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Mail Button

HTML, CSS or Tailwind, and a little JavaScript. One button or a group of up to six.

By @Nishusk

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About Mail Button

Mail Button is an animated CSS button by @Nishusk. Preview the interaction, customize its HTML, styles and JavaScript, or download the files with creator credit.

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Hover effects, 3D
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HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./style.css" />
    <title>Mail Button</title>
  </head>
  <body>
   <div class="letter-image">
        <div class="animated-mail">
            <div class="back-fold"></div>
            <div class="letter">
                <div class="letter-border"></div>
                <div class="letter-title"></div>
                <div class="letter-context"></div>
                <div class="letter-stamp">
                    <div class="letter-stamp-inner"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="top-fold"></div>
            <div class="body"></div>
            <div class="left-fold"></div>
        </div>
        <div class="shadow"></div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

CSS


body {
    background: #161616;
}

.letter-image {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    -webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    -moz-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    cursor: pointer;
}

.animated-mail {
    position: absolute;
    height: 150px;
    width: 200px;
    -webkit-transition: 0.4s;
    -moz-transition: 0.4s;
    transition: 0.4s;
}

.animated-mail .body {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 0 0 100px 200px;
    border-color: transparent transparent #DC5B51 transparent;
    z-index: 2;
}

.animated-mail .top-fold {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50px;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 50px 100px 0 100px;
    -webkit-transform-origin: 50% 0%;
    -webkit-transition: transform 0.4s 0.4s, z-index 0.2s 0.4s;
    -moz-transform-origin: 50% 0%;
    -moz-transition: transform 0.4s 0.4s, z-index 0.2s 0.4s;
    transform-origin: 50% 0%;
    transition: transform 0.4s 0.4s, z-index 0.2s 0.4s;
    border-color: #cf4a43 transparent transparent transparent;
    z-index: 2;
}

.animated-mail .back-fold {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;
    background: #cf4a43;
    z-index: 0;
}

.animated-mail .left-fold {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 50px 0 50px 100px;
    border-color: transparent transparent transparent #e15349;
    z-index: 2;
}

.animated-mail .letter {
    left: 20px;
    bottom: 0px;
    position: absolute;
    width: 160px;
    height: 60px;
    background: white;
    z-index: 1;
    overflow: hidden;
    -webkit-transition: 0.4s 0.2s;
    -moz-transition: 0.4s 0.2s;
    transition: 0.4s 0.2s;
}

.animated-mail .letter .letter-border {
    height: 10px;
    width: 100%;
    background: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, #cb5a5e, #cb5a5e 8px, transparent 8px, transparent 18px);
}

.animated-mail .letter .letter-title {
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-left: 5px;
    height: 10px;
    width: 40%;
    background: #DC5B51;
}

.animated-mail .letter .letter-context {
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-left: 5px;
    height: 10px;
    width: 20%;
    background: #DC5B51;
}

.animated-mail .letter .letter-stamp {
    margin-top: 30px;
    margin-left: 120px;
    border-radius: 100%;
    height: 30px;
    width: 30px;
    background: #DC5B51;
    opacity: 0.3;
}

.shadow {
    position: absolute;
    top: 200px;
    left: 50%;
    width: 400px;
    height: 30px;
    transition: 0.4s;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
    -webkit-transition: 0.4s;
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%);
    -moz-transition: 0.4s;
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%);
    border-radius: 100%;
    background: radial-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
}

.letter-image:hover .animated-mail {
    transform: translateY(50px);
    -webkit-transform: translateY(50px);
    -moz-transform: translateY(50px);
}

.letter-image:hover .animated-mail .top-fold {
    transition: transform 0.4s, z-index 0.2s;
    transform: rotateX(180deg);
    -webkit-transition: transform 0.4s, z-index 0.2s;
    -webkit-transform: rotateX(180deg);
    -moz-transition: transform 0.4s, z-index 0.2s;
    -moz-transform: rotateX(180deg);
    z-index: 0;
}

.letter-image:hover .animated-mail .letter {
    height: 180px;
}

.letter-image:hover .shadow {
    width: 250px;
}

JavaScript

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