I attempted to use CSS transition effects on the margin and padding properties.
The goal was to create an illusion of a larger background upon hovering. To achieve this, I increased the padding and decreased the margin correspondingly on hover, ensuring that the text remained in its original position.
Below is the code snippet:
.content {
width: 600px;
margin: auto;
}
a.btn {
background-color: #5C9E42;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 35px;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 10px;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #696969;
transition: all 0.3s ease;
}
a.btn:hover {
background-color: #23570E;
padding: 20px;
margin: -10px;
}<div class="content">
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<a href="#" class="btn">Bello! How are you doing?</a>
</div>Upon testing the code, it became evident that the transition experienced some lag and the text appeared jerky when hovered over.
This issue seems to be specific to Chrome, Safari, Opera, and other webkit browsers as it works seamlessly in Firefox and IE browsers.
P.S: Changing the display property of a.btn to inline-block alleviated the lag slightly. Any insights on what might be causing this problem?