How to create animated border on hover

css, css-transitions, jquery

Solution

You can use this code, I copied from your sample website.

Here is working jsFiddle.

Demo:

a {
    float: left;
    border-radius: 5px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    overflow: hidden;
    min-width: 47px;
    display: table;
    padding: 6px 9px;
    border: none;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-out;
    -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease-out;
    -o-transition: all 0.5s ease-out;
    transition: all 0.5s ease-out;
    text-align: center;
    color: #fff;
    background-color: #E32831;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;
}

span {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    line-height: 23px;
    transition: 0.3s ease;
    -webkit-transition: 0.3s ease;
    -moz-transition: 0.3s ease;
    -o-transition: 0.3s ease;
    -ms-transition: 0.3s ease;
}
a:hover span {
    color: #5a5a5a;
}
.btnBefore, .btnAfter {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    height: 0;
    width: 0;
    border: solid #e32831;
    border-width: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    transition: 0;
    -webkit-transition: 0;
    -moz-transition: 0;
    -o-transition: 0;
    -ms-transition: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    border-color: #E32831;
    border-radius: 5px;
}
    a .btnBefore {
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
}
a .btnAfter {
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
}
a:hover .btnBefore {
    border-width: 0 0 1px 1px;
}
a:hover .btnAfter {
    border-width: 1px 1px 0 0;
}

a:hover .btnAfter, a:hover .btnBefore {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
transition: width 0.5s ease, height 0.5s ease 0.5s, border-top-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s, border-top-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s;
-webkit-transition: width 0.5s ease, height 0.5s ease 0.5s, border-top-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s, border-top-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s;
-moz-transition: width 0.5s ease, height 0.5s ease 0.5s, border-top-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s, border-top-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s;
-o-transition: width 0.5s ease, height 0.5s ease 0.5s, border-top-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s, border-top-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s;
-ms-transition: width 0.5s ease, height 0.5s ease 0.5s, border-top-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.4s, border-bottom-right-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s, border-top-left-radius 0.1s ease 0.9s;
}

<a href="#">
    <span class="text">Click the link</span>
    <span class="btnBefore"></span>
    <span class="btnAfter"></span>
</a>

Problem

I want to create a hover effect like in this site: http://themes.creiden.com/circleflip/blog-with-sidebar/ Just hover over the "More" link. http://joxi.ru/uXHGU_3JTJBkDpt35Iw So I tried to do something like this, but I have only this variant http://jsfiddle.net/TY8CQ/ Code: HTML ``` <a href="#">Click the link</a> ``` CSS ``` body{ padding: 100px; background: #f6f6f6; } a{ display: block; width: 200px; position: relative; background: #fff; height: 40px; font: 14px/40px Tahoma; color: #39adf0; text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: 0.2s; margin: auto; text-align: center; position: relative; } a:after{ content: ''; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 0; height: 1px; background: #39adf0; -webkit-transition: 0.2s; -moz-transition: 0.2s; -ms-transition: 0.2s; -o-transition: 0.2s; transition: 0.2s; } a:before{ content: ''; position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; width: 1px; height: 0; background: #39adf0; -webkit-transition: 0.2s; -moz-transition: 0.2s; -ms-transition: 0.2s; -o-transition: 0.2s; transition: 0.2s; } a:hover:after{ width: 100%; } a:hover:before{ content: ''; position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; width: 1px; height: 100%; background: #39adf0; -webkit-transition: 0.2s; -moz-transition: 0.2s; -ms-transition: 0.2s; -o-transition: 0.2s; transition: 0.2s; } ``` But in the example (in the website) the stroke appears in order and in all sides... How can I do this? CSS3 only? Maybe with jQuery?

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