Glitch Cross
RGB-split glitch shudders across the X every few seconds — a constant micro-twitch that screams sci-fi UI panel.
Glitch Cross the 6th of 18 designs in the 18 CSS Close Buttons collection. The design is implemented in pure CSS — no JavaScript required. Copy the HTML and CSS panels below into your project. Because the demo is pure CSS, it works in any framework or templating engine you happen to use. The design honours prefers-reduced-motion and uses real semantic markup, so it ships accessibility-ready out of the box.
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The code
<button class="ccb-glitch" aria-label="Close"><span class="ccb-g-x">✕</span></button>
.ccb-glitch {
width: 38px; height: 38px;
border: 1px solid rgba(46,204,138,0.3);
background: #0c0c12;
font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;
cursor: pointer; position: relative;
color: #2ecc8a;
}
.ccb-g-x { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.ccb-glitch::before, .ccb-glitch::after {
content: '✕';
position: absolute; inset: 0;
display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;
}
.ccb-glitch::before { color: #ff6c8a; clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 45%, 0 45%); animation: ccb-gl-t 2.4s infinite steps(2); }
.ccb-glitch::after { color: #7c6cff; clip-path: polygon(0 55%, 100% 55%, 100% 100%, 0 100%); animation: ccb-gl-b 2.4s infinite steps(2); }
.ccb-glitch:hover::before, .ccb-glitch:hover::after { animation-duration: 0.3s; }
@keyframes ccb-gl-t { 0%,90% { transform: translateX(0); } 92% { transform: translateX(-3px); } 94% { transform: translateX(3px); } 100% { transform: translateX(0); } }
@keyframes ccb-gl-b { 0%,90% { transform: translateX(0); } 92% { transform: translateX(3px); } 94% { transform: translateX(-3px); } 100% { transform: translateX(0); } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.ccb-glitch,
.ccb-glitch * {
animation: none !important;
}
}