{"id":44774,"date":"2018-05-28T21:01:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=44774"},"modified":"2022-07-15T17:06:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:06:35","slug":"wicked-css-animations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wicked-css-animations\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked CSS &#8211; A Hot New Animation Library in Pure CSS3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to CSS3 you can build some crazy animations on the web. These can <strong>work across all browsers and page elements<\/strong> to control navigation items, dropdowns, tabs, you name it.<\/p>\n<p>In fact you can even generate these codes dynamically using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/css3-animation-tools\/\">animation tools<\/a>. But those are quite limited compared to a fully-fledged animation library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kristofferandreasen.github.io\/wickedCSS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wicked CSS<\/a> is the newest library of its kind. This reminds me of the early <strong>Animate.css which was fairly simple and rudimentary<\/strong>, yet could be used in pretty much any website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/creative-css-animations\/\" rel=\"noopener\">30 Cool CSS Animations You Have To See<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take a peek at the homepage for a live demo along with a list of all supported animations. As of writing this article I count <strong>24 total animation styles from slides to rotations<\/strong> and pulsing\/bouncing effects.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kristofferandreasen.github.io\/wickedCSS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wicked-css-animations\/01-wicked-css-animation-homepage.jpg\" alt=\"wickedcss homepage\" width=\"1020\" height=\"619\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Many of these animations are one-off features used to bring an element into view (or out of view). This is handy for pages with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webdesignerdepot.com\/2017\/08\/12-essential-scroll-to-view-animation-trends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scroll-to-view animations<\/a> targeting specific page elements.<\/p>\n<p>But you can also <strong>use this to show (or hide) extra page items<\/strong> like dropdown menus, search bars, hidden signup forms or anything else. Here\u2019s a small list of animations you can pick from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shake<\/li>\n<li>Zoom in\/out<\/li>\n<li>Slide up\/down<\/li>\n<li>Fade in\/out<\/li>\n<li>Rolling in\/out<\/li>\n<li>Bounce and pop<\/li>\n<li>Circular rotation in\/out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of these animation styles are designed for one single use. They can be called multiple times per page and per element, but <strong>these are not repeating animations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead you\u2019ll use these based on a user\u2019s click, hover, or swipe effect. They can also be used on CTA buttons for pulsing\/throbbing effects, but that does require a JavaScript timing function.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kristofferandreasen.github.io\/wickedCSS\/examples.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wicked-css-animations\/02-wicked-css-examples.jpg\" alt=\"wickedcss example page\" width=\"1020\" height=\"615\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/kristofferandreasen.github.io\/wickedCSS\/examples.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the examples page<\/a> for a live preview and some more details. You\u2019ll also find full documentation on <a href=\"https:\/\/kristofferandreasen.github.io\/wickedCSS\/documentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the main site<\/a> along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/kristofferandreasen\/wickedCSS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GitHub repo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wicked CSS is a newer library so it doesn\u2019t have a huge following yet. But the library is stable and it\u2019s likely to be around for years to come.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to CSS3 you can build some crazy animations on the web. These can work across all browsers and page elements to control navigation items, dropdowns, tabs, you name it. In fact you can even generate these codes dynamically using animation tools. But those are quite limited compared to a fully-fledged animation library. 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