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Hover & Micro-interactions

Hover image preview

Hover over a text link and a preview image appears — following the cursor or in a fixed position.

What you're seeing

A project name in a list reveals a thumbnail on hover. Content discovery without clicking.

Where you'll see it

Portfolio work lists, blog indexes, project directories.

Difficulty

Low — 2/5

Libraries that build it

GSAPMotioncustom JS

Ready to prompt — paste this into your AI coding tool

"On mouseenter show preview image positioned at cursor with lerp following, fade in with GSAP opacity 0→1 scale 0.9→1"

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