Create a diamond grid with CSS (with a bonus animation)
Make sure to check out and heart Alvaro's original Codepen, which inspired this video! https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/pen/yLZVJRR
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Alvaro's Codepen: https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/pen/yLZVJRR
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The path editor I used: https://yqnn.github.io/svg-path-editor/
β Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - Creating the grid
03:20 - Offsetting the middle row
03:50 - Creating the diamond shape
08:10 - Fitting them closer together
10:40 - Animating the clip-path
17:05 - Failed attempt to keep the round corners on hover
18:35 - The z-index βhackβ to keep items in front
20:42 - Making the elements fade out on hover
23:18 - Fixing the rounder corners on hover
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Posted Apr 5
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