Navigation Hover Effects

by abhishek kirar

HTML

<section style="background: #3498db; color: #fff;">
  <h1>Beautiful navigation hover effects</h1>
  <p class="center">Scroll down to see some effects in action</p>
  <p class="center"><small>please use a latest webkit browser like Chrome or Opera. Thank you.</small></p>
</section>
<section style="background: #e74c3c; color: #fff;">
  <h2>Underline Stroke</h2>
  <nav class="stroke">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Downloads</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">More</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</section>
<section style="background: #2ecc71; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);">
  <h2>Underline Fill</h2>
  <nav class="fill">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Downloads</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">More</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</section>
<section style="background: #34495e; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);">
  <h2>Circle Fill</h2>
  <nav class="circle">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Downloads</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">More</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</section>
<section style="background: #f1c40f; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);">
  <h2>Shift</h2>
  <nav class="shift">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Downloads</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">More</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</section>

CSS

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:500,900,100,300,700,400);
body {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

small {
  font-size: 12px;
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}

h1 {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 50px 0;
  font-weight: 800;
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  color: inherit;
  font-size: 40px;
}

h2 {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 30px;
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: inherit;
  padding: 50px;
}

.center {
  text-align: center;
}

section {
  height: 100vh;
}

/* NAVIGATION */
nav {
  width: 80%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: #fff;
  padding: 50px 0;
  box-shadow: 0px 5px 0px #dedede;
}
nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  text-align: center;
}
nav ul li {
  display: inline-block;
}
nav ul li a {
  display: block;
  padding: 15px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #aaa;
  font-weight: 800;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin: 0 10px;
}
nav ul li a,
nav ul li a:after,
nav ul li a:before {
  transition: all .5s;
}
nav ul li a:hover {
  color: #555;
}


/* stroke */
nav.stroke ul li a,
nav.fill ul li a {
  position: relative;
}
nav.stroke ul li a:after,
nav.fill ul li a:after {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  margin: auto;
  width: 0%;
  content: '.';
  color: transparent;
  background: #aaa;
  height: 1px;
}
nav.stroke ul li a:hover:after {
  width: 100%;
}

nav.fill ul li a {
  transition: all 2s;
}

nav.fill ul li a:after {
  text-align: left;
  content: '.';
  margin: 0;
  opacity: 0;
}
nav.fill ul li a:hover {
  color: #fff;
  z-index: 1;
}
nav.fill ul li a:hover:after {
  z-index: -10;
  animation: fill 1s forwards;
  -webkit-animation: fill 1s forwards;
  -moz-animation: fill 1s forwards;
  opacity: 1;
}

/* Circle */
nav.circle ul li a {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  z-index: 1;
}
nav.circle ul li a:after {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  margin: 0;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  content: '.';
  color: transparent;
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