Flipping window is a new effect that is used in modern web designs. This effect is used as a showcase part, loader part, and in revealing banner. The effect is based on four squares rotating along the X and Y-axis. The order of rotation can be different, i.e it can be XX, XY, YX or YY.
Approach: The approach is to create 4 squares aligned next to each other making a big square(window).Then using @keyframes to rotate these small squares along the X and Y-axis. We have used the alternate sequence of YX i.e; first rotation along Y-axis and second along X-axis and so on.
First Section: In this section, we have created four “span” tags wrapped inside a “div” tag.
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HTML Code:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Flipping Window Effect</title></head><body><divclass="geeks"><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></div></body></html>
Second Section: For CSS, follow the below given steps.
- Step 1: Align the “div” to the center of the page.
- Step 2: Create a square applying CSS to the “span” tag.
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Step 3: Now, use the “nth child” property to align all the “spans” next to each other
forming a bigger square. - Step 4: Apply different colors to each “span” to make it look more beautiful.
- Step 5: Use @keyframes to rotate small squares alternatively on Y and X axis.
Note: The order of rotation does not matter, you can follow any order. The same animation can be applied to any shape but square is the most used one.
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CSS Code:
.geeks{position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;}span {position:absolute;width:20px;height:20px;background:#262626;animation: animate4s infinite ease-in-out;}span:nth-child(1) {background-color: chocolate;left:-24px;top:-24px;animation-delay:0.2s;}span:nth-child(2) {background-color:rgb(57,30,210);left:0px;top:-24px;animation-delay:0.4s;}span:nth-child(3) {background-color:rgb(36,210,30);left:-24px;top:0px;animation-delay:0.6s;}span:nth-child(4) {background-color:rgb(210,30,141);left:0;top:0;animation-delay:0.8s;}@keyframes animate {0%{transform: rotateY(0deg);}20%{transform: rotateX(360deg);}40%{transform: rotateY(180deg);}60%{transform: rotateX(0deg);}80%{transform: rotateY(360deg);}100%{transform: rotateX(180deg);}}
Complete Code: It is the combination of the above two sections.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>Flipping Window Effect</title>
<style>
.geeks {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
}
span {
position: absolute;
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background: #262626;
animation: animate 4s infinite ease-in-out;
}
span:nth-child(1) {
background-color: chocolate;
left: -24px;
top: -24px;
animation-delay: 0.2s;
}
span:nth-child(2) {
background-color: rgb(57, 30, 210);
left: 0px;
top: -24px;
animation-delay: 0.4s;
}
span:nth-child(3) {
background-color: rgb(36, 210, 30);
left: -24px;
top: 0px;
animation-delay: 0.6s;
}
span:nth-child(4) {
background-color: rgb(210, 30, 141);
left: 0;
top: 0;
animation-delay: 0.8s;
}
@keyframes animate {
0% {
transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
20% {
transform: rotateX(360deg);
}
40% {
transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
60% {
transform: rotateX(0deg);
}
80% {
transform: rotateY(360deg);
}
100% {
transform: rotateX(180deg);
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="geeks">
<span></span>
<span></span>
<span></span>
<span></span>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output: