Marquee Text Hover Effect
A title too long for its pill fades out at the edge, then scrolls like a ticker while hovered. Two copies on one track loop at translateX(-50%), the pattern music apps use for song titles.
Also known as: scroll text on hover, ticker text hover, overflowing title scroll.
Late Night Drive · Side B
HTML
<div class="hfx-text-marquee">
<span class="hfx-text-marquee-icon" aria-hidden="true">♪</span>
<div class="hfx-text-marquee-view">
<div class="hfx-text-marquee-track">
<span>Late Night Drive · Side B</span>
<span aria-hidden="true">Late Night Drive · Side B</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>CSS
.hfx-text-marquee {
--c: var(--hfx-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: calc(var(--hfx-size, 16px) * 1.4);
font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
font-weight: 800;
line-height: 1.15;
cursor: default;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.4em;
padding: 0.35em 0.5em 0.35em 0.4em;
border-radius: 2em;
background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 12%, transparent);
font-weight: 700;}
.hfx-text-marquee-icon {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
width: 1.5em;
height: 1.5em;
border-radius: 50%;
background: var(--c);
color: #fff;
font-size: 0.9em;
}
.hfx-text-marquee-view {
width: 8.5em;
overflow: hidden;
-webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 0.4em, #000 calc(100% - 2em), transparent);
mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 0.4em, #000 calc(100% - 2em), transparent);
}
.hfx-text-marquee-track {
display: flex;
width: max-content;
}
.hfx-text-marquee-track span {
padding: 0 1.2em 0 0.4em;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.hfx-text-marquee:hover .hfx-text-marquee-track {
animation: hfx-text-marquee-scroll 5s linear infinite;
}
@keyframes hfx-text-marquee-scroll {
to { transform: translateX(-50%); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.hfx-text-marquee, .hfx-text-marquee *, .hfx-text-marquee::before, .hfx-text-marquee::after, .hfx-text-marquee *::before, .hfx-text-marquee *::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.