Diagonal Featured Items

Diagonal row of featured items

by kthornbloom

HTML

<div class="element-features">
    <div class="element-features-wrap">
        <div class="feature">
            <div class="feature-img" style="background-image:url(https://picsum.photos/200)"></div>
            <div class="feature-title">
                TITLE GOES HERE
            </div>
            <div class="feature-text">
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            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="feature">
            <div class="feature-img" style="background-image:url(https://picsum.photos/g/200)"></div>
            <div class="feature-title">
                TITLE GOES HERE
            </div>
            <div class="feature-text">
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            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="feature">
            <div class="feature-img" style="background-image:url(https://picsum.photos/200?random)"></div>
            <div class="feature-title">
                TITLE GOES HERE
            </div>
            <div class="feature-text">
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            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="feature">
            <div class="feature-img" style="background-image:url(https://picsum.photos/200)"></div>
            <div class="feature-title">
                TITLE GOES HERE
            </div>
            <div class="feature-text">
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SCSS

body {
    font-family: sans-serif;
}

@media screen and (min-width:720px){

.element-features {
    position: relative;
}

.element-features-wrap {
    position: relative;
    display: flex;
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.feature {
    position: relative;
    height: 400px;
    flex-grow: 1;
    flex-basis: 15%;
    display: flex;
    overflow:hidden;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
    transform: skewX(-10deg);
    box-sizing: border-box;
    transition: .7s;
}

.feature:first-of-type {
    transform: none;
    margin-right: -40px;
    padding-right: 50px;
    flex-basis: 20%;
    .feature-title {
        transform: skewX(0deg);
    }
}

.feature:last-of-type {
    padding-left: 50px;
    transform: none;
    flex-basis: 20%;
    .feature-title {
        transform: skewX(0deg);
    }
}

.feature:nth-last-child(3) {
    z-index: 2;
}

.feature:nth-last-child(2) {
    z-index: 1;
    margin-right: -40px;
}

.feature-img {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-size: cover;
    filter: brightness(.6);
    transition: .2s;
}

.feature-title {
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    color: #fff;
    padding: 15px;
    transform: skewX(10deg);
}

.feature-text {
    display: none;
    flex-grow:1;
    overflow:auto;
}

.feature:hover:not(.feature-active) {
    cursor: pointer;
    .feature-img {
        filter: brightness(.9);
    }
}

.feature-close {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    padding: 15px;
    display: none;
    color: #fff;
    z-index: 10;
}

.element-features-active {
    .feature {
        flex-basis: 20px;
        flex-grow: 0;
        padding: 0;
        margin: 0;
        transform: skewX(0deg);
    }
	.feature:not(.feature-active){
		.feature-title {
			opacity:0;
		}
	}
    .feature-close {
        display: block;
    }
}

.feature-active {
    width: 100% !important;
    flex-basis: 100% !important;
    .feature-text {
 ...

JavaScript

function closeFeatures() {
    $('.feature-active').removeClass('feature-active');
    $('.element-features-active').removeClass('element-features-active');
}

$('.feature').on('click', function() {
    closeFeatures();
    $(this).addClass('feature-active');
    $(this).parent().parent().addClass('element-features-active');
})

$('.feature-close').on('click', function() {
    closeFeatures();
});