Can CSS transitions be used to allow a text paragraph to fade-in on page load?
I really like how it looked on http://dotmailapp.com/ and would love to use a similar effect using CSS. The domain has since been purchased and no longer has the effect mentioned. An archived copy can be viewed on the Wayback Machine.
Having this markup:
<div id="test">
<p>This is a test</p>
</div>
With the following CSS rule:
#test p {
opacity: 0;
margin-top: 25px;
font-size: 21px;
text-align: center;
-webkit-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
-moz-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
-o-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
-ms-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
}
How can the transition be triggered on load?
If you are looking for a self-invoking transition then you should use CSS 3 Animations. They aren't supported either, but this is exactly the kind of thing they were made for.
#test p {
margin-top: 25px;
font-size: 21px;
text-align: center;
-webkit-animation: fadein 2s; /* Safari, Chrome and Opera > 12.1 */
-moz-animation: fadein 2s; /* Firefox < 16 */
-ms-animation: fadein 2s; /* Internet Explorer */
-o-animation: fadein 2s; /* Opera < 12.1 */
animation: fadein 2s;
}
@keyframes fadein {
from { opacity: 0; }
to { opacity: 1; }
}
/* Firefox < 16 */
@-moz-keyframes fadein {
from { opacity: 0; }
to { opacity: 1; }
}
/* Safari, Chrome and Opera > 12.1 */
@-webkit-keyframes fadein {
from { opacity: 0; }
to { opacity: 1; }
}
/* Internet Explorer */
@-ms-keyframes fadein {
from { opacity: 0; }
to { opacity: 1; }
}
/* Opera < 12.1 */
@-o-keyframes fadein {
from { opacity: 0; }
to { opacity: 1; }
}
All modern browsers and Internet Explorer 10 (and later): http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-animation
Alternatively, you can use jQuery (or plain JavaScript; see the third code block) to change the class on load:
$("#test p").addClass("load");
#test p {
opacity: 0;
font-size: 21px;
margin-top: 25px;
text-align: center;
-webkit-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
-moz-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
-ms-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
-o-transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
transition: opacity 2s ease-in;
}
#test p.load {
opacity: 1;
}
document.getElementById("test").children[0].className += " load";
All modern browsers and Internet Explorer 10 (and later): http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-transitions
Or, you can use the method that .Mail uses:
$("#test p").delay(1000).animate({ opacity: 1 }, 700);
#test p {
opacity: 0;
font-size: 21px;
margin-top: 25px;
text-align: center;
}
jQuery 1.x: All modern browsers and Internet Explorer 6 (and later): http://jquery.com/browser-support/
jQuery 2.x: All modern browsers and Internet Explorer 9 (and later): http://jquery.com/browser-support/
This method is the most cross-compatible as the target browser does not need to support CSS 3 transitions or animations.