3D Word Cylinder Text Hover: CSS Hover Effect

3D Word Cylinder Text Hover

Eight words set around a drum that sits in a sentence. Hover and the drum ticks round one word at a time, like a slot reel or a date picker, with the neighbors fading off the curve.

Also known as: rotating words drum, picker wheel text css, 3d text carousel.

Color Base size 16px Dark background Hold hover state

HTML

<p class="hfx-word-cylinder-text" aria-label="We design, build, test and ship">
  <span>We</span>
  <span class="hfx-word-cylinder-text-drum" aria-hidden="true">
    <span class="hfx-word-cylinder-text-ring">
      <span style="--i: 0">design</span>
      <span style="--i: 1">build</span>
      <span style="--i: 2">test</span>
      <span style="--i: 3">ship</span>
      <span style="--i: 4">learn</span>
      <span style="--i: 5">iterate</span>
      <span style="--i: 6">grow</span>
      <span style="--i: 7">repeat</span>
    </span>
  </span>
</p>

CSS

.hfx-word-cylinder-text {
  --c: var(--hfx-color, #3b82f6);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.28em;
  margin: 0;
  font: 800 1em system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-size: calc(var(--hfx-size, 16px) * 2);
  cursor: default;
}
.hfx-word-cylinder-text-drum {
  position: relative;
  width: 4.3em;
  height: 3em;
  perspective: 12em;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(transparent, #000 30%, #000 70%, transparent);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(transparent, #000 30%, #000 70%, transparent);
}
.hfx-word-cylinder-text-drum::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: -0.15em;
  right: 0;
  height: 1.3em;
  margin-top: -0.65em;
  border-radius: 0.25em;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 12%, transparent);
}
.hfx-word-cylinder-text-ring {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
  transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(0deg);
}
.hfx-word-cylinder-text-ring span {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  height: 1.2em;
  margin-top: -0.6em;
  line-height: 1.2em;
  color: var(--c);
  backface-visibility: hidden;
  transform: rotateX(calc(var(--i) * -45deg)) translateZ(1.45em);
}
.hfx-word-cylinder-text:hover .hfx-word-cylinder-text-ring {
  animation: hfx-word-cylinder-text-tick 8s cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.25, 1.3) infinite;
}
@keyframes hfx-word-cylinder-text-tick {
  0%            { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(0deg); }
  4%, 12.5%     { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(45deg); }
  16.5%, 25%    { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(90deg); }
  29%, 37.5%    { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(135deg); }
  41.5%, 50%    { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(180deg); }
  54%, 62.5%    { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(225deg); }
  66.5%, 75%    { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(270deg); }
  79%, 87.5%    { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(315deg); }
  91.5%, 100%   { transform: translateZ(-1.45em) rotateX(360deg); }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .hfx-word-cylinder-text, .hfx-word-cylinder-text *, .hfx-word-cylinder-text::before, .hfx-word-cylinder-text::after, .hfx-word-cylinder-text *::before, .hfx-word-cylinder-text *::after {
    animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
  }
}

Customizing this snippet

Color: set --hfx-color on the element or a parent. Currently previewing #3b82f6.
Base size: set --hfx-size. Every other dimension is in em, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing 16px.
Speed: change the duration on the transition or animation shorthand. 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.

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