Is it possible to transition text-alignment using CSS3 only?
Is it possible to transition text-alignment using css3? For example, I'd like to animate text-alignment from left to right, however, adding a transition property on text-align doesn't do the trick.
Answer
I found out a way of not only animating from left to right / right to left, but also from centered text.
The trick is to apply a width of '0'.
ul {
background: #fff;
padding: 16px;
border: 1px solid #e2e2e2;
}
li {
list-style: none;
letter-spacing: 1px;
font: 12px 'Tahoma';
line-height: 24px;
color: #444;
text-align: center;
white-space: nowrap;
width: 100%;
transition: width .8s ease;
}
ul:hover > li {
width: 0;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>this</li>
<li>is a list</li>
<li>of entries</li>
<li>with various widths.</li>
<li>hover over it</li>
<li>to apply crazy css magic!</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>