5 jQuery Buttons
Rediscover the simplicity and power of jQuery for creating dynamic and responsive buttons. This collection focuses on jQuery’s core strength: concise DOM manipulation and event handling. The central piece is the .on('click', ...) method, used to effortlessly attach functionality. Demos showcase essential patterns like managing button states with .prop('disabled', true), providing user feedback by changing text with .text(), and toggling styles via .toggleClass(). See how jQuery’s expressive, chainable syntax allows you to perform multiple actions in a single, readable statement, making it a go-to for rapid UI development.
Examples
Animated Clipboard Copy Action Button
Animated Clipboard Copy Action Button leverages overlapping SVG path duplicates to simulate a seamless paper ejection sequence upon trigger. When the .copied class is appended via jQuery, the secondary page .page and a glowing checkmark .check are animated along a skewed gravity curve copiedPage while the checkmark simultaneously expands its stroke-dasharray to appear fully drawn. This micro-interaction utilizes hardware-accelerated transforms. (Requires: jquery.js)
Chrome 49+
Edge 16+
Firefox 55+
Safari 11+
See the Pen Animated Clipboard Copy Action Button.
Collapsible Social Media Share Icons
A compact “Share” button that smoothly expands downwards upon clicking, revealing a list of social networks with icons and text.
See the Pen Collapsible Social Media Share Icons.
Social Media Share Icons Animation
Initially a round “Share” button, upon clicking it morphs into a close icon, the panel expands to the left, and a chain of round social icons sequentially and bouncily pops onto the screen.
See the Pen Social Media Share Icons Animation.
Metal/Glass Button
A high-quality simulation of a metallic surface that “plays” with light following the mouse cursor, creating a tactile sensation of premium material.
See the Pen Metal/Glass Button.
Progress Button Microinteractions
An animated loader button using jQuery and SCSS, where progress is implemented via an @for loop that generates 101 linear-gradient rules - the state is changed through a custom attribute updated by JS.
See the Pen Progress Button Microinteractions.