How to create X and Y axis flip animation using HTML and CSS ?

Last Updated : 27 Apr, 2020

The flip animation is the kind of loading animation in which we use a square flip effect to give the feel of loading animation. These kinds of animations are useful in times when the content of the website is taking too long to load. This animation can keep visitors engage and prevent them from leaving your web page without seeing the content. The main concept behind working of this animation is the application of transform and @keyframes. Please go through them before you try to execute this code. HTML Code:: Create a HTML file and create a div in it.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" 
          content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>X and Y axis flip animation</title>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <b> X and Y axis flip animation</b>
        <div class="geeks"></div>
    </center>
</body>

</html>

CSS Code: In CSS, the first thing that we have done is provide a background to the body. Apply background to the div and some border-radius to have a rounded corner. Apply linear animation with identifier named as animate. Using key-frames we will apply animation to our identifier. We are rotating are square along X-axis during the first half frames and along Y-axis during rest. This is not required but you can change the angles of rotation to have a different kind of flip effect. This one is the basic flip effect.

CSS

<style>
    body {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
    }

    h1 {
        color: green;
    }

    .geeks {
        position: absolute;
        top: 45%;
        left: 50%;
        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
        width: 100px;
        height: 100px;
        background: green;
        border-radius: 13px;
        animation: animate 2s linear infinite;
    }

    @keyframes animate {
        0% {
            transform: translate(-50%, -50%) 
                       perspective(200px) 
                       rotateX(0deg) 
                       rotateY(0deg);
        }

        50% {
            transform: translate(-50%, -50%) 
                       perspective(200px) 
                       rotateX(-180deg) 
                       rotateY(0deg);
        }

        100% {
            transform: translate(-50%, -50%) 
                       perspective(200px) 
                       rotateX(-180deg) 
                       rotateY(-180deg);
        }
    }
</style>

Final solution: It is the combination of HTML and CSS codes.