Slide Up Content
Extra description and a CTA animate into view from below the title on hover using max-height and translateY.
Slide Up Content the 12th of 27 designs in the 27 CSS Card Hover Effects 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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<div class="card-12">
<div class="card-12__image"><span class="card-12__icon">🎨</span></div>
<div class="card-12__body">
<h4 class="card-12__title">Slide Up</h4>
<div class="card-12__hidden">
Extra details slide up on hover.
<span class="card-12__cta">Read more →</span>
</div>
</div>
</div> /* Demo 12 has its own typography scale — don't include the shared rules. */
.card-12 {
width: 100%;
max-width: 280px;
border-radius: 14px;
overflow: hidden;
background: #17171f;
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
cursor: pointer;
transition:
box-shadow 0.35s,
transform 0.35s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
}
.card-12:hover {
transform: translateY(-6px);
box-shadow: 0 16px 32px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42);
}
.card-12__image {
height: 90px;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1a2e, #0d0d2b);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
font-size: 32px;
transition: transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
}
.card-12:hover .card-12__image {
transform: scale(1.05);
}
.card-12__body {
padding: 16px 18px;
}
.card-12__title {
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 600;
color: #f0eeff;
margin-bottom: 4px;
}
.card-12__hidden {
font-size: 12px;
color: #b8b6d4;
max-height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
opacity: 0;
transform: translateY(8px);
transition:
max-height 0.4s ease,
opacity 0.35s ease,
transform 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
}
.card-12:hover .card-12__hidden {
max-height: 60px;
opacity: 1;
transform: translateY(0);
}
.card-12__cta {
display: inline-block;
margin-top: 6px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #7c6cff;
font-weight: 600;
opacity: 0;
transform: translateY(6px);
transition:
opacity 0.3s 0.12s,
transform 0.3s 0.12s;
}
.card-12:hover .card-12__cta {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateY(0);
}