In this article, we’ll get the knowledge about Facebook timeline placeholder style using CSS. Many times you have noticed that when you open facebook on your system, you will get content loading placeholder and you always think how that placeholder work.
I have found that code and want to share that with you all. you will get all HTML and css code below if you need to use this code in your project or any application.
Let’s start and do it:
First of all create HTML file and copy paste below html code.
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<div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-item"> <div class="animated-background"> <div class="background-masker header-top"></div> <div class="background-masker header-left"></div> <div class="background-masker header-right"></div> <div class="background-masker header-bottom"></div> <div class="background-masker subheader-left"></div> <div class="background-masker subheader-right"></div> <div class="background-masker subheader-bottom"></div> <div class="background-masker content-top"></div> <div class="background-masker content-first-end"></div> <div class="background-masker content-second-line"></div> <div class="background-masker content-second-end"></div> <div class="background-masker content-third-line"></div> <div class="background-masker content-third-end"></div> </div> </div> |
Above HTML code create only content area and motion with css
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.timeline-item { background: #fff; border: 1px solid; border-color: #e5e6e9 #dfe0e4 #d0d1d5; border-radius: 3px; padding: 12px; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 472px; min-height: 200px; } @keyframes placeHolderShimmer{ 0%{ background-position: -468px 0 } 100%{ background-position: 468px 0 } } .animated-background { animation-duration: 1s; animation-fill-mode: forwards; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-name: placeHolderShimmer; animation-timing-function: linear; background: #f6f7f8; background: linear-gradient(to right, #eeeeee 8%, #dddddd 18%, #eeeeee 33%); background-size: 800px 104px; height: 96px; position: relative; } .background-masker { background: #fff; position: absolute; } /* Every thing below this is just positioning */ .background-masker.header-top, .background-masker.header-bottom, .background-masker.subheader-bottom { top: 0; left: 40px; right: 0; height: 10px; } .background-masker.header-left, .background-masker.subheader-left, .background-masker.header-right, .background-masker.subheader-right { top: 10px; left: 40px; height: 8px; width: 10px; } .background-masker.header-bottom { top: 18px; height: 6px; } .background-masker.subheader-left, .background-masker.subheader-right { top: 24px; height: 6px; } .background-masker.header-right, .background-masker.subheader-right { width: auto; left: 300px; right: 0; } .background-masker.subheader-right { left: 230px; } .background-masker.subheader-bottom { top: 30px; height: 10px; } .background-masker.content-top, .background-masker.content-second-line, .background-masker.content-third-line, .background-masker.content-second-end, .background-masker.content-third-end, .background-masker.content-first-end { top: 40px; left: 0; right: 0; height: 6px; } .background-masker.content-top { height:20px; } .background-masker.content-first-end, .background-masker.content-second-end, .background-masker.content-third-end{ width: auto; left: 380px; right: 0; top: 60px; height: 8px; } .background-masker.content-second-line { top: 68px; } .background-masker.content-second-end { left: 420px; top: 74px; } .background-masker.content-third-line { top: 82px; } .background-masker.content-third-end { left: 300px; top: 88px; } |
Above css is used to create lines and animation of content loading placeholder as you see on facebook.
You can find Complete code here
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<!doctype html> <html lang="en"><head> <title>Facebook style timeline content loading placeholder with CSS | tutorialswebsite.com</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> <style> .timeline-item { background: #fff; border: 1px solid; border-color: #e5e6e9 #dfe0e4 #d0d1d5; border-radius: 3px; padding: 12px; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 472px; min-height: 200px; } @keyframes placeHolderShimmer{ 0%{ background-position: -468px 0 } 100%{ background-position: 468px 0 } } .animated-background { animation-duration: 1s; animation-fill-mode: forwards; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-name: placeHolderShimmer; animation-timing-function: linear; background: #f6f7f8; background: linear-gradient(to right, #eeeeee 8%, #dddddd 18%, #eeeeee 33%); background-size: 800px 104px; height: 96px; position: relative; } .background-masker { background: #fff; position: absolute; } /* Every thing below this is just positioning */ .background-masker.header-top, .background-masker.header-bottom, .background-masker.subheader-bottom { top: 0; left: 40px; right: 0; height: 10px; } .background-masker.header-left, .background-masker.subheader-left, .background-masker.header-right, .background-masker.subheader-right { top: 10px; left: 40px; height: 8px; width: 10px; } .background-masker.header-bottom { top: 18px; height: 6px; } .background-masker.subheader-left, .background-masker.subheader-right { top: 24px; height: 6px; } .background-masker.header-right, .background-masker.subheader-right { width: auto; left: 300px; right: 0; } .background-masker.subheader-right { left: 230px; } .background-masker.subheader-bottom { top: 30px; height: 10px; } .background-masker.content-top, .background-masker.content-second-line, .background-masker.content-third-line, .background-masker.content-second-end, .background-masker.content-third-end, .background-masker.content-first-end { top: 40px; left: 0; right: 0; height: 6px; } .background-masker.content-top { height:20px; } .background-masker.content-first-end, .background-masker.content-second-end, .background-masker.content-third-end{ width: auto; left: 380px; right: 0; top: 60px; height: 8px; } .background-masker.content-second-line { top: 68px; } .background-masker.content-second-end { left: 420px; top: 74px; } .background-masker.content-third-line { top: 82px; } .background-masker.content-third-end { left: 300px; top: 88px; } </style> </head> <body> <style type="text/css"> .block a:hover{ color: silver; } .block a{ color: #fff; } .block { position: fixed; background: #2184cd; padding: 20px; z-index: 1; top: 240px; } </style> <div class="timeline-wrapper"> <div class="timeline-item"> <div class="animated-background"> <div class="background-masker header-top"></div> <div class="background-masker header-left"></div> <div class="background-masker header-right"></div> <div class="background-masker header-bottom"></div> <div class="background-masker subheader-left"></div> <div class="background-masker subheader-right"></div> <div class="background-masker subheader-bottom"></div> <div class="background-masker content-top"></div> <div class="background-masker content-first-end"></div> <div class="background-masker content-second-line"></div> <div class="background-masker content-second-end"></div> <div class="background-masker content-third-line"></div> <div class="background-masker content-third-end"></div> </div> </div> </body> </html> |
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