Creating Smooth Transitions with Transition Properties - I

CSS transitions enable us to change property values smoothly over a specified duration, enhancing the visual experience of our web pages. By defining transition effects, we can control the speed of animations when changing CSS properties.

Understanding the transition properties

The core properties that control transitions are:

• transition-property: Specifies the CSS property to which the transition is applied.

• transition-duration: Defines the length of time the transition takes to complete.

• transition-timing-function: Describes how the intermediate values of the transition are calculated.

• transition-delay: Sets the time to wait before starting the transition.

Let’s create a simple hover effect on a button to illustrate transitions.