JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Abdul Ahmad

HTML

<div class='text-box'>
  <div class='box-shadow'></div>
  <span class='text'>
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  </span>
</div>

CSS

.text-box {
  position: relative;
  width: 200px;
  background-color: white;
  padding: 10px;
  font-family: arial;
  font-size: 14px;
}
.text-box .box-shadow {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px 0px black;
  opacity: 0.5;
}
.text-box .text {
  display: block;
  height: 30px;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  transition: padding 0.15s ease;
}

.text-box:hover .text {
  height: auto;
  padding: 15px 0;
  transition: padding 0.15s ease;
}