Tips for creating a transition effect when hovering over a CSS sprite

Below is a snippet of my CSS sprite code:

        #IconSet a {
        width: 36px;
        height: 36px;
        display: inline-block;
    }

    #DeviantArtIcon {
        border-width: 0px;
        border-style: none;
        background-image: url(http://static.monstermmorpg.com/images/csssprites/SocialIcons.png);
        background-color: transparent;
        background-repeat: repeat-x;
        background-position: -144px -0px;
        width: 36px;
        height: 36px;
    }

    #DeviantArtIcon:hover {
        border-width: 0px;
        border-style: none;
        background-image: url(http://static.monstermmorpg.com/images/csssprites/SocialIcons.png);
        background-color: transparent;
        background-repeat: repeat-x;
        background-position: -144px -36px;
        width: 36px;
        height: 36px;
    }

 <a id="DeviantArtIcon" href="http://monstermmorpg.deviantart.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Monster MMORPG On Deviant Art - Please Watch Our Channel"></a>

I am looking to add a transition effect when the icon is hovered. Can anyone provide guidance on how to achieve this?

My attempts so far have been unsuccessful.

CSS Fade Between Background Images on Hover

csshovercss-transitionstransition

Answer №1

Transition Effect: Fade Between Images

HTML Code:

<a id="deviant-art-icon" href="http://monstermmorpg.deviantart.com"><span></span></a>

CSS Code:

#deviant-art-icon {
    background:url(http://static.monstermmorpg.com/images/csssprites/SocialIcons.png) no-repeat;
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    text-indent: -9999px;
    width: 36px;
    height: 36px;
    background-position: -144px -0px;
}

#deviant-art-icon span {
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    bottom:0;
    right:0;  background:url(http://static.monstermmorpg.com/images/csssprites/SocialIcons.png) no-repeat;
    background-position: -144px -36px;
    opacity: 0;
    -webkit-transition: opacity 0.5s;
    -moz-transition:    opacity 0.5s;
    -o-transition:      opacity 0.5s;
}

#deviant-art-icon:hover span {
    opacity: 1;
}

See it in action here: http://jsfiddle.net/hxJyw/2/

Answer №2

1) Your CSS is missing any transition effects.

2) Avoid including transition effects within the :hover effect.

#DeviantArtIcon { 
-o-transition:2s ease-out, background 2s ease-in;
-ms-transition:2s ease-out, background 2s ease-in;
-moz-transition:2s ease-out, background 2s ease-in;
-webkit-transition:2s ease-out, background 2s ease-in;         
transition:2s ease-out, background 2s ease-in;
}

Test it out on jSFiddle

Hopefully this resolves your issue.

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