React Hover Effects

React Hover Effects - Bootstrap 4 & Material Design

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React Bootstrap hover effect appears when a user positions computer cursor over an element without activating it. Hover effects make a website more interactive.

However, we don't recommend to mix hover effects with functional elements (like dropdown on hover or hidden buttons visible only after hovering) because such approach isn't mobile-friendly.

MDB is a mobile-first framework, so we attach great importance to make each component easy to use for touch screens.

That's why our hover effects are gentle and decorative.

Basic examples

Strong overlay

Light overlay

Super light overlay

Zoom effect

Shadow effect

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          import React from "react";
          import { MDBMask, MDBView, MDBContainer, MDBRow, MDBCol } from "mdbreact";
          
          class HoverPage extends React.Component {
            render() {
              return (
                <MDBContainer className="mt-5">
                  <MDBRow>
                    <MDBCol md="4">
                      <MDBView hover>
                        <img
                          src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/forest-sm-mini.webp"
                          className="img-fluid"
                          alt=""
                        />
                        <MDBMask className="flex-center" overlay="red-strong">
                          <p className="white-text">Strong overlay</p>
                        </MDBMask>
                      </MDBView>
                    </MDBCol>
                    <MDBCol md="4">
                      <MDBView hover>
                        <img
                          src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/forest-sm-mini.webp"
                          className="img-fluid"
                          alt=""
                        />
                        <MDBMask className="flex-center" overlay="red-light">
                          <p className="white-text">Light overlay</p>
                        </MDBMask>
                      </MDBView>
                    </MDBCol>
                    <MDBCol md="4">
                      <MDBView hover>
                        <img
                          src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/forest-sm-mini.webp"
                          className="img-fluid"
                          alt=""
                        />
                        <MDBMask className="flex-center" overlay="red-slight">
                          <p className="white-text">Super light overlay</p>
                        </MDBMask>
                      </MDBView>
                    </MDBCol>
                  </MDBRow>
                  <MDBRow className="mt-4">
                    <MDBCol md="6">
                      <MDBView hover zoom>
                        <img
                          src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/img%20(131)-mini.webp"
                          className="img-fluid"
                          alt=""
                        />
                        <MDBMask className="flex-center">
                          <p className="white-text">Zoom effect</p>
                        </MDBMask>
                      </MDBView>
                    </MDBCol>
                    <MDBCol md="6">
                      <h5 className="text-center">Shadow effect</h5>
                      <img
                        src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/4.webp"
                        className="img-fluid rounded-circle hoverable"
                        alt=""
                      />
                    </MDBCol>
                  </MDBRow>
                </MDBContainer>
              );
            }
          }
          
          export default HoverPage;

Usage

Step 1: Create a wrapper containing component <MDBView>.

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            <MDBView>
              ...
            </MDBView>

Step 2: Add a prop of the effect you want to use (for example hover or zoom).

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            <MDBView hover zoom>
                ...
            </MDBView>

Step 3: Set a path to the image by adding src attribute.

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            <MDBView hover zoom>
              <img
                src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/img%20(131)-mini.webp"
                className="img-fluid"
                alt=""
              />
            </MDBView>

Step 4: Add a component <MDBMask> to cover the image with the overlay and choose color and intensity of the overlay.

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          <MDBView hover zoom>
              <img
                src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/img%20(131)-mini.webp"
                className="img-fluid"
                alt=""
              />
              <MDBMask overlay="red-slight">
              </MDBMask>
            </MDBView>

Step 5: If you want to add some text, you can use a prop flex-center to center it, and text to give your text a stronger contrast and make it more visible.

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            <MDBView hover zoom>
              <img
                src="https://mdbootstrap.com/img/Others/documentation/img%20(131)-mini.webp"
                className="img-fluid"
                alt=""
              />
              <MDBMask className="flex-center" overlay="red-slight">
                <p className="white-text">Super light overlay</p>
              </MDBMask>
            </MDBView>

Colors and intensity

Use one of the <MDBMask> overlay prop to change the color and intensity.

Strong overlay

blue-strong

red-strong

pink-strong

purple-strong

indigo-strong

cyan-strong

teal-strong

green-strong

lime-strong

yellow-strong

orange-strong

brown-strong

grey-strong

blue-grey-strong

black-strong

stylish-strong

white-strong

Light overlay

blue-light

red-light

pink-light

purple-light

indigo-light

cyan-light

teal-light

green-light

lime-light

yellow-light

orange-light

brown-light

grey-light

blue-grey-light

black-light

stylish-light

white-light

Super light overlay

blue-slight

red-slight

pink-slight

purple-slight

indigo-slight

cyan-slight

teal-slight

green-slight

lime-slight

yellow-slight

orange-slight

brown-slight

grey-slight

blue-grey-slight

black-slight

stylish-slight

white-slight

React Hover Effects - API

In this section you will find advanced information about the Hover Effects in MDB.

Import statement

In order to use Hover Effects make sure you have imported proper modules first.

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          import { MDBView, MDBMask } from "mdbreact";

API Reference: View Properties

The table below shows the configuration options of the MDBView component.

Name	Type	Default	Description	Example
`cascade`	Boolean	`false`	Places content cascade	`<MDBView cascade />`
`className`	String		Adds custom classes	`<MDBView className="customClass" />`
`hover`	Boolean	`false`	Switches on hover effects	`<MDBView hover />`
`rounded`	Boolean	`false`	Sets View's border-radius to 50%	`<MDBView rounded />`
`src`	String		Sets fixed image backround; accepts url to your image	`<MDBView src="/assets/image.webp" />`
`tag`	String	`div`	Changes default tag	`<MDBView tag="span" />`
`waves`	Boolean	`false`	Switches on waves effect (on mouse up)	`<MDBView waves />`
`zoom`	Boolean	`false`	Switch on zomm efect (on hover)	`<MDBView zoom />`

API Reference: Mask Properties

The table below shows the configuration options of the MDBMask component.

Name	Type	Default	Description	Example
`className`	String		Adds custom classes	`<MDBMask className="customClass" />`
`overlay`	String		Creates overlay in passed color; for colors list check Mask's docs	`<MDBMask overlay="grey-light" />`
`pattern`	String/Number		Creates pattern with chosen style; for patterns list check Mask's docs	`<MDBMask pattern="1" />`
`tag`	String	`div`	Changes default tag	`<MDBMask tag="span" />`