Cyberpunk Glitch Notification
Notification counter with perpetual chromatic aberration. Hover triggers a full RGB-split glitch storm; click scrambles the digits hex-style before settling. Scanline drifts top-to-bottom continuously.
Cyberpunk Glitch Notification the 27th of 30 designs in the 30 CSS Badges 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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<div class="cyber-wrap">
<div class="cyber-header">
<span>NET://INCOMING [ACTIVE]</span>
<span>UPLINK <span class="cyber-blink">▮</span></span>
</div>
<div class="cyber-card cyber-urgent">
<div class="cyber-scanline"></div>
<div class="cyber-label">[alerts.crit]</div>
<div class="cyber-count">03</div>
<div class="cyber-meta"><span>system</span><span class="cyber-tag">PRIORITY</span></div>
</div>
<div class="cyber-card">
<div class="cyber-scanline"></div>
<div class="cyber-label">[unread.msg]</div>
<div class="cyber-count">247</div>
<div class="cyber-meta"><span>direct</span><span class="cyber-tag">+12 NEW</span></div>
</div>
</div> .cyber-wrap {
background: #0a0e0a;
padding: 36px 32px;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 24px;
}
.cyber-wrap::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg,
transparent 0px, transparent 3px,
rgba(0,255,140,0.025) 3px, rgba(0,255,140,0.025) 4px);
pointer-events: none;
}
.cyber-wrap::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background:
radial-gradient(circle at 30% 20%, rgba(255,0,140,0.1), transparent 50%),
radial-gradient(circle at 70% 80%, rgba(0,255,200,0.1), transparent 50%);
pointer-events: none;
}
.cyber-header {
font-family: "VT323", ui-monospace, monospace;
color: #00ff8c;
font-size: 18px;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
letter-spacing: 0.05em;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}
.cyber-blink { animation: cyber-blink 1s steps(2) infinite; }
@keyframes cyber-blink { 50% { opacity: 0; } }
.cyber-card {
background: rgba(10, 20, 14, 0.6);
border: 1px solid #00ff8c;
padding: 24px 22px;
position: relative;
transition: all 0.3s;
cursor: pointer;
z-index: 1;
}
.cyber-card::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: -1px;
left: -1px;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
border-top: 2px solid #ff0099;
border-left: 2px solid #ff0099;
}
.cyber-card::after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: -1px;
right: -1px;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
border-bottom: 2px solid #ff0099;
border-right: 2px solid #ff0099;
}
.cyber-label {
font-family: "Major Mono Display", ui-monospace, monospace;
color: #00ff8c;
font-size: 10px;
letter-spacing: 0.25em;
margin-bottom: 8px;
text-transform: lowercase;
}
.cyber-count {
font-family: "VT323", ui-monospace, monospace;
color: #fff;
font-size: 64px;
line-height: 1;
text-shadow:
2px 0 #ff0099,
-2px 0 #00d4ff,
0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
margin-bottom: 14px;
transition: text-shadow 0.2s;
}
.cyber-card:hover .cyber-count {
animation: cyber-glitch 0.4s infinite;
}
@keyframes cyber-glitch {
0% { text-shadow: 3px 0 #ff0099, -3px 0 #00d4ff, 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,0.5); transform: translateX(0); }
25% { text-shadow: -3px 0 #ff0099, 3px 0 #00d4ff; transform: translateX(-1px); }
50% { text-shadow: 3px 0 #ff0099, -3px 0 #00d4ff; transform: translateX(1px); }
75% { text-shadow: 0 3px #ff0099, 0 -3px #00d4ff; transform: translateX(0); }
100% { text-shadow: 3px 0 #ff0099, -3px 0 #00d4ff; }
}
.cyber-meta {
font-family: "VT323", ui-monospace, monospace;
color: rgba(0,255,140,0.6);
font-size: 14px;
letter-spacing: 0.05em;
border-top: 1px dashed rgba(0,255,140,0.3);
padding-top: 10px;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.cyber-tag { color: #ff0099; }
.cyber-urgent {
border-color: #ff0099;
animation: cyber-urgent 2s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.cyber-urgent::before, .cyber-urgent::after {
border-color: #00ff8c;
}
@keyframes cyber-urgent {
0%, 100% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 rgba(255,0,153,0.4); }
50% { box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(255,0,153,0.4); }
}
.cyber-scanline {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: 0;
height: 2px;
background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #00ff8c, transparent);
opacity: 0.6;
animation: cyber-scan 3s linear infinite;
}
@keyframes cyber-scan {
0% { top: 0; }
100% { top: 100%; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.cyber-blink, .cyber-scanline, .cyber-urgent { animation: none; }
.cyber-card:hover .cyber-count { animation: none; }
} // Click any counter card to scramble the digits hex-style before
// settling back to the real value. Mirrors the glitch aesthetic
// applied via CSS on hover.
document.querySelectorAll('.cyber-card').forEach(function (card) {
card.addEventListener('click', function () {
var countEl = card.querySelector('.cyber-count');
var original = countEl.textContent;
var chars = '0123456789ABCDEF';
var i = 0;
var scramble = setInterval(function () {
countEl.textContent = Array.from(original).map(function (c) {
return /[\dA-Za-z]/.test(c)
? chars[Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length)]
: c;
}).join('');
if (++i > 8) {
clearInterval(scramble);
countEl.textContent = original;
}
}, 50);
});
});