content/snippets/css/s/image-hover-menu.md
---
title: Menu on image hover
type: snippet
language: css
tags: [layout,animation]
cover: compass
dateModified: 2021-10-11
---
Displays a menu overlay when the user hovers over the image.
- Use a `<figure>` to wrap the `<img>` element and a `<div>` element that will contain the menu links.
- Use the `opacity` and `right` attributes to animate the image on hover, creating a sliding effect.
- Set the `left` attribute of the `<div>` to the negative of the element's `width`. Reset it to `0` when hovering over the parent element to slide in the menu.
- Use `display: flex`, `flex-direction: column` and `justify-content: center` on the `<div>` to vertically center the menu items.
```html
<figure class="hover-menu">
<img src="https://picsum.photos/id/1060/800/480.jpg"/>
<div>
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#">Pricing</a>
<a href="#">About</a>
</div>
</figure>
```
```css
.hover-menu {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 8px;
min-width: 340px;
max-width: 480px;
max-height: 290px;
width: 100%;
background: #000;
text-align: center;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.hover-menu * {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.hover-menu img {
position: relative;
max-width: 100%;
top: 0;
right: 0;
opacity: 1;
transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.hover-menu div {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: -120px;
width: 120px;
height: 100%;
padding: 8px 4px;
background: #000;
transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
}
.hover-menu div a {
display: block;
line-height: 2;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
opacity: 0.8;
padding: 5px 15px;
position: relative;
transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.hover-menu div a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
.hover-menu:hover img {
opacity: 0.5;
right: -120px;
}
.hover-menu:hover div {
left: 0;
opacity: 1;
}
```