Arrow Sweep Button
The fill arrives with a pointed chevron leading edge, so the button itself seems to say 'this way'. The chevron is a clip-path polygon on a pseudo-element wider than the button.
Also known as: chevron fill button, pointed sweep hover, arrow fill hover.
HTML
<button class="hfx-arrow-sweep">Next step</button>
CSS
.hfx-arrow-sweep {
--c: var(--hfx-color, #3b82f6);
position: relative;
isolation: isolate;
overflow: hidden;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 0.5em;
padding: 0.75em 1.75em;
border-radius: 0.5em;
font: 600 var(--hfx-size, 16px)/1.2 system-ui, sans-serif;
white-space: nowrap;
cursor: pointer;
border: 2px solid var(--c);
background: transparent;
color: var(--c);
transition: color 0.25s ease 0.1s;
}
.hfx-arrow-sweep::before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: -1;
width: calc(100% + 1.4em);
background: var(--c);
clip-path: polygon(0 0, calc(100% - 1.4em) 0, 100% 50%, calc(100% - 1.4em) 100%, 0 100%);
transform: translateX(-100%);
transition: transform 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);
}
.hfx-arrow-sweep:is(:hover, :focus-visible) {
background-color: var(--c); /* hides the hairline where the fill meets the border */
color: #fff;
transition: color 0.25s ease 0.1s, background-color 0s 0.45s;
}
.hfx-arrow-sweep:is(:hover, :focus-visible)::before { transform: translateX(0); }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.hfx-arrow-sweep, .hfx-arrow-sweep *, .hfx-arrow-sweep::before, .hfx-arrow-sweep::after, .hfx-arrow-sweep *::before, .hfx-arrow-sweep *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--hfx-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Base size: set
--hfx-size. Every other dimension is inem, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing16px. - Speed: change the duration on the
transitionoranimationshorthand. Staggered delays are relative, so they keep their rhythm. - Reduced motion: the rule at the end of the CSS turns the motion off for people who asked their OS for less of it. Keep it.