Link hover animation issue(knight rider animation) - html

Question

I have created animation that runs hover the link.
I have created animation using in and out key frames.
But I got issue. I think this happens because of knight-rider-out animation. But I need that for mouse leave.
The issue is when the page load it is running automatically. Code pen link
.container {
padding: 50px;
max-width: 500px;
}
.dashBottom {
padding-left: 0px;
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 15px;
-webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
-moz-transition: all 0.3s;
-ms-transition: all 0.3s;
-o-transition: all 0.3s;
transition: all 0.3s;
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
}
.dashBottom:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
bottom: 0px;
width: 30px;
background-color: black;
height: 4px;
left: 0;
right: auto;
-webkit-animation: knight-rider-out 0.5s;
animation: knight-rider-out 0.5s;
animation-fill-mode: forwards;
}
.dashBottom:hover:after {
-webkit-animation: knight-rider-in 0.5s;
animation: knight-rider-in 0.5s;
animation-fill-mode: forwards;
}
#keyframes knight-rider-in {
from {
left: 0px;
width: 30px;
}
50% {
left: 0px;
width: 100%;
}
to {
left: calc( 100% - 30px);
width: 30px;
}
}
#keyframes knight-rider-out {
from {
left: calc( 100% - 30px);
width: 30px;
}
50% {
left: 0px;
width: 100%;
}
to {
left: 0px;
width: 30px;
}
}
<div class="container">
<a class="viewMore dashBottom" href="#">View More</a>
</div>

Answer 1

To avoid this you can consider transition. Here is another way to achieve the same effect with less of code:
.container {
padding: 50px;
max-width: 500px;
}
.dashBottom {
padding-left: 0px;
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 15px;
transition: all 0.3s;
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
background-image:linear-gradient(#000,#000);
background-size: 200% 4px;
background-position: calc(200% + 30px) 100%;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
transition:0.5s all;
}
.dashBottom:hover {
background-position:calc(-100% - 30px) 100%;
}
<div class="container">
<a class="viewMore dashBottom" href="#">View More</a>
</div>