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In this playground we’ll show you some creative, animated books with CSS 3D transforms and transitions.
We’ll show you two types of book designs: hardcover and paperback. Both were made to be easily modifiable in some of their content parts using CSS, images, anchors and some extra little details 🙂
Hardcover Book
The hardcover book consists of three cubes: hardcover front, book spine and hardcover back. Each part uses pseudo-elements to provide some thickness.
Paperback
In contrast to the hardcover, the paperback is a bit simpler. It is made from flat surfaces like the pages and does not include a book spine: paperback front, ruled paper and paperback back
:hover effects
For both books I use the technique of transitioning on “hover on” and “hover off” which is achieved by simply defining the “hover on” transition in the :hover class and the “hover off” transition in the original class declaration of the respective element.
Hover on
When we opened the book, the cover changes from “z-index: 100;” to 0.
The pages have different transition durations, which creates a smooth opening.
.book:hover > .hardcover_front { transform: rotateY(-145deg) translateZ(0); z-index: 0; } .book:hover > .page li:nth-child(1) { transform: rotateY(-30deg); transition-duration: 1.5s; } .book:hover > .page li:nth-child(2) { transform: rotateY(-35deg); transition-duration: 1.8s; } .book:hover > .page li:nth-child(3) { transform: rotateY(-118deg); transition-duration: 1.6s; } .book:hover > .page li:nth-child(4) { transform: rotateY(-130deg); transition-duration: 1.4s; } .book:hover > .page li:nth-child(5) { transform: rotateY(-140deg); transition-duration: 1.2s; }
Hover off
When we close the book, we can avoid the overlapping of the pages on the cover by reducing the transition duration of the pages.
.hardcover_front{ transition: all 0.8s ease, z-index 0.6s; } .page > li { width: 100%; height: 100%; transform-origin: left center; transition-property: transform; transition-timing-function: ease; } .page > li:nth-child(1) { transition-duration: 0.6s; } .page > li:nth-child(2) { transition-duration: 0.6s; } .page > li:nth-child(3) { transition-duration: 0.4s; } .page > li:nth-child(4) { transition-duration: 0.5s; } .page > li:nth-child(5) { transition-duration: 0.6s; }
Cover Design
The cover design is pretty straightforward; I’ve added the class “coverDesign” as an initial configuration and a second class for backgrounds or images.
An alternative of placing an image on the cover is the following:
<img src="" width="100%" height="100%"></img>
To add a little red ribbon to the front cover, simply add:
<span class="ribbon"></span>
And that’s it! I hope it’s useful and inspiring!
There’s some problem with the class=”coverDesign” when browse through updated Chrome browser. We need to set z-index: 1; in the css, and it will work fine! 🙂
Front image/Content having problem in IE 11 and having same problem when page scroll. To fix this set
.hardcover_front li:first-child {z-index:1}
Hi!
How to put the text to the left and the book to the right, please?