I can make an element with an opacity of zero fade in by changing its class to .elementToFadeInAndOut with the following css:
.elementToFadeInAndOut {
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity 2s linear;
}
Is there a way I can make the element fade out after it fades in by editing css for this same class?
Thank you very much for your time.
Use css @keyframes
.elementToFadeInAndOut {
opacity: 1;
animation: fade 2s linear;
}
@keyframes fade {
0%,100% { opacity: 0 }
50% { opacity: 1 }
}
here is a DEMO
.elementToFadeInAndOut {
width:200px;
height: 200px;
background: red;
-webkit-animation: fadeinout 4s linear forwards;
animation: fadeinout 4s linear forwards;
}
@-webkit-keyframes fadeinout {
0%,100% { opacity: 0; }
50% { opacity: 1; }
}
@keyframes fadeinout {
0%,100% { opacity: 0; }
50% { opacity: 1; }
}
<div class=elementToFadeInAndOut></div>
Reading: Using CSS animations
You can clean the code by doing this:
.elementToFadeInAndOut {
width:200px;
height: 200px;
background: red;
-webkit-animation: fadeinout 4s linear forwards;
animation: fadeinout 4s linear forwards;
opacity: 0;
}
@-webkit-keyframes fadeinout {
50% { opacity: 1; }
}
@keyframes fadeinout {
50% { opacity: 1; }
}
<div class=elementToFadeInAndOut></div>
If you need a single fadeIn/Out without an explicit user action (like a mouseover/mouseout) you may use a CSS3 animation
: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/bdEpwW
.elementToFadeInAndOut {
-webkit-animation: fadeinout 4s linear 1 forwards;
animation: fadeinout 4s linear 1 forwards;
}
@-webkit-keyframes fadeinout {
0% { opacity: 0; }
50% { opacity: 1; }
100% { opacity: 0; }
}
@keyframes fadeinout {
0% { opacity: 0; }
50% { opacity: 1; }
100% { opacity: 0; }
}
By setting animation-fill-mode: forwards
the animation will retain its last keyframe
By setting animation-iteration-count: 1
the animation will run just once (change this value if you need to repeat the effect more than once)
Try this:
@keyframes animationName {
0% { opacity:0; }
50% { opacity:1; }
100% { opacity:0; }
}
@-o-keyframes animationName{
0% { opacity:0; }
50% { opacity:1; }
100% { opacity:0; }
}
@-moz-keyframes animationName{
0% { opacity:0; }
50% { opacity:1; }
100% { opacity:0; }
}
@-webkit-keyframes animationName{
0% { opacity:0; }
50% { opacity:1; }
100% { opacity:0; }
}
.elementToFadeInAndOut {
-webkit-animation: animationName 5s infinite;
-moz-animation: animationName 5s infinite;
-o-animation: animationName 5s infinite;
animation: animationName 5s infinite;
}