Scroll-Linked View Transition Header
demo & codeThis Scroll-Linked View Transition Header demonstrates a cinematic UI pattern common in music apps like Spotify. It uses the View Transition API to morph a large album hero section into a compact, sticky navigation bar, but with a twist: the animation progress is scrubbed directly by the user’s scroll position rather than a fixed timer.
Smart CSS Anchored Selection Pills
demo & codeThis Smart CSS Anchored Selection Pills component demonstrates the bleeding edge of CSS layout capabilities. It uses the new CSS Anchor Positioning API to tether a visual “pill” indicator to the currently selected radio button without JavaScript calculations for position. The demo includes a robust fallback system that calculates positions via ResizeObserver for browsers that don’t yet support anchors, ensuring a consistent experience across the board. It also features advanced masking techniques (SVG and CSS Filters) to create “knockout” text effects where the selected text changes color inversely to the pill background.
Expanding Split-Screen Grid Navigation
demo & codeThis Expanding Split-Screen Grid Navigation transforms standard menu items into an immersive, interactive gallery experience. It organizes content into a responsive grid where hovering over an item reveals a contextual background image, and clicking expands the section into a full-screen detailed view. This component is ideal for portfolios, featured article selections, or high-end agency landing pages where visual storytelling is key.
Mouse-Tracking Linear Shine Button
demo & codeThis Mouse-Tracking Linear Shine Button adds a high-end, tactile feel to your UI. Unlike standard hover effects that simply swap colors, this component tracks the user’s cursor position to drag a realistic light reflection across the button’s surface. Built with React and Tailwind CSS, it utilizes reactive CSS variables to control gradient positions, creating a dynamic lighting effect that feels physical and responsive.
Scroll-Driven Image Swapper
demo & codeThis Scroll-Driven Image Swapper demonstrates the bleeding edge of web animation. It uses the native CSS Scroll-driven Animations API to create a complex parallax-like effect where two columns of different heights scroll in sync. As you scroll, the images in the shorter column slide and crossfade to match the context of the taller column. Crucially, the code implements a Progressive Enhancement strategy: it checks for native browser support and falls back to GSAP ScrollTrigger for browsers that haven’t implemented the spec yet.
Semantic Custom Progress Bar Kit
demo & codeThis Semantic Custom Progress Bar Kit offers a robust way to display data visualization using a “semantic-first” approach. Instead of writing empty div soup, you define your data using standard HTML5 <progress> tags. The accompanying JavaScript then “hydrates” these tags, converting them into four distinct, visually rich styles ranging from simple solids to complex gradients and striped patterns, perfect for dashboards or skill portfolios.
Skeuomorphic Wood Texture Toggles
demo & codeThis collection of Skeuomorphic Wood Texture Toggles brings a tactile, nostalgic feel to digital interfaces. It showcases four distinct variations of toggle switches (sliding, dotted handle, separated track, and embedded text), all unified by a realistic wood grain texture and intricate lighting effects. The implementation demonstrates the power of modern CSS features like :has() to control complex state changes without a single line of JavaScript.
WebGL Fluid Smoke Button
demo & codeThis WebGL Fluid Smoke Button elevates standard UI interactions by embedding a real-time generative shader directly into the interface. Instead of using a heavy video file, it calculates complex fluid dynamics on the fly using Fractional Brownian Motion (fBM). The result is a mesmerizing, never-repeating smoky background that reacts to hover states with a smooth scale and rotation effect, styled effortlessly via Tailwind CSS.
Cinematic Black Magic Volume Knob
demo & codeThis Cinematic Black Magic Volume Knob pushes the boundaries of modern CSS, creating a tangible, high-fidelity control element. It combines a standard range input with advanced CSS Houdini features like @property and wide-gamut P3 colors. The result is a glowing, liquid-like interface where turning the dial triggers a cascade of particles and dynamic lighting effects, perfect for premium audio applications or dashboards.
Holographic 3D Interactive Card
demo & codeThis Holographic 3D Interactive Card is a premium UI component inspired by rare physical trading cards. It features a sophisticated depth effect where the logo floats independently from the iridescent background, reacting dynamically to mouse movements or touch input. The use of modern CSS APIs ensures high-performance rendering of complex gradients and masks, creating a truly immersive “collectible” feel for digital assets.
Magnetic Video Play Button Concept
demo & codeThe Magnetic Video Play Button Concept is an interactive UI element that replaces the standard video player controls with a creative, cursor-following play button. This implementation enhances user engagement by making the primary interaction point - the play toggle - dynamic and physically responsive to the user’s movement. It is perfect for landing pages and high-end portfolio sites where media content is the centerpiece.
Skeuomorphic Retro Power Buttons
demo & codeSkeuomorphic design meets modern web animation in these Windows XP-inspired power buttons. This component utilizes detailed CSS shadows to create a tactile 3D effect, paired with SVG path manipulation for playful micro-interactions upon interaction.
Staggered Panel Curtain Menu
demo & codeThe Staggered Panel Curtain Menu is a creative full-screen navigation concept that breaks the traditional “fade-in” mold. It uses a series of vertical panels that drop down at slightly different intervals, creating a sophisticated “curtain” reveal. This effect is achieved by combining the precision of GSAP with the flexibility of CSS clip-path and variable fonts, making it an ideal choice for high-end creative portfolios or modern agency websites.
Sticky Observer Navigation
demo & codeThe Sticky Observer Navigation is a performance-first header component designed for modern landing pages. It uses an elegant dark-blue color palette with “Abril Fatface” typography to create a high-contrast, premium look. The navigation intelligently shrinks and hides the central title as the user scrolls, providing more screen real estate for content while maintaining essential link icons within a fixed bar.
3D Tilt Mobile Navigation
demo & codeThis 3D Tilt Mobile Navigation concept adds a tactile, physical feel to mobile app menus. Unlike standard flat navigations, this component utilizes CSS perspective to “tilt” the entire menu bar towards the user’s touch point, simulating a floating surface. It pairs this effect with delightful SVG icon micro-interactions and a “fly-out” card transition for the content area, creating a highly polished, app-like experience on the web.
Atmospheric Split-View Gallery
demo & codeThis Atmospheric Split-View Gallery creates an immersive, story-driven experience reminiscent of a digital scrapbook. It combines a full-screen horizontal slider with a “flip-card” mechanic to reveal hidden content. The visual style defines the component, utilizing CSS mix-blend-mode to fuse historical black-and-white photography with a grunge paper texture, creating a cohesive, vintage aesthetic.
Geometric Custom Range Sliders
demo & codeThese Geometric Custom Range Sliders push the boundaries of form styling by abandoning the standard “circle on a line” look. Created by CSS math wizard Ana Tudor, this set utilizes SCSS trigonometry to generate complex thumb shapes (like triangles and hollow pills) and CSS Mask Composition to carve out negative space. The result is a set of distinct, scalable inputs that rely on a single HTML <input> tag without any wrapper divs.
Split Staggered Reveal Cards
demo & codeThis Split Staggered Reveal Card creates a dramatic, cinematic effect suitable for portfolios or featured content sections. Upon interaction, the background image recedes while two semi-transparent overlays slide in to create a high-contrast backdrop. Simultaneously, the title and description animate in with a precise staggered delay - letters for the title and words for the paragraph - powered by CSS variables.
Bouncy Digital Block Clock
demo & codeThis Bouncy Digital Block Clock transforms a standard time display into a playful, tactile UI element. It utilizes a split-digit technique where numbers “roll” into place while their container physically bounces, adding weight and character to every second that passes. The component is fully responsive, supports system dark mode automatically, and ensures accessibility via dynamic ARIA labels.
GSAP Flip Layout Expansion
demo & codeThis GSAP Flip Layout Expansion demonstrates how to animate complex layout changes that are usually impossible with pure CSS. By utilizing the FLIP (First, Last, Invert, Play) technique via GSAP, a list item transforms from a horizontal row into a vertical, detailed card. It smoothly handles the resizing of nested elements (like the avatar) and the repositioning of surrounding items without jumpy reflows.
Merging Pill Filter Buttons
demo & codeThis Merging Pill Filter Button set introduces a fluid, organic feel to standard multi-select inputs. Instead of keeping active items isolated, this component visually fuses adjacent selected buttons into a single continuous shape. It’s an excellent choice for music apps, filtering systems, or any UI where categories are related and grouping them visually adds context.
Twitch Style Gradient Hover Card
demo & codeThis Twitch Style Gradient Hover Card brings a high-energy interactive element to your UI, perfect for feature highlights or gaming profiles. It combines a sliding background gradient that utilizes responsive vmin units with a JavaScript-powered staggered text reveal. The result is a fluid animation where the background shifts dynamically while the subtitle types itself in word by word.
3D Parallax Hover Card
demo & codeThis 3D Parallax Hover Card creates a premium, tactile feel by mimicking physical depth on a flat screen. As the user moves their cursor over the card, it tilts along the X and Y axes to face the mouse, while the background image shifts in the opposite direction. This compound movement creates a convincing “window” effect, making the content appear to float above the background.
React Filterable Image Gallery
demo & codeThis React Filterable Image Gallery is a clean, component-based solution for organizing visual content. Unlike simple “show/hide” scripts, it uses React’s state management to handle complex multi-criteria filtering. Users can toggle multiple categories (e.g., “Food” AND “Plants”) simultaneously, or reset everything with an “All” button. The UI is polished with pastel colors and smooth hover animations.
Tearing Paper Photo Gallery
demo & codeThis Tearing Paper Photo Gallery is a technical marvel that simulates the physical act of ripping a photograph in half. Unlike simple 2D masking effects, this component uses WebGL (Three.js) to deform the geometry in 3D space. As the user drags downward, the “paper” mesh splits, rotates, and tears along a procedural edge, complete with lighting and shadow effects generated by custom shaders.
Draggable 3D Cube with Dynamic Lighting
demo & codeThis Draggable 3D Cube goes beyond standard CSS 3D transforms by implementing a custom “lighting engine” using JavaScript. As the user drags to rotate the carousel, the opacity of each face is dynamically calculated based on its angle relative to the viewport. This creates a realistic shading effect - faces facing the viewer are bright and fully opaque, while those turning away fade into the background, enhancing the perception of depth without using WebGL.
Draggable 3D Parallax Image Ring
demo & codeThis Draggable 3D Parallax Image Ring creates a high-end, immersive gallery experience often associated with WebGL, but built entirely with DOM elements and GSAP. It arranges images in a 3D circle that users can spin with a swipe or mouse drag. The standout feature is the calculated parallax effect: as the ring rotates, the background position of each image shifts in the opposite direction, creating a convincing illusion of depth and window-like transparency.
Interactive 3D Photo Cube
demo & codeThis Interactive 3D Photo Cube creates a spatial navigation experience where a user explores six images mapped onto a cube by moving their cursor. Unlike standard sliders, it utilizes CSS 3D transforms orchestrated by GSAP to create a seamless, physics-like rotation. The snippet also features a “window-pane” parallax effect where the background images shift slightly inside their frames, adding an extra layer of depth.
Staggered Bars Reveal Animation
demo & codeThis Staggered Bars Reveal Animation creates a cinematic intro for landing pages using zero JavaScript. By orchestrating a single pseudo-element (::after) with complex linear-gradient backgrounds, the component simulates seven distinct bars sliding into place. The animation cleverly shifts the background-position of each gradient strip sequentially, creating a rhythmic “wipe” effect that culminates in the text appearing.
WebGL Voronoi Particle Transition
demo & codeThis WebGL Voronoi Particle Transition is a cutting-edge visual effect that reimagines the standard image slider. Instead of manipulating DOM elements or simple textures, it converts images into a massive system of particles (one for every pixel). During transitions, these particles are subjected to a mathematical storm driven by Voronoi diagrams, creating a liquid, swirling distortion effect that feels organic and computational.
Cursor-Tracking Spotlight Reveal Effect
demo & codeThis Cursor-Tracking Spotlight Reveal Effect creates a sophisticated “x-ray” or “flashlight” interaction. Initially, the user sees plain text. As the mouse moves, a circular mask follows the cursor, revealing a hidden image underneath and simultaneously inverting the text color to white within the circle. This technique adds depth and playfulness to portfolio links or gallery items without disrupting the layout.
Elastic SVG Morphing Form Controls
demo & codeThis Elastic SVG Morphing Form Controls set redefines standard UI elements by treating them as organic, malleable shapes. Instead of rigid CSS transitions, it utilizes GSAP’s MorphSVGPlugin to physically warp the vector paths of checkboxes, radio buttons, and switches during interaction. The result is a tactile, “gummy” feel where elements squish upon clicking and snap elastically into their active states.
Expandable News Card Widget
demo & codeThis Expandable News Card Widget demonstrates a classic pattern for managing content density in UI design. By default, it presents a single “Headline” state to save screen space. Upon interaction, it smoothly transitions into an “Expanded” state, revealing a scrollable list of news items. It utilizes React state to handle the logic and CSS transitions for the visual effect.
GSAP SVG Circle Unwrapping Animation
demo & codeThis GSAP SVG Circle Unwrapping Animation is a masterclass in visual sleight of hand. Instead of mathematically morphing a curved path into a straight line (which often results in distorted, unappealing stroke widths), this component creates a seamless illusion. It splits a circle into two halves and synchronizes their movement with a dynamically generated straight line, making it appear as though the circle is being physically unrolled or “unwrapped” like a ribbon.
Interactive CSS Light Bulb Toggle
demo & codeThis Interactive CSS Light Bulb Toggle transforms a standard theme switch into a playful interaction. It creates a convincing illusion of a physical pull-cord using standard click events. Rather than using a complex physics engine, it relies on precise timing between mouse/touch events and CSS transforms to mimic the tension and release of a rope when the user clicks the button.
Simple Alpine.js Bar Chart
demo & codeThis Simple Alpine.js Bar Chart offers a minimalist alternative to heavyweight libraries like Chart.js or D3. By leveraging Alpine.js for reactivity and Tailwind CSS for styling, it renders a functional, interactive bar chart with a tiny footprint. It is ideal for dashboards where bundle size is a priority and complex charting features aren’t required.
Vue FLIP Image Gallery
demo & codeThis Vue FLIP Image Gallery showcases a high-performance way to animate layout changes that are typically expensive for the browser. When a user selects an image, it expands to fill a larger portion of the grid, while surrounding items gracefully rearrange themselves. This is achieved not by simple CSS transitions, but by the FLIP technique (First, Last, Invert, Play), ensuring buttery smooth 60fps animations even during complex DOM reflows.
Beveled Corner Glow Cards
demo & codeThis Beveled Corner Glow Card component demonstrates the bleeding edge of CSS UI styling. It primarily utilizes the new corner-shape property to create chamfered (angled) edges without complex clip-paths, while implementing a sophisticated CSS Mask fallback for older engines. The interaction features a “scanning” light beam effect on the border, powered by CSS Houdini for buttery smooth interpolation.
Blooming Night Garden Animation
demo & codeThis Blooming Night Garden Animation is a delightful example of “CSS Art,” where HTML elements are shaped into complex illustrations using code. It features a complete scene with a textured night sky, procedurally blooming flowers, swaying grass, and a particle system of floating hearts, all brought to life through choreographed CSS keyframes.
Glassmorphic HSL Color Palette Generator
demo & codeThis Glassmorphic HSL Color Palette Generator is a production-grade design tool that combines advanced color theory logic with a modern, translucent UI. Unlike simple randomizers, it uses HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) mathematics to generate mathematically harmonious schemes (Analogous, Triadic, Split-Complementary) while simultaneously calculating WCAG accessibility ratios in real-time.
React SVG Fireworks Celebration
demo & codeThis React SVG Fireworks Celebration component delivers a festive visual experience without the overhead of heavy animation libraries like GSAP or Framer Motion. By combining React’s component composition with the lightweight performance of native CSS animations and SVG vector graphics, it renders crisp, scalable explosions suitable for congratulations screens or holiday themes.
Staggered Gradient Skeleton Loader
demo & codeThis Staggered Gradient Skeleton Loader improves perceived performance by providing a visual structure while content fetches in the background. Unlike static placeholders, this Vue.js component utilizes a calculated delay system to create a “wave” animation across the grid, guiding the user’s eye naturally from top-left to bottom-right without using complex JavaScript animation libraries.
Trigonometric 3D Orbit Gallery
demo & codeThis Trigonometric 3D Orbit Gallery is a stunning example of “Code Art,” demonstrating the raw power of modern CSS mathematics. Instead of relying on rigid keyframes for positioning, it uses parametric equations to place and animate 32 images along a complex, fluid 3D curve in real-time, creating a perpetual motion machine effect purely with stylesheets.
Vertical Ghost Text Hover Effect
demo & codeThis Vertical Ghost Text Hover Effect adds a spectral, sci-fi vibe to navigation menus without requiring extra HTML elements or pseudo-elements. By animating a stack of vertical text-shadows, the component creates a fading “echo” or “glitch” visual that expands outward when a user interacts with the link. It utilizes the modern light-dark() function to handle system theme preferences automatically.
Accessibility Contrast Controller Popover
demo & codeThe Accessibility Contrast Controller Popover is a cutting-edge implementation of user-centric accessibility settings. It provides a non-invasive, floating interface that allows users to adjust the global contrast of a web application in real-time. By leveraging the native Popover API and the new CSS Anchor Positioning specification, this component achieves a highly polished look and feel with minimal JavaScript for layout.
Apple-Style Smooth Animated Accordion
demo & codeThe Apple-Style Smooth Animated Accordion is a cutting-edge UI component that achieves high-end animation results without a single line of JavaScript. Inspired by the sleek marketing pages of Apple, it utilizes the newest CSS specifications to solve the age-old problem of animating to height: auto while maintaining full accessibility through semantic HTML.
Border Image Fill Gradient Overlay
demo & codeThe Border Image Fill Gradient Overlay is a minimalist CSS technique used to add a decorative or functional gradient over background images. Unlike traditional methods that require extra HTML markup or ::before/::after pseudo-elements, this approach uses a single, underutilized property to enhance text contrast and visual depth.
CSS Anchor Positioning Navigation Effect
demo & codeThis CSS Anchor Positioning Navigation Effect is a masterclass in modern web standards, achieving a complex “sliding highlight” interaction entirely without JavaScript. By leveraging the new Anchor Positioning API alongside the :has() selector, the component allows a single background element to tether itself to whichever menu item is currently hovered, creating a premium, app-like feel with minimal code overhead.
Glassmorphism Profile Info Card
demo & codeThis Glassmorphism Profile Info Card is a high-end UI component that replicates the sleek, frosted-glass aesthetic found in modern operating systems like iOS and macOS. It features a sophisticated interplay between background imagery and foreground content, using advanced CSS masking and backdrop filters to create a natural sense of depth and hierarchy.
Pure CSS Animated Details Accordion
demo & codeThis Pure CSS Animated Details Accordion utilizes cutting-edge CSS functions to achieve smooth height transitions on native HTML elements without a single line of JavaScript. By leveraging the revolutionary calc-size() function and the ::details-content pseudo-element, it finally solves the age-old problem of animating from height: 0 to height: auto.