3D Tilting Card Effect with Mouse Tracking // HTML, CSS & JS

Viewport units are this thing that people learn about, and then go all-in with, but they’re actually not that great for most applications. Sure, they can have their uses, but so many people over-use them and it can range from being sub-optimal to down right problematic.

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⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - The HTML
02:58 - The CSS - basic setup
03:40 - Styling the code
06:00 - Making it 3D and adding the different layers
11:00 - Getting it to follow our mouse
16:30 - Making the code editable by the user
18:00 - CSS-only mouse tracking

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Please don't give up I swear your channel is great

[romeojoseph]

Will watch this for sure after I have finished my playlist on js

[jakubfrei]

I love your videos Kevin, thx for all your work

[HHJoshHH]

Kevin, you’re the mentor I need! I’m especially loving your css battles!!! Wish I could get some time to pick your brain but I’m sure it’s probably already in another video.😂

[MellstroyMemeSUS]

I always share your videos with the group chat cuz they awesome

[Phlep]

Once again an amazing video... Thank you so much. For me you took so much frustration out of CSS...

[timothyrodriguez]

YOURE THE CSS GOD!!!! We love the content

[BO-nymm]

Omg this is soooo interesting! Thanks Kevin ⭐

[skillzorskillsson]

There is a library called TiltJS but it's in jQuery but there is also VanillaTilt that is in just normal javascript code. Incredibly easy to use to get that tilt effect :) I always go with that. But thanks Kevin for showing how to do it without a library !

[MrVurtan]

Great video. Love you video, those are always helpfull and I learn something new!

[NOTHING-enue]

one of the powerful teachers of css thanks a lot ❤

[norbertkovacs]

Hello Kevin! I don't have words for how much I appreciate your content. I've learned so much with your videos! I wonder if you could do a Ghost theme developement series? : ) I think there are people who would be very much interested in the headless CMS endeavour.

[steviewonder]

Perfect, glad my blackmail worked Kevin.

[bhagyalakshmip]

Sir u r so cool for this
Really appreciate ur content 👍

[Linuxdirk]

In a world where the first solution is to use a framework and SASS to do even the simplest things I love seeing people doing plain CSS and HTML to achieve complicated things!

[kasszz]

Awesome effect, I also just noticed that you're using that nvidia eye tracker thing. Your eye is moving in front of your glasses in the first 45 seconds :P

[mohamedamineboukraia]

Kevin you made me fall in love with css, thank you!

[nicmackenzie]

I always think i have a grasp of CSS then i watch Kelvin Powell's videos then realise i know nothing

[ke]

This has been a good course of "Follow the Mouse" to me. Maybe, Mr. Powell, consider doing a full course of these sorts of things for some fancy subtle CSS + JS animations. Thanks in advance. PS: we could pay for it, trust.

[whatisthis__]

Kevin, although the video is awesome as always, I like much better when you write the code in real time. I don't know, it give a more real feel, and gets into the memory better I think. Thanks for everything you do.