Spin or rotate an image on hover

Question

I want to find out how to make a spinning or rotating image when it is hovered. I would like to know how to emulate that functionality with CSS on the following code :

img {
  border-radius: 50%;
}

<img src="http://i.imgur.com/3DWAbmN.jpg" />

Answer 1

You can use CSS3 transitions with rotate() to spin the image on hover.

Rotating image :

img {
  border-radius: 50%;
  -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform .8s ease-in-out;
          transition:         transform .8s ease-in-out;
}
img:hover {
  -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg);
          transform: rotate(360deg);
}

<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BLkKe.jpg" width="100" height="100"/>

Here is a fiddle DEMO

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More info and references :

• a guide about CSS transitions on MDN
• a guide about CSS transforms on MDN
• browser support table for 2d transforms on caniuse.com
• browser support table for transitions on caniuse.com

Answer 2

It's very simple.

1. You add an image.

2. You create a css property to this image.

   img { transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s; }
   

3. You add an animation like that:

   img:hover
   {
       cursor: default;
       transform: rotate(360deg);
       transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
   }
   

Answer 3

if you want to rotate inline elements, you should set the inline element to inline-block first.

i {
  display: inline-block;
}

i:hover {
  animation: rotate-btn .5s linear 3;
  -webkit-animation: rotate-btn .5s linear 3;
}

@keyframes rotate-btn {
  0% {
    transform: rotate(0);
  }
  100% {
    transform: rotate(-360deg);
  }
}

Answer 4

here is the automatic spin and rotating zoom effect using css3

#obj1{
    float:right;
    width: 96px;
    height: 100px;
    -webkit-animation: mymove 20s infinite; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
    animation: mymove 20s infinite;
    animation-delay:2s;
    background-image:url("obj1.png");
    transform: scale(1.5);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.5);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.5);
    -o-transform: scale(1.5);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.5); /* IE 9 */
    margin-bottom: 70px;
}

#obj2{
    float:right;
    width: 96px;
    height: 100px;
    -webkit-animation: mymove 20s infinite; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
    animation: mymove 20s infinite;
    animation-delay:2s;
    background-image:url("obj2.png");
    transform: scale(1.5);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.5);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.5);
    -o-transform: scale(1.5);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.5); /* IE 9 */
    margin-bottom: 70px;
}

#obj6{
    float:right;
    width: 96px;
    height: 100px;
    -webkit-animation: mymove 20s infinite; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
    animation: mymove 20s infinite;
    animation-delay:2s;
    background-image:url("obj6.png");
    transform: scale(1.5);
    -moz-transform: scale(1.5);
    -webkit-transform: scale(1.5);
    -o-transform: scale(1.5);
    -ms-transform: scale(1.5); /* IE 9 */
    margin-bottom: 70px;
}

/* Standard syntax */
@keyframes mymove {
    50% {transform: rotate(30deg);
}

<div style="width:100px; float:right; ">
    <div id="obj2"></div><br /><br /><br />
    <div id="obj6"></div><br /><br /><br />
    <div id="obj1"></div><br /><br /><br />
</div>

Here is the demo