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Animating link

CSS CSS trick

app.css Raw #

/* https://jsbin.com/piwefoxacu/edit?html,css,output */

a {
  position: relative;
  color: #000;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover {
  color: #000;
}

a::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #000;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}

a:hover::before {
  transform: scaleX(1);
}

/* Animate the line from the right */
a::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #000;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: top right;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}