CSS Hover Effects | Fade in Text with Background Source Code
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Fade in Text with Background Hover

This video is going to show you how to create a CSS Fade in text with background Hover effect. An image is covered with a solid color fades in with a text when a user hovers it.

The HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>

<div class="wrapper">
<img src="animal.jpeg">

<div class="overlay">

<div class="content">Fade In<span>Fade In text</span></div>

</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

The CSS

.wrapper {
font-family: sans-serif;
width: 80%;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
}

img {
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
.content {
position: absolute;
top: 45%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
-ms-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
color: #fff;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 60px;
}

.content span{
font-size: 24px;
display: block
}

.overlay {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
opacity: 0;
transition: .5s ease;
background-color: #ff771d;
}

.wrapper:hover .overlay {
opacity: 1;
}

Fade In Background Opacity(transparent) Hover

The HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS hover effects: Fade In Background opacity</title>
</head>

<body>

<div class="wrapper">
<img src="highland.jpeg">

<div class="overlay">

<div class="content">
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</div>

</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

The CSS

.wrapper{
font-family:sans-serif;
width: 80%;
margin: 0 auto;
position:relative;
}
img{
opacity: 1;
display: block;
width:100%;
height: auto;
transition: .5s ease;
}
.content{
position: absolute;
top:45%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
-ms-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 60px;
color:#fff;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden
}
.content a{
font-size: 24px;
display: block;
background-color: #ff771d;
text-align: center;
padding: 10px;
cursor: pointer
}
.overlay{
opacity: 0
}
.wrapper:hover img{
opacity: .5
}
.wrapper:hover .overlay{
opacity: 1
}