How to rotate shape loader animation using CSS ?
Minimal shape rotating loader is a basic CSS animation, where we will make a loader animation with 3 box shapes, & they will be rotated in the right direction by 180 degrees and rotate back to 0 degree & will keep running for an infinite time period. In this article, we will see how to rotate the square shape loader animation using CSS.
Approach: The following approach will be utilized to create shape rotating loader animation, which is described below:
- Make the loader with a div with the class name loader.
- Make three child span elements for the shape, here we will be making it square-shaped, these are named box.
- Style the parent loader element with display flex and gap between the child element with 0.6rem.
- Style the box, style the width, height, and background color, and add the animation of rotation with an infinite time period.
- Add the animation-delay to the 2nd and 3rd box for a smooth and unique effect.
- Make the keyframes at 50% for the rotation of the boxes to 180 degree.
Example: This example describes the shape-rotating loader animation using HTML & CSS.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <style> body { display: grid; place-items: center; } .loader { display: flex; gap: 0.6rem; } .box { width: 50px; height: 50px; background: #0043bc; animation: rotate 3s infinite; } .box:nth-child(2) { animation-delay: 0.25s; } .box:nth-child(3) { animation-delay: 0.5s; } @keyframes rotate { 50% { transform: rotate(180deg); background: rgb(0, 112, 255); background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0, 112, 255, 1) 45%, rgba(0, 67, 188, 1) 100%); } } </style></head> <body> <h1 style="color:green"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <h2 style="color:green"> Minimal shape rotating Loader </h2> <div class="loader"> <div class="box"></div> <div class="box"></div> <div class="box"></div> </div></body> </html> |
Output:
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