Confirm Delete
A two-step destructive pattern: the first click shakes the button and slides up a red confirmation panel; a second click within three seconds wipes it with a sweep into a "Deleted" ghost state.
Confirm Delete the 4th of 43 designs in the 43 CSS Button Designs collection. The design pairs CSS styling with a small amount of JavaScript for interactivity. Copy the HTML, CSS and JavaScript panels below into your project — the JS is self-contained, has zero dependencies, and is safe to drop into any framework (React, Vue, Svelte, plain HTML). The design honours prefers-reduced-motion and uses real semantic markup, so it ships accessibility-ready out of the box.
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<button class="btn-del"> <span class="btn-del-icon" aria-hidden="true">🗑</span> <span class="btn-del-text">Delete Item</span> <span class="btn-del-confirm">⚠ Tap again to confirm</span> <span class="btn-del-wipe" aria-hidden="true"></span> </button>
.btn-del {
position: relative;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 8px;
min-width: 170px;
padding: 13px 22px;
border: 1.5px solid #fca5a5;
border-radius: 10px;
background: #fff0f0;
color: #dc2626;
font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: 600;
cursor: pointer;
overflow: hidden;
user-select: none;
transition: background 0.3s, border-color 0.3s;
}
.btn-del:hover { background: #fee2e2; border-color: #f87171; }
.btn-del-icon { font-size: 16px; }
.btn-del-text { transition: opacity 0.2s; }
.btn-del-confirm {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 6px;
background: #dc2626;
color: #fff;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: 600;
opacity: 0;
transform: translateY(100%);
transition: opacity 0.25s, transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(.22,1,.36,1);
}
.btn-del-wipe {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
z-index: 5;
background: #dc2626;
border-radius: 8px;
transform: scaleX(0);
transform-origin: left;
}
.btn-del.is-confirming { animation: btn-del-shake 0.4s cubic-bezier(.36,.07,.19,.97); }
.btn-del.is-confirming .btn-del-confirm { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
.btn-del.is-confirming .btn-del-text,
.btn-del.is-confirming .btn-del-icon { opacity: 0; }
@keyframes btn-del-shake {
0%,100% { transform: translateX(0); }
20% { transform: translateX(-5px) rotate(-1deg); }
40% { transform: translateX(5px) rotate(1deg); }
60% { transform: translateX(-3px); }
80% { transform: translateX(3px); }
}
.btn-del.is-deleting { pointer-events: none; overflow: visible; }
.btn-del.is-deleting .btn-del-wipe { animation: btn-del-wipe-out 0.5s cubic-bezier(.77,0,.18,1) forwards; }
@keyframes btn-del-wipe-out {
0% { transform: scaleX(0); opacity: 1; }
60% { transform: scaleX(1); opacity: 1; }
100% { transform: scaleX(1); opacity: 0; }
}
.btn-del.is-deleted {
border-color: #e5e7eb;
background: #f9fafb;
color: #9ca3af;
pointer-events: none;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.btn-del.is-confirming { animation: none; }
.btn-del.is-deleting .btn-del-wipe { animation: none; }
} document.querySelectorAll('.btn-del').forEach(function (btn) {
var state = 'idle';
var resetTimer;
btn.addEventListener('click', function () {
if (state === 'idle') {
state = 'confirming';
btn.classList.add('is-confirming');
resetTimer = setTimeout(function () {
if (state === 'confirming') {
state = 'idle';
btn.classList.remove('is-confirming');
}
}, 3000);
} else if (state === 'confirming') {
clearTimeout(resetTimer);
state = 'deleting';
btn.classList.add('is-deleting');
setTimeout(function () {
btn.classList.remove('is-confirming', 'is-deleting');
btn.classList.add('is-deleted');
btn.querySelector('.btn-del-icon').textContent = '✓';
btn.querySelector('.btn-del-icon').style.opacity = '1';
btn.querySelector('.btn-del-text').textContent = 'Deleted';
btn.querySelector('.btn-del-text').style.opacity = '1';
btn.querySelector('.btn-del-confirm').style.opacity = '0';
}, 600);
}
});
});