How to turn around hover effect? - html

Question

I need to turn around the hover effect of an element. Right now, the border disappears when you hover over it, but I want it to be hidden by default and only appears when you hover over it?
body {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
height: 100vh;
background: #fcf3ec;
}
.button {
--offset: 10px;
--border-size: 2px;
display: block;
position: relative;
padding: 1.5em 3em;
appearance: none;
border: 0;
background: transparent;
color: #e55743;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: .25em;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
font-weight: bold;
border-radius: 0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--border-size) currentcolor;
transition: background .8s ease;
}
.button:hover {
background: rgba(100, 0, 0, .03);
}
.button__horizontal,
.button__vertical {
position: absolute;
top: var(--horizontal-offset, 0);
right: var(--vertical-offset, 0);
bottom: var(--horizontal-offset, 0);
left: var(--vertical-offset, 0);
transition: transform .8s ease;
will-change: transform;
}
.button__horizontal::before .button__vertical::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
border: inherit;
}
.button__horizontal {
--vertical-offset: calc(var(--offset) * -1);
border-top: var(--border-size) solid currentcolor;
border-bottom: var(--border-size) solid currentcolor;
}
.button__horizontal::before {
top: calc(var(--vertical-offset) - var(--border-size));
bottom: calc(var(--vertical-offset) - var(--border-size));
left: calc(var(--vertical-offset) * -1);
right: calc(var(--vertical-offset) * -1);
}
.button:hover .button__horizontal {
transform: scaleX(0);
}
.button__vertical {
--horizontal-offset: calc(var(--offset) * -1);
border-left: var(--border-size) solid currentcolor;
border-right: var(--border-size) solid currentcolor;
}
.button__vertical::before {
top: calc(var(--horizontal-offset) * -1);
bottom: calc(var(--horizontal-offset) * -1);
left: calc(var(--horizontal-offset) - var(--border-size));
right: calc(var(--horizontal-offset) - var(--border-size));
}
.button:hover .button__vertical {
transform: scaleY(0);
}
<button class="button">
Fancy Button
<div class="button__horizontal"></div>
<div class="button__vertical"></div>
</button>
Here you can see how the effect works and also the original code:
https://codepen.io/electerious/details/qPjbGm
How can I make this effect the other way round?

Answer 1

All you need to do is change where you use the transform.
.button__vertical {
transform: scaleY(0);
--horizontal-offset: calc(var(--offset) * -1);
border-left: var(--border-size) solid currentcolor;
border-right: var(--border-size) solid currentcolor;
}
.button:hover .button__vertical {
transform: scaleY(1);
}
With that its not visible and once you hover you scale it. you will obvs need to do the same for the button__horizontal class but for the scaleX

Answer 2

Here is an easier idea with less of code and only the button tag:
.button {
--offset: 10px;
--border-size: 2px;
padding: 1.5em 3em;
border: var(--offset) solid transparent;
appearance: none;
color: #e55743;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: .25em;
cursor: pointer;
font-weight: bold;
--_g: currentColor var(--border-size),#0000 0 calc(100% - var(--border-size)),currentColor 0;
background:
linear-gradient(90deg,var(--_g)) 50%/calc(100% - 2*var(--offset)) 100% border-box,
linear-gradient( var(--_g)) 50%/100% calc(100% - 2*var(--offset)) border-box,
padding-box;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
clip-path: inset(var(--offset));
transition: .8s ease;
}
.button:hover {
background-color: rgba(100, 0, 0, .03);
clip-path: inset(0);
}
body {
display: grid;
place-content: center;
height: 100vh;
margin: 0;
background: #fcf3ec;
}
<button class="button">Fancy Button</button>