CSS Text Change on Hover

Demo:

To create the CSS Text Change on Hover follow the steps below and watch the video tutorial:

1. Add HTML
2. Add CSS

Step1.

Add HTML

<div class="square">
  <div class="text"><span>Hover Me</div>
</div>

Step2.

Add CSS

Set the colour and the position of the background and elements:

body {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100vh;
}

Create the rectangle:

.square {
  position: relative;
  width: 250px;
  height: 80px;
  border: 7px solid #333;  
  box-shadow: 10px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}

.square:before {
  position: absolute;
  content:"";
  width: 0px;
  height: 80px;
  background-color: #333;
  transition: width .5s ease;
}

Style the text:

.text {
  position: relative;
  font-size:50px;
  color: #333;
  font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;
  text-align: center;
  margin:7px;
}

Add transitions on hover:

.square:hover:before {
  width: 250px;
}
.square:hover .text:before {
  content:"Thanks!";
  color: #fff;
}

.square:hover span {
  display: none;
}

Watch also the video tutorial:

Enjoy coding!

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