content/snippets/css/s/sibling-fade.md
---
title: Sibling fade
type: snippet
language: css
tags: [interactivity]
cover: messy-papers
excerpt: Fades out the siblings of a hovered item.
listed: true
dateModified: 2020-12-30
---
Fades out the siblings of a hovered item.
- Use a `transition` to animate changes to `opacity`.
- Use the `:hover` and `:not` pseudo-class selectors to change the `opacity` of all elements except for the one the mouse is over to `0.5`.
```html
<div class="sibling-fade">
<span>Item 1</span> <span>Item 2</span> <span>Item 3</span>
<span>Item 4</span> <span>Item 5</span> <span>Item 6</span>
</div>
```
```css
span {
padding: 0 16px;
transition: opacity 0.3s;
}
.sibling-fade:hover span:not(:hover) {
opacity: 0.5;
}
```