 1s ease-out;  
  
    background-size:1px 200px;  
    border-radius: 10px;  
    border: 1px solid #839DB0;  
    cursor:pointer;  
    width: 150px;  
    height: 100px;  
}  
#DemoGradient:Hover{  
    background-position:100px;  
}  
<div id="DemoGradient"></div>

A solution is to use background-position to mimic the gradient transition. This solution was used in Twitter Bootstrap a few months ago.

Update

http://codersblock.blogspot.fr/2013/12/gradient-animation-trick.html?showComment=1390287622614

Here is a quick example:

Link state

 .btn {
  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 300;
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 20px 40px;
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #50abdf, #1f78aa);
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, from(#50abdf), to(#1f78aa));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #50abdf, #1f78aa);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #50abdf, #1f78aa);
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #50abdf, #1f78aa);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ff50abdf', endColorstr='#ff1f78aa', GradientType=0);
  background-repeat: repeat-y;
  background-size: 100% 90px;
  background-position: 0 -30px;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear;
     -moz-transition: all 0.2s linear;
       -o-transition: all 0.2s linear;
          transition: all 0.2s linear;
}

Hover state

.btn:hover {
   background-position: 0 0;
}

For what it's worth, here's a Sass mixin:

Usage:

@include gradientAnimation(red, blue, .6s);

Mixin:

@mixin gradientAnimation( $start, $end, $transTime ){
    background-size: 100%;
    background-image: linear-gradient($start, $end);
    position: relative;
    z-index: 100;
    &:before {
        background-image: linear-gradient($end, $start);
        content: "";
        display: block;
        height: 100%;
        position: absolute;
        top: 0; left: 0;
        opacity: 0;
        width: 100%;
        z-index: -100;
        transition: opacity $transTime;
    }
    &:hover {
        &:before {
            opacity: 1;
        }
    }
}

Taken from this awesome post on Medium from Dave Lunny: https://medium.com/@dave_lunny/animating-css-gradients-using-only-css-d2fd7671e759


I know that is old question but mabye someone enjoy my way of solution in pure CSS. Gradient fade from left to right.

.contener{   
  width:300px;
  height:200px;
  background-size:cover;
  border:solid 2px black;
}
.ed {
    width: 0px;
    height: 200px;
    background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.75));
    position: relative;
    opacity:0;
    transition:width 20s, opacity 0.6s;
}

.contener:hover .ed{
    width: 300px;
    background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.75));
    position: relative;
    opacity:1;
    transition:width 0.4s, opacity 1.1s;
    transition-delay: width 2s;
    
    animation-name: gradient-fade;
    animation-duration: 1.1s;   
    -webkit-animation-name: gradient-fade; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
    -webkit-animation-duration: 1.1s; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
}




/* ANIMATION */
@-webkit-keyframes gradient-fade {
    0%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    2%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.01875), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    4%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.0375), rgba(255,0,0,0.0));}
    6%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.05625), rgba(255,0,0,0.0));}
    8% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.075), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    10%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.09375), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    12%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.1125), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    14%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.13125), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    16%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.15), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    18%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.16875), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    20% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.1875), rgba(255,0,0,0));}
    22%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.20625), rgba(255,0,0,0.01875));}
    24%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.225), rgba(255,0,0,0.0375));}
    26%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.24375), rgba(255,0,0,0.05625));}
    28%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.2625), rgba(255,0,0,0.075));}
    30%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.28125), rgba(255,0,0,0.09375));}
    32% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.3), rgba(255,0,0,0.1125));}
    34%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.31875), rgba(255,0,0,0.13125));}
    36%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.3375), rgba(255,0,0,0.15));}
    38%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.35625), rgba(255,0,0,0.16875));}
    40%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.375), rgba(255,0,0,0.1875));}
    42%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.39375), rgba(255,0,0,0.20625));}
    44% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.4125), rgba(255,0,0,0.225));}
    46%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.43125),rgba(255,0,0,0.24375));}
    48%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.45), rgba(255,0,0,0.2625));}
    50%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.46875), rgba(255,0,0,0.28125));}
    52%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.4875), rgba(255,0,0,0.3));}
    54%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.50625), rgba(255,0,0,0.31875));}
    56%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.525), rgba(255,0,0,0.3375));}
    58%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.54375), rgba(255,0,0,0.35625));}
    60%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.5625), rgba(255,0,0,0.375));}
    62% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.58125), rgba(255,0,0,0.39375));}
    64%  {background:linear-gradient(to right,rgba(0,0,255,0.6), rgba(255,0,0,0.4125));}
    66%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.61875), rgba(255,0,0,0.43125));}
    68%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.6375), rgba(255,0,0,0.45));}
    70%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.65625), rgba(255,0,0,0.46875));}
    72%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.675), rgba(255,0,0,0.4875));}
    74% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.69375), rgba(255,0,0,0.50625));}
    76%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.7125), rgba(255,0,0,0.525));}
    78%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.73125),,rgba(255,0,0,0.54375));}
    80%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.5625));}
    82%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.58125));}
    84%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75),rgba(255,0,0,0.6));}
    86% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.61875));}
    88%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.6375));}
    90%   {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.65625));}
    92%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.675));}
    94%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75),rgba(255,0,0,0.69375));}
    96%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.7125));}
    98% {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.73125),);}
    100%  {background:linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,255,0.75), rgba(255,0,0,0.75));}
}
<div class="contener" style="">
  <div class="ed"></div>
</div>

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