Without Javascript, I'd like to make a simple looping CSS animation class that fades text in and out, infinitely. I don't know a lot about CSS animations, so I haven't figured it out yet, but here's how far I've gotten:
@keyframes flickerAnimation { /* flame pulses */
0% { opacity:1; }
50% { opacity:0; }
100% { opacity:1; }
}
.animate-flicker {
opacity:1;
animation: flickerAnimation 1s infinite;
}
As King King said, you must add the browser specific prefix. This should cover most browsers:
@keyframes flickerAnimation {
0% { opacity:1; }
50% { opacity:0; }
100% { opacity:1; }
}
@-o-keyframes flickerAnimation{
0% { opacity:1; }
50% { opacity:0; }
100% { opacity:1; }
}
@-moz-keyframes flickerAnimation{
0% { opacity:1; }
50% { opacity:0; }
100% { opacity:1; }
}
@-webkit-keyframes flickerAnimation{
0% { opacity:1; }
50% { opacity:0; }
100% { opacity:1; }
}
.animate-flicker {
-webkit-animation: flickerAnimation 1s infinite;
-moz-animation: flickerAnimation 1s infinite;
-o-animation: flickerAnimation 1s infinite;
animation: flickerAnimation 1s infinite;
}
<div class="animate-flicker">Loading...</div>
well looking for a simpler variation I found this:
it's truly smart, and I guess you might want to add other browsers variations too although it worked for me both on Chrome and Firefox.
demo and credit => http://codepen.io/Ahrengot/pen/bKdLC
@keyframes fadeIn {
from { opacity: 0; }
}
.animate-flicker {
animation: fadeIn 1s infinite alternate;
}
<h2 class="animate-flicker">Jump in the hole!</h2>
To make more than one element fade in/out sequentially such as 5 elements fade each 4s,
1- make unique animation for each element with animation-duration
equal to [ 4s (duration for each element) * 5 (number of elements) ] = 20s
animation-name: anim1 , anim2, anim3 ...
animation-duration : 20s, 20s, 20s ...
2- get animation keyframe for each element.
100% (keyframes percentage) / 5 (elements) = 20% (frame for each element)
3- define starting and ending point for each animation:
each animation has 20% frame length and @keyframes percentage always starts from 0%,
so first animation will start from 0% and end in his frame(20%),
and each next animation will starts from previous animation ending point and end when it reach his frame (+20% ),
@keyframes animation1 { 0% {}, 20% {}}
@keyframes animation2 { 20% {}, 40% {}}
@keyframes animation3 { 40% {}, 60% {}}
and so on
now we need to make each animation fade in from 0 to 1 opacity and fade out from 1 to 0,
so we will add another 2 points (steps) for each animation after starting and before ending point to handle the full opacity(1)
http://codepen.io/El-Oz/pen/WwPPZQ
.slide1 {
animation: fadeInOut1 24s ease reverse forwards infinite
}
.slide2 {
animation: fadeInOut2 24s ease reverse forwards infinite
}
.slide3 {
animation: fadeInOut3 24s ease reverse forwards infinite
}
.slide4 {
animation: fadeInOut4 24s ease reverse forwards infinite
}
.slide5 {
animation: fadeInOut5 24s ease reverse forwards infinite
}
.slide6 {
animation: fadeInOut6 24s ease reverse forwards infinite
}
@keyframes fadeInOut1 {
0% { opacity: 0 }
1% { opacity: 1 }
14% {opacity: 1 }
16% { opacity: 0 }
}
@keyframes fadeInOut2 {
0% { opacity: 0 }
14% {opacity: 0 }
16% { opacity: 1 }
30% { opacity: 1 }
33% { opacity: 0 }
}
@keyframes fadeInOut3 {
0% { opacity: 0 }
30% {opacity: 0 }
33% {opacity: 1 }
46% { opacity: 1 }
48% { opacity: 0 }
}
@keyframes fadeInOut4 {
0% { opacity: 0 }
46% { opacity: 0 }
48% { opacity: 1 }
64% { opacity: 1 }
65% { opacity: 0 }
}
@keyframes fadeInOut5 {
0% { opacity: 0 }
64% { opacity: 0 }
66% { opacity: 1 }
80% { opacity: 1 }
83% { opacity: 0 }
}
@keyframes fadeInOut6 {
80% { opacity: 0 }
83% { opacity: 1 }
99% { opacity: 1 }
100% { opacity: 0 }
}
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_animation-keyframes.asp
it is actually a browser issue... use -webkit- for chrome