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CSS

Posted by Mark Miller
Mark Miller
16,375 Points

Fade between 'background-position' of a sprite image using css3 animations

I'm working with an image sprite containing icons (original and hovered states).

My goal is to animate an .li original 'background-position' so when hovered the image would fade into another image.

li{ width: 28px; height: 28px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(../img/icons.png); background-position: -1px -3px; }

li:hover { animation: spritehover .1s forwards; }

@keyframes spritehover { 100% { background-position: -1px -31px; } }

The above code only shifts the background position of the image sprite. I want to fade the between the two background positions.

Any suggestions on how I can fade between the sprite's two background positions?