How to Create Beautiful Gradient Background Hover Transitions with Divi

Recently, some additional hover options have been added to Divi–allowing you to create even more cool effects without having to touch one single line of code. You can now, for instance, create amazing gradient background hover transitions. By combining column, row and section gradients, you can achieve unique designs. In this tutorial, we’ll show you exactly how to do that. We’ll start off by going through some general steps. Once that’s done, we’ll focus on three design examples individually. You’ll also be able to download the JSON file for free!

Let’s get to it.

Preview

Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a quick look at the three different examples we’ll recreate throughout this tutorial.

Example #1

Example #2

Example #3

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General Steps

Add New Section

Spacing

Let’s start by going through some general steps. Add a new section to the page you’re working on and remove all default padding. Removing all top and bottom padding will, later on, help us combine column, row and section gradient backgrounds.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Add New Row

Column Structure

Continue by adding a new row using the following column structure:

Sizing

Without adding any modules yet, open the row settings and allow the row to take up the entire width of the section container.

• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Spacing

Move on to the spacing settings and remove all default top and bottom padding.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Add Text Module #1 to Column

Add H1 Content

Let’s start adding modules! The first one we need is a Text Module with some H1 content.

H1 Text Settings

Move on to the design tab and change the H1 text settings accordingly:

• Heading Font: Montserrat
• Heading Text Alignment: Center
• Heading Text Color: #000000
• Heading Text Size: 3vw (Desktop), 6vw (Tablet & Phone)
• Heading Letter Spacing: 0.7vw

Sizing

Open the sizing settings next and change the width along with the module alignment.

• Width: 48% (Desktop), 60% (Tablet & Phone)
• Module Alignment: Center

Spacing

Complete the module’s design by adding some top margin.

Add Divider Module to Column

Visibility

On to the next module! Add a Divider Module and make sure the ‘Show Divider’ option is enabled.

Line

Change the line color next.

Sizing

Move on to the sizing settings and apply the following settings:

• Divider Weight: 0.1vw
• Width: 10% (Desktop),16% (Tablet), 25% (Phone)
• Module Alignment: Center

Spacing

Add some custom padding values across different screen sizes as well.

• Top Padding: 2vw (Desktop), 4vw (Tablet), 6vw (Phone)
• Bottom Padding: 2vw (Desktop), 4vw (Tablet), 6vw (Phone)

Add Text Module #2 to Column

Add Content

On to the next module, which is another Text Module. Add some paragraph content of your choice.

Text Settings

Move on to the design tab and change the text settings accordingly:

• Text Font: Open Sans
• Text Alignment: Justify
• Text Line Height: 2.3em

Sizing

Modify the width and module alignment in the sizing settings next:

• Width: 30% (Desktop), 54% (Tablet), 70% (Phone)
• Module Alignment: Center

Add Button Module to Column

Add Copy

The next and last module we need in the column is a Button Module. Add some copy of your choice.

Alignment

Move on to the design tab and change the button alignment.

Button Settings

Modify the button settings as well.

• Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
• Button Text Size: 0.8vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 2.8vw (Phone)
• Button Text Color: #000000
• Button Border Width: 1px
• Button Border Radius: 1px
• Button Font: Montserrat

Spacing

And add some custom spacing values across different screen sizes.

• Top Margin: 2vw (Desktop), 8vw (Tablet & Phone)
• Bottom Margin: 10vw
• Top Padding: 1vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)
• Bottom Padding: 1vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)
• Left Padding: 3vw (Desktop), 6vw (Tablet), 8vw (Phone)
• Right Padding: 3vw (Desktop), 6vw (Tablet), 8vw (Phone)

Clone Section Twice Times

Once you’ve completed the section, you can clone it twice; one for each example.

Recreate Gradient Background Hover Transition #1

Section

Default Gradient Background

Let’s start creating the first hover transition! Open the section settings and add the following default gradient background:

• Color 1: #d1d1ff
• Color 2: #f7f7f7
• Gradient Direction: 90deg
• Start Position: 50%
• End Position: 50%

Hover Gradient Background

Modify the gradient background on hover.

• Color 1: #f7f7f7
• Color 2: #ffc1c7
• Gradient Direction: 90deg
• Start Position: 50%
• End Position: 50%

Row

Default Gradient Background

Open the row settings next and apply the following default gradient background settings:

• Color 1: #7032ff
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Direction: 90deg
• Start Position: 10%
• End Position: 10%

Hover Gradient Background

Modify the gradient background on hover.

• Color 1: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Color 2: #ff324a
• Gradient Direction: 90deg
• Start Position: 90%
• End Position: 90%

Recreate Gradient Background Hover Transition #2

Section

Default Gradient Background

On to the second example! Open the section settings and add the following gradient background:

• Color 1: #f7f7f7
• Color 2: #eceaff
• Gradient Direction: 156deg
• Start Position: 50%
• End Position: 50%

Hover Gradient Background

Add a different gradient background on hover:

• Color 1: #ffeaec
• Color 2: #f7f7f7
• Gradient Direction: 204deg
• Start Position: 50%
• End Position: 50%

Row

Default Gradient Background

Open the row settings next and apply the following gradient background settings:

• Color 1: #a932ff
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Bottom Left
• Start Position: 14%
• End Position: 14%

Hover Gradient Background

Change the row gradient background on hover accordingly:

• Color 1: #ff324a
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Top Left
• Start Position: 14%
• End Position: 14%

Column

Default Gradient Background

Move on to the column settings and add the following gradient background:

• Color 1: #a932ff
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Top Right
• Start Position: 14%
• End Position: 14%

Hover Gradient Background

Modify the column gradient background on hover:

• Color 1: #ff324a
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Bottom Right
• Start Position: 14%
• End Position: 14%

Recreate Gradient Background Hover Transition #3

Section

Default Gradient Background

On to the next and last example! Open the section settings and apply the following gradient background:

• Color 1: #ffc1c7
• Color 2: #ffffff
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Top
• Start Position: 45%
• End Position: 45%

Hover Gradient Background

Modify the section gradient background on hover.

• Color 1: #ffc1c7
• Color 2: #ffffff
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Left
• Start Position: 20%
• End Position: 20%

Row

Default Gradient Background

Open the row settings next and add the following gradient background:

• Color 1: #d3dfff
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Bottom
• Start Position: 45%
• End Position: 45%

Hover Gradient Background

Modify the gradient background accordingly:

• Color 1: #d3dfff
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Right
• Start Position: 20%
• End Position: 20%

Column

Default Gradient Background

Last but not least, add a column gradient background and you’re done!

• Color 1: #f7f7f7
• Color 2: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Gradient Type: Radial
• Radial Direction: Center
• Start Position: 41%
• End Position: 41%

Preview

Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the outcome of all three examples we recreated throughout this tutorial!

Example #1

Example #2

Example #3

Final Thoughts

In this post, we’ve shown you how to creatively use Divi’s additional gradient background hover options to create beautiful hover transitions with Divi’s built-in options only. We’ve started with some general steps and continued by recreating each one of the three examples. If you have any questions or suggestions, make sure you leave a comment in the comment section below!

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