Question

I am trying to make it so when the page loads circles appear which is fine, but I need them to grow outwards, so small to big from the center not from the top left:

You can see what I have currently here: http://thomasbritton.co.uk/projects/ebrd/

Ideally, want this to be done in CSS but can use JS if it’s easier/more stable.

Any ideas?

Here is my css also for the animation part:

.circle a {
  border-radius: 150px;
  color: #fff;
  height: 0;
  position: absolute;
  text-decoration: none;
  width: 0;
}

.circle a.grow {
  -webkit-animation-name: grow;
  -webkit-animation-duration: 2.2s;
  -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease;
  -webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
  -webkit-animation-direction: normal;
  -webkit-animation-delay: 0;
  -webkit-animation-play-state: running;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;

  -moz-animation-name: grow;
  -moz-animation-duration: 2.2s;
  -moz-animation-timing-function: ease;
  -moz-animation-iteration-count: 1;    
  -moz-animation-direction: normal;
  -moz-animation-delay: 0;
  -moz-animation-play-state: running;
  -moz-animation-fill-mode: forwards;

  animation-name: grow;
  animation-duration: 2.2s;
  animation-timing-function: ease;
  animation-iteration-count: 1; 
  animation-direction: normal;
  animation-delay: 0;
  animation-play-state: running;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
}

@-webkit-keyframes grow {
  0% { -moz-transform: scale(0); }
  100% { -moz-transform: scale(1); }
}

@-moz-keyframes grow {
  0% { -moz-transform: scale(0); }
  100% { -moz-transform: scale(1); height: 168px; width: 168px; }
}

@keyframes grow {
  0% { -moz-transform: scale(0); }
  100% { -moz-transform: scale(1); }
}

Answer 1

Here’s a crude example of what you need to do: jsfiddle.net/UxtJV/. It uses a bit of JS to add a class to animate the circle. It’s width, height, top and left properties are animated and it is given position: relative.

div.circle {
    position: relative;

    width: 0px;
    height: 0px;
    top: 50px;
    left: 50px;

    -webkit-transition-duration: 2s;
    -webkit-transition-property: all;
    -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;

    text-align: center;
    background: red;
    color: white;
    border-radius: 100%;
    padding: 20px;
    overflow: hidden;
}

div.circle.open {
    top: 0px;
    left: 0px;
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
}​