Delay mouseout/hover with CSS3 transitions

Question

I've got a box that changes size when being hovered. However, I would like to delay the mouseout stage, so that the box keep the new size for a few seconds, before getting the old size back.

div {
    width: 70px;
    -webkit-transition: .5s all;    
}

div:hover {
    width:130px;
}

Is this possible to do WITHOUT Javascript and only CSS3? I only have to care about supporting webkit.

have you tried css3 animation property? i have tried some things with animation property, but i am not sure that is what you want. but if you want i can give you that. — Shabib, Feb 22 '12 at 11:01

score 48 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 12 '16 at 02:19

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div {
    width: 70px;
    -webkit-transition: .5s all;   
    -webkit-transition-delay: 5s; 
    -moz-transition: .5s all;   
    -moz-transition-delay: 5s; 
    -ms-transition: .5s all;   
    -ms-transition-delay: 5s; 
    -o-transition: .5s all;   
    -o-transition-delay: 5s; 
    transition: .5s all;   
    transition-delay: 5s; 
}

div:hover {
    width:130px;
    -webkit-transition-delay: 0s;
    -moz-transition-delay: 0s;
    -ms-transition-delay: 0s;
    -o-transition-delay: 0s;
    transition-delay: 0s;
}

This will trigger the mouseover state right away, but wait 5 sec till the mouseout is triggered.

Fiddle

edited Feb 12 '16 at 02:19

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answered Feb 22 '12 at 11:47

patad

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edited to add non webkit prefixes too - it's just good practice – Michael Mullany Feb 22 '12 at 16:06
on the "div" tag definition, isn't specifying "transition:" and "transition-delay" essentially a duplicate? The first value of the transition spec IS the delay value, no? – Screenack Apr 26 '13 at 21:02
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@Screenack No, the first value is the duration of the transition - how long it takes to complete once it gets going. – Sandwich Jan 10 '15 at 21:22
awesome use of transitions, patad. – Mindwin Remember Monica Dec 02 '16 at 16:30

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '15 at 16:39

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transition can be declared as

transition: .5s all 5s

(shorthand, the first number is duration, the second number is delay) then you don't need the separate transition-delay

sorry, can't add as a comment as I don't have enough points

answered May 05 '15 at 16:39

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Delay mouseout/hover with CSS3 transitions

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