Weekend in Lisbon
Three days of tiles, tarts and trams.
Tile Flip Grid Hover
A night scene split into fifteen tiles that flip in a diagonal wave to show the same view by day. Every tile reads its own slice of one shared background, so both pictures line up.
Also known as: staggered tile flip, mosaic flip reveal, 3d grid flip css.
HTML
<div class="hfx-tile-flip-grid"> <span style="--x: 0; --y: 0"></span><span style="--x: 1; --y: 0"></span><span style="--x: 2; --y: 0"></span><span style="--x: 3; --y: 0"></span><span style="--x: 4; --y: 0"></span> <span style="--x: 0; --y: 1"></span><span style="--x: 1; --y: 1"></span><span style="--x: 2; --y: 1"></span><span style="--x: 3; --y: 1"></span><span style="--x: 4; --y: 1"></span> <span style="--x: 0; --y: 2"></span><span style="--x: 1; --y: 2"></span><span style="--x: 2; --y: 2"></span><span style="--x: 3; --y: 2"></span><span style="--x: 4; --y: 2"></span> </div>
CSS
.hfx-tile-flip-grid {
--c: var(--hfx-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: var(--hfx-size, 16px);
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 2.4em);
grid-auto-rows: 2.4em;
gap: 0.15em;
perspective: 40em;
}
.hfx-tile-flip-grid span {
position: relative;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
transition: transform 0.6s cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.2, 1.15);
transition-delay: calc((var(--x) + var(--y)) * 0.06s);
}
.hfx-tile-flip-grid span::before,
.hfx-tile-flip-grid span::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
border-radius: 0.3em;
backface-visibility: hidden;
}
.hfx-tile-flip-grid span::before {
background:
radial-gradient(circle at 74% 30%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 40%, #0b1120) 0 8%, transparent 8.5%),
radial-gradient(circle at 70% 32%, #f8fafc 0 9%, transparent 9.5%),
radial-gradient(circle at 18% 22%, #fff 0 0.8%, transparent 1.2%),
radial-gradient(circle at 36% 12%, #fff 0 0.6%, transparent 1%),
radial-gradient(circle at 52% 40%, #fff 0 0.6%, transparent 1%),
radial-gradient(circle at 90% 12%, #fff 0 0.7%, transparent 1.1%),
radial-gradient(70% 50% at 25% 100%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 45%, #020617) 99%, transparent),
radial-gradient(60% 40% at 85% 100%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 30%, #020617) 99%, transparent),
linear-gradient(color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 40%, #0b1120), color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 60%, #1e1b4b));
background-size: 500% 300%;
background-position: calc(var(--x) * 25%) calc(var(--y) * 50%);
}
.hfx-tile-flip-grid span::after {
background:
radial-gradient(circle at 70% 32%, #fffbeb 0 8%, color-mix(in srgb, #fde047 45%, transparent) 8.5% 13%, transparent 13.5%),
radial-gradient(70% 50% at 25% 100%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 80%, #000) 99%, transparent),
radial-gradient(60% 40% at 85% 100%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 60%, #000) 99%, transparent),
linear-gradient(color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 20%, #fff), color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 50%, #fff));
background-size: 500% 300%;
background-position: calc(var(--x) * 25%) calc(var(--y) * 50%);
transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
.hfx-tile-flip-grid:hover span {
transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.hfx-tile-flip-grid, .hfx-tile-flip-grid *, .hfx-tile-flip-grid::before, .hfx-tile-flip-grid::after, .hfx-tile-flip-grid *::before, .hfx-tile-flip-grid *::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.