I want to add a glowing effect when I mouse over a button or image. How do I do this with javascript, jquery, or CSS? Here is an example of what I want it to look
http://www.flashuser.net/flash-menus/tutorial-flash-glow-buttons-menu.html
Can someone give me some sample code?
Thanks in advance
If you dont mind targeting modern browsers you can use CSS transitions and box-shadow properties, no JS needed.
Check out this site here:
http://designshack.co.uk/articles/css/5-cool-css-hover-effects-you-can-copy-and-paste
(Scroll down until you see Fade-in and Reflect)
Demo here:
http://designshack.co.uk/tutorialexamples/HoverEffects/Ex5.html
Never a bad time to post Radioactive Buttons, which is pure CSS3. Only Webkit browsers though (e.g. Chrome and Safari). Here's a modified version that just glows on hover, which is much less distracting:
@-webkit-keyframes greenPulse {
from { background-color: #749a02; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 #333; }
to { background-color: #91bd09; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #91bd09; }
}
a.green.button {
background-color: #749a02;
border-radius: 0.5em;
color: #fff;
padding: 0.5em;
text-decoration: none;
}
a.green.button:hover {
background-color: #91bd09;
-webkit-animation-name: greenPulse;
-webkit-animation-duration: 2s;
-webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 18px #91bd09;
}
<a href="#" class="green button">Click Me</a>
jsFiddle demo. It should make it easier as more browsers adopt it, but until then this is just an add-on to the JavaScript-based solutions.
Here is a pretty good jQuery example and code:
http://bavotasan.com/tutorials/creating-a-jquery-mouseover-fade-effect/
Using CSS also you can achieve the same:
HTML
<img class="opacity_img" src="image.png" alt="" />
CSS for IE:
.opacity_img{
-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=45)";
filter:alpha(opacity=45);
}
.opacity_img:hover{
-ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100)";
filter:alpha(opacity=100);
}
CSS for other browsers:
.opacity_img{
opacity: 0.45;
}
.opacity_img:hover{
cursor:pointer;
opacity: 1.0;
}
liza gave a great answer - the effect achieved only in few lines of code.
But if you'd like it more smooth you can make opacity transition last some time by adding:
.opacity_img{
opacity: 0.45;
transition: opacity 0.5s;
}
.opacity_img:hover{
cursor:pointer;
opacity: 1.0;
transition: opacity 0.5s;
}