30 Tailwind CSS Text Hover Effects
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All 30 in 30 Tailwind CSS Text Hover Effects

  1. 01Tailwind CSS Animated Underline Hover Effect
  2. 02Tailwind Liquid Text Fill Hover Animation
  3. 03Tailwind Gradient Text Hover Effect with bg-clip-text
  4. 04Tailwind Animated Strikethrough Text Hover Effect
  5. 05Tailwind Text Swap and Flip Up Hover Effect
  6. 06Tailwind CSS Glitch Text Hover Effect
  7. 07Tailwind Neon Glow Text with Flicker Animation
  8. 08Tailwind Metallic Gold Shimmer Text Effect
  9. 09Tailwind 3D Text Pop and Lift Hover Effect
  10. 10Tailwind Staggered Letter Wave Hover Animation
  11. 11Tailwind Spotlight Text Reveal on Mouse Hover
  12. 12Tailwind Hover to Reveal Hidden Spoiler Text
  13. 13Tailwind Blur to Focus Text Hover Effect
  14. 14Tailwind Magnetic Hover Effect for Buttons and Text
  15. 15Tailwind Letter Spacing Expand on Hover (Tracking Animation)
  16. 16Tailwind Outline Text Stroke to Fill Hover Effect
  17. 17Tailwind Text Scramble and Matrix Decrypt Hover Effect
  18. 18Tailwind Animated Border Button Hover Effect
  19. 19Tailwind Elastic Rubber Band Text Hover Animation
  20. 20Tailwind Variable Font Weight Hover Animation
  21. 21Tailwind Animated Rainbow Gradient Text on Hover
  22. 22Tailwind 3D Perspective Tilt Text Hover Effect
  23. 23Tailwind Smoke Dissolve Text Hover Effect
  24. 24Tailwind Fire Text Effect with Heat Wave Glow
  25. 25Tailwind Dynamic Text Shadow that Follows the Cursor
  26. 26Tailwind Infinite Text Marquee that Speeds Up on Hover
  27. 27Tailwind Duotone Split Color Text Hover Effect
  28. 28Tailwind CSS Tooltip on Hover (No JavaScript)
  29. 29Tailwind SVG Water Ripple Distortion Text Effect
  30. 30Tailwind Clip-Path Text Reveal Hover Animation
Pure TailwindMIT licensed

Tailwind Animated Strikethrough Text Hover Effect

A pen stroke drawn across text in three real contexts: a compare-at price that's crossed out while you aim at the buy row, a to-do list where group-has-checked/todo: draws the line with zero JS, and a sold-out link whose line enters left and exits right via not-hover:after:origin-right.

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<section class="tth-04 @container w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth04-bg px-5 py-14 font-tth04-sans text-tth04-ink" aria-label="Animated strike-through demo">
  <div class="flex w-full max-w-[45rem] flex-col gap-5">
    <article class="rounded-[18px] border border-tth04-line bg-white p-[clamp(18px,3.4cqi,28px)] shadow-[0_1px_0_white_inset,0_18px_44px_-12px_oklch(0.4_0.04_60/0.16)]">
      <header class="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
        <h2 class="text-[17px] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.01em]">Studio membership</h2>
        <span class="rounded-full border border-tth04-pen/40 bg-tth04-pen/6 px-2.5 py-1 text-[10.5px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.1em] text-tth04-pen">Spring pricing</span>
      </header>
      <a id="tth04-top" href="#tth04-top" class="group/buy mt-4 flex min-h-16 items-center justify-between gap-4 rounded-[13px] border-[1.5px] border-tth04-line px-[18px] py-3.5 no-underline transition-[border-color,background-color] duration-300 hover:border-tth04-ink hover:bg-tth04-bg/50 focus-visible:border-tth04-ink focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen @max-[37rem]:flex-col @max-[37rem]:items-start">
        <span class="flex items-baseline gap-3.5">
          <s class="text-[clamp(19px,3cqi,24px)] font-semibold text-tth04-mut no-underline transition-colors duration-350 group-hover/buy:text-tth04-mut/55 group-focus-visible/buy:text-tth04-mut/55"><span class="sr-only">Was </span><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-hover/buy:after:scale-x-100 group-focus-visible/buy:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">$79</span></s>
          <b class="text-[clamp(26px,4.4cqi,36px)] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.02em]"><span class="sr-only">now </span>$49<small class="text-[0.5em] font-semibold text-tth04-mut">/mo</small></b>
        </span>
        <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 whitespace-nowrap rounded-full bg-tth04-ink px-4 py-2 text-[14.5px] font-bold text-white transition-colors duration-300 group-hover/buy:bg-tth04-pen group-focus-visible/buy:bg-tth04-pen">Lock it in <span aria-hidden="true" class="transition-transform duration-300 group-hover/buy:translate-x-0.5">&rarr;</span></span>
      </a>
      <p class="mt-3 text-[12.5px] text-tth04-mut">Hover the row: the compare-at price is crossed out while you aim at the button.</p>
    </article>
    <div class="grid grid-cols-[1.25fr_1fr] items-start gap-[clamp(14px,2.6cqi,22px)] @max-[37rem]:grid-cols-1">
      <ul class="flex flex-col rounded-2xl border border-tth04-line bg-white p-2" aria-label="Launch checklist">
        <li class="group/todo"><label class="flex min-h-12 cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 rounded-[10px] px-3 text-[15px] font-semibold transition-colors duration-300 hover:bg-tth04-bg has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 has-focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:text-tth04-mut"><input type="checkbox" class="peer sr-only" checked><i aria-hidden="true" class="grid size-[19px] flex-none place-items-center rounded-md border-[1.7px] border-tth04-mut transition-colors duration-250 before:h-[5px] before:w-[9px] before:-translate-y-px before:-rotate-45 before:border-b-2 before:border-l-2 before:border-white before:opacity-0 before:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:border-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:bg-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:before:opacity-100"></i><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Freeze the type scale</span></label></li>
        <li class="group/todo"><label class="flex min-h-12 cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 rounded-[10px] px-3 text-[15px] font-semibold transition-colors duration-300 hover:bg-tth04-bg has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 has-focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:text-tth04-mut"><input type="checkbox" class="peer sr-only"><i aria-hidden="true" class="grid size-[19px] flex-none place-items-center rounded-md border-[1.7px] border-tth04-mut transition-colors duration-250 before:h-[5px] before:w-[9px] before:-translate-y-px before:-rotate-45 before:border-b-2 before:border-l-2 before:border-white before:opacity-0 before:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:border-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:bg-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:before:opacity-100"></i><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Ship dark mode tokens</span></label></li>
        <li class="group/todo"><label class="flex min-h-12 cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 rounded-[10px] px-3 text-[15px] font-semibold transition-colors duration-300 hover:bg-tth04-bg has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 has-focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:text-tth04-mut"><input type="checkbox" class="peer sr-only"><i aria-hidden="true" class="grid size-[19px] flex-none place-items-center rounded-md border-[1.7px] border-tth04-mut transition-colors duration-250 before:h-[5px] before:w-[9px] before:-translate-y-px before:-rotate-45 before:border-b-2 before:border-l-2 before:border-white before:opacity-0 before:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:border-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:bg-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:before:opacity-100"></i><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Audit hover states</span></label></li>
      </ul>
      <nav class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 rounded-2xl border border-tth04-line bg-white p-3.5" aria-label="Editions">
        <a href="#tth04-top" class="flex min-h-11 items-center gap-2.5 rounded-[9px] px-2.5 text-base font-bold tracking-[-0.01em] no-underline hover:bg-tth04-bg focus-visible:bg-tth04-bg focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen">Spring drop</a>
        <a href="#tth04-top" aria-label="Winter drop, sold out" class="relative flex min-h-11 items-center gap-2.5 rounded-[9px] px-2.5 text-base font-bold tracking-[-0.01em] text-tth04-mut no-underline after:absolute after:left-1.5 after:top-[calc(50%-1px)] after:h-0.5 after:w-[calc(100%-90px)] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-sm after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-400 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] hover:bg-tth04-bg hover:after:scale-x-100 focus-visible:bg-tth04-bg focus-visible:after:scale-x-100 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen not-hover:not-focus-visible:after:origin-right motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Winter drop<em aria-hidden="true" class="text-[10px] font-extrabold uppercase not-italic tracking-[0.12em] text-tth04-pen">sold out</em></a>
      </nav>
    </div>
    <p class="text-[12.5px] text-tth04-mut">Tick the boxes &mdash; <code class="rounded bg-tth04-ink/6 px-1.5 py-px font-tth04-mono text-[0.9em]">group-has-checked/todo:</code> draws the strike with zero JS. The sold-out link's line enters left, exits right.</p>
  </div>
</section>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth04-bg: #f7f4ed;
  --color-tth04-bg: oklch(0.972 0.008 85);
  --color-tth04-ink: #2c2118;
  --color-tth04-ink: oklch(0.26 0.02 55);
  --color-tth04-mut: #685c52;
  --color-tth04-mut: oklch(0.48 0.02 60);
  --color-tth04-pen: #d32f2f;
  --color-tth04-pen: oklch(0.55 0.21 27);
  --color-tth04-line: #e1dbcf;
  --color-tth04-line: oklch(0.88 0.014 80);
  --font-tth04-sans: 'Manrope', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth04-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-04 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth04-bg: #f7f4ed;
  --color-tth04-bg: oklch(0.972 0.008 85);
  --color-tth04-ink: #2c2118;
  --color-tth04-ink: oklch(0.26 0.02 55);
  --color-tth04-mut: #685c52;
  --color-tth04-mut: oklch(0.48 0.02 60);
  --color-tth04-pen: #d32f2f;
  --color-tth04-pen: oklch(0.55 0.21 27);
  --color-tth04-line: #e1dbcf;
  --color-tth04-line: oklch(0.88 0.014 80);
  --font-tth04-sans: 'Manrope', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth04-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-04 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Manrope:wght@400..800&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;600&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • Thirty-three rules collapsed into class lists. li:has(:checked) .strike::after became group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100; label:has(:focus-visible) became has-focus-visible:outline-2.
  • .gone:not(:hover):not(:focus-visible)::after became the stacked variant not-hover:not-focus-visible:after:origin-right.
  • UI upgrade from the CSS original: the CTA is now a filled pill that turns pen-red and nudges its arrow with the row, so the strike and the action read as one gesture.
  • UI upgrade: screen readers now hear “Was $79, now $49” via sr-only spans, instead of two bare numbers.
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Here's a working CSS demo from CodeFronts. Use it as-is or adapt to your framework. All classes are scoped under a unique prefix so the code won't collide with your existing styles. MIT licensed.
Demo: Tailwind Animated Strikethrough Text Hover Effect
Source: https://codefronts.com/motion/tailwind-css-text-hover-effects/tailwind-animated-strikethrough-text-hover-effect/

A pen stroke drawn across text in three real contexts: a compare-at price that's crossed out while you aim at the buy row, a to-do list where group-has-checked/todo: draws the line with zero JS, and a sold-out link whose line enters left and exits right via not-hover:after:origin-right.
## HTML
```html
<section class="tth-04 @container w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth04-bg px-5 py-14 font-tth04-sans text-tth04-ink" aria-label="Animated strike-through demo">
  <div class="flex w-full max-w-[45rem] flex-col gap-5">
    <article class="rounded-[18px] border border-tth04-line bg-white p-[clamp(18px,3.4cqi,28px)] shadow-[0_1px_0_white_inset,0_18px_44px_-12px_oklch(0.4_0.04_60/0.16)]">
      <header class="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
        <h2 class="text-[17px] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.01em]">Studio membership</h2>
        <span class="rounded-full border border-tth04-pen/40 bg-tth04-pen/6 px-2.5 py-1 text-[10.5px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.1em] text-tth04-pen">Spring pricing</span>
      </header>
      <a id="tth04-top" href="#tth04-top" class="group/buy mt-4 flex min-h-16 items-center justify-between gap-4 rounded-[13px] border-[1.5px] border-tth04-line px-[18px] py-3.5 no-underline transition-[border-color,background-color] duration-300 hover:border-tth04-ink hover:bg-tth04-bg/50 focus-visible:border-tth04-ink focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[3px] focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen @max-[37rem]:flex-col @max-[37rem]:items-start">
        <span class="flex items-baseline gap-3.5">
          <s class="text-[clamp(19px,3cqi,24px)] font-semibold text-tth04-mut no-underline transition-colors duration-350 group-hover/buy:text-tth04-mut/55 group-focus-visible/buy:text-tth04-mut/55"><span class="sr-only">Was </span><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-hover/buy:after:scale-x-100 group-focus-visible/buy:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">$79</span></s>
          <b class="text-[clamp(26px,4.4cqi,36px)] font-extrabold tracking-[-0.02em]"><span class="sr-only">now </span>$49<small class="text-[0.5em] font-semibold text-tth04-mut">/mo</small></b>
        </span>
        <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 whitespace-nowrap rounded-full bg-tth04-ink px-4 py-2 text-[14.5px] font-bold text-white transition-colors duration-300 group-hover/buy:bg-tth04-pen group-focus-visible/buy:bg-tth04-pen">Lock it in <span aria-hidden="true" class="transition-transform duration-300 group-hover/buy:translate-x-0.5">&rarr;</span></span>
      </a>
      <p class="mt-3 text-[12.5px] text-tth04-mut">Hover the row: the compare-at price is crossed out while you aim at the button.</p>
    </article>
    <div class="grid grid-cols-[1.25fr_1fr] items-start gap-[clamp(14px,2.6cqi,22px)] @max-[37rem]:grid-cols-1">
      <ul class="flex flex-col rounded-2xl border border-tth04-line bg-white p-2" aria-label="Launch checklist">
        <li class="group/todo"><label class="flex min-h-12 cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 rounded-[10px] px-3 text-[15px] font-semibold transition-colors duration-300 hover:bg-tth04-bg has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 has-focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:text-tth04-mut"><input type="checkbox" class="peer sr-only" checked><i aria-hidden="true" class="grid size-[19px] flex-none place-items-center rounded-md border-[1.7px] border-tth04-mut transition-colors duration-250 before:h-[5px] before:w-[9px] before:-translate-y-px before:-rotate-45 before:border-b-2 before:border-l-2 before:border-white before:opacity-0 before:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:border-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:bg-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:before:opacity-100"></i><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Freeze the type scale</span></label></li>
        <li class="group/todo"><label class="flex min-h-12 cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 rounded-[10px] px-3 text-[15px] font-semibold transition-colors duration-300 hover:bg-tth04-bg has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 has-focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:text-tth04-mut"><input type="checkbox" class="peer sr-only"><i aria-hidden="true" class="grid size-[19px] flex-none place-items-center rounded-md border-[1.7px] border-tth04-mut transition-colors duration-250 before:h-[5px] before:w-[9px] before:-translate-y-px before:-rotate-45 before:border-b-2 before:border-l-2 before:border-white before:opacity-0 before:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:border-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:bg-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:before:opacity-100"></i><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Ship dark mode tokens</span></label></li>
        <li class="group/todo"><label class="flex min-h-12 cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 rounded-[10px] px-3 text-[15px] font-semibold transition-colors duration-300 hover:bg-tth04-bg has-focus-visible:outline-2 has-focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 has-focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:text-tth04-mut"><input type="checkbox" class="peer sr-only"><i aria-hidden="true" class="grid size-[19px] flex-none place-items-center rounded-md border-[1.7px] border-tth04-mut transition-colors duration-250 before:h-[5px] before:w-[9px] before:-translate-y-px before:-rotate-45 before:border-b-2 before:border-l-2 before:border-white before:opacity-0 before:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:border-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:bg-tth04-pen group-has-checked/todo:before:opacity-100"></i><span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%] after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-[0.05em] after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-350 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100 motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Audit hover states</span></label></li>
      </ul>
      <nav class="flex flex-col gap-1.5 rounded-2xl border border-tth04-line bg-white p-3.5" aria-label="Editions">
        <a href="#tth04-top" class="flex min-h-11 items-center gap-2.5 rounded-[9px] px-2.5 text-base font-bold tracking-[-0.01em] no-underline hover:bg-tth04-bg focus-visible:bg-tth04-bg focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen">Spring drop</a>
        <a href="#tth04-top" aria-label="Winter drop, sold out" class="relative flex min-h-11 items-center gap-2.5 rounded-[9px] px-2.5 text-base font-bold tracking-[-0.01em] text-tth04-mut no-underline after:absolute after:left-1.5 after:top-[calc(50%-1px)] after:h-0.5 after:w-[calc(100%-90px)] after:origin-left after:scale-x-0 after:rounded-sm after:bg-tth04-pen after:transition-transform after:duration-400 after:ease-[cubic-bezier(.65,.05,.36,1)] after:content-[''] hover:bg-tth04-bg hover:after:scale-x-100 focus-visible:bg-tth04-bg focus-visible:after:scale-x-100 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth04-pen not-hover:not-focus-visible:after:origin-right motion-reduce:after:transition-none">Winter drop<em aria-hidden="true" class="text-[10px] font-extrabold uppercase not-italic tracking-[0.12em] text-tth04-pen">sold out</em></a>
      </nav>
    </div>
    <p class="text-[12.5px] text-tth04-mut">Tick the boxes &mdash; <code class="rounded bg-tth04-ink/6 px-1.5 py-px font-tth04-mono text-[0.9em]">group-has-checked/todo:</code> draws the strike with zero JS. The sold-out link's line enters left, exits right.</p>
  </div>
</section>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth04-bg: #f7f4ed;
  --color-tth04-bg: oklch(0.972 0.008 85);
  --color-tth04-ink: #2c2118;
  --color-tth04-ink: oklch(0.26 0.02 55);
  --color-tth04-mut: #685c52;
  --color-tth04-mut: oklch(0.48 0.02 60);
  --color-tth04-pen: #d32f2f;
  --color-tth04-pen: oklch(0.55 0.21 27);
  --color-tth04-line: #e1dbcf;
  --color-tth04-line: oklch(0.88 0.014 80);
  --font-tth04-sans: 'Manrope', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth04-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-04 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
```

How this works

The stroke is an after: bar positioned across the middle of an inline-block span, slightly rotated for a hand-drawn feel, and scaled to zero from the left:

<span class="relative inline-block after:absolute after:inset-x-[-3%]
  after:top-[calc(50%-0.045em)] after:h-[0.09em] after:rotate-[-1.5deg]
  after:scale-x-0 after:origin-left after:bg-tth04-pen after:content-['']
  after:transition-transform group-hover/buy:after:scale-x-100">

State without script. Each to-do <li> is group/todo; the label text reads group-has-checked/todo:after:scale-x-100, and the custom checkbox square reads group-has-checked/todo:bg-tth04-pen. The native input stays in the DOM (visually hidden) so keyboard and screen readers work.

Exit direction. The sold-out link flips its transform origin to the right whenever it is not hovered, so the line retracts toward the far side instead of rewinding.

Make it yours

  • Marker strike: raise after:h-[0.09em] to 0.35em with after:bg-tth04-pen/30 for a highlighter swipe.
  • Straight line: drop after:rotate-[-1.5deg].
  • Double strike: add a before: twin with before:top-[calc(50%+0.1em)] and a 60ms before:delay-60.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • The strike span must be inline-block — the after: bar is positioned against it.
  • Use <s> for the old price so assistive tech hears the semantics; the animated line is decorative.
  • Don't use hidden on the checkbox — use sr-only, or it leaves the tab order.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

has-checked: needs :has() (Firefox 121+), inside v4's floor.

Techniques used in this demo

Utilitiesfirst-class utility or variant

pseudo elementstw ↗transform origintw ↗

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