Create a super fun "focus by negation" effect

Adam Argyle posted a cool looking effect on his blog recently. It's not exactly practical in it's final form, but the earlier stages of it could be useful, and there is a lot to learn in going all-in with it.

I took a bit of a different approach with this video, doing it how I'd actually be learning something from a blog post and following along with it, so I'd love to know what you think of this format!

🔗 Links
✅ Adam’s blog post (has codepen examples of each of the steps along the way if you're looking for code): https://nerdy.dev/hover-not-hover-sorry-not-sorry
✅ Easing Wizard: https://easingwizard.com/

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⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - The very basics
05:55 - Ensuring it works with focus
06:00 - Adding in a scaling effect
08:10 - Giving the animation some springiness
12:10 - Looking at the mobile experience
13:20 - Custom property based on which element we are hovering
16:10 - Creating a sibling index
17:28 - Using the abs() function to set the distances and do some calculations
24:00 - Debugging
29:00 - Figuring out how to spread them out with transform-origin

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