Collection of free HTML and CSS image thumbnail code examples.
SPLIT IMAGE THUMBNAIL
Split thumbnail image on hover in HTML and CSS. Made with HTML (Pug) / CSS (Sass) by YJ.
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Split Image on hover by YJ (@John_Tsai)
on CodePen.
ANIMATED GALLERY THUMBNAILS
A fancy responsive CSS animated gallery thumbnails. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by Simto Alev.
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A Fancy CSS Animated Gallery Covers (Now Responsive) by Simto Alev (@simtoalev)
on CodePen.
THUMBNAIL HOVER EFFECTS
Pure CSS3 image thumbnail hover effects, also we can easily change the grid item per row using by Sass variable. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by Nikhil Krishnan.
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THUMBNAIL HOVER EFFECTS by Nikhil Krishnan (@nikhil8krishnan)
on CodePen.
DOCUMENT THUMBNAIL WITH CSS CUSTOM PROPERTY
Dog-ear will position itself it top right corner regardless of original size / aspect ratio of image. Effect achieved by using hidden img to set size of relatively positioned parent container – then two absolutely positioned pseudo elements with the same image as a background overlap to leave dog-ear gap top right. Image url supplied by custom property declared inline in HTML. Made with HTML (Slim) / CSS (SCSS) by Scott Henderson.
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Document thumbnail with dog-ear via CSS custom property by Scott Henderson (@scootman)
on CodePen.
THUMBNAIL EFFECT
Image thumbnail hover effect. Made with HTML / CSS by Amrit Pandey.
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Image Thumbnail Hover Effect by Amrit Pandey (@amritpandey)
on CodePen.
THUMBNAIL HOVER
CSS thumbnail hover with caption and social buttons. Made with HTML / CSS by Amol V Bharambe.
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Thumbnail Hover 1 by AmolB (@AmolVBharambe)
on CodePen.
THUMBNAIL PRESENTATION WITH CSS GRID
This should work with older browsers as far as IE9. Older browsers and non-supporting browsers will get a “conservative” design instead. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by Aysha Anggraini.
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Thumbnail Presentation with CSS Grid by Aysha Anggraini (@rrenula)
on CodePen.
FLEX- THUMBNAILS
CSS flexbox thumbnail arrangements. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by NaveenBhaskar.
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flex- thumbnails by NaveenBhaskar (@naveenbhaskar)
on CodePen.
CSS RESPONSIVE THUMBNAIL
CSS Thumbnail responsive flexbox hover transition. Made with HTML (Pug) / CSS (SCSS) byraykuo.
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CSS Thumbnail responsive flexbox hover transition by raykuo (@raykuo)
on CodePen.
CSS THUMBNAIL
Thumbnail CSS hover transition. Made with HTML (Pug) / CSS by raykuo.
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Thumbnail CSS hover transition by raykuo (@raykuo)
on CodePen.
FLEXBOX YOUTUBE THUMBNAIL GRID
Responsive flexbox unordered list grid of YouTube video thumbnails with Fancybox links. Uses a 9kb image with a 16:9 aspect ratio to be able to use the YouTube thumbnails as a background image, without seeing those black letterbox bars at the top and bottom. This also makes the video thumbnails fluid when resizing the browser. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) / JavaScript by Greg Sweet.
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Flexbox YouTube Thumbnail Grid by Greg Sweet (@ControlledChaos)
on CodePen.
THUMBNAIL HOVER
Angled thumbnail hover interaction. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by Nathan Long.
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Angled Thumbnail Hover Interaction by Nathan Long (@nathanlong)
on CodePen.
THUMBNAIL WITH ANIMATED CAPTIONS
In combination with data attributes, you can build a thumbnail image with title and description using just one single line of HTML code. Made with HTML / CSS by Anselm Urban.
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Thumbnail with Animated Captions by Anselm Urban (@a-urban)
on CodePen.
ARTIST RADIO THUMBNAILS
Recreation of Spotify artist radio thumbnails. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by Alan Shortis.
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Spotify Artist Radio Thumbnails by Alan Shortis (@alanshortis)
on CodePen.
PURE CSS PERFECT SQUARE THUMBNAILS GALLERY
A responsive image gallery using only CSS with a centered button on the hover and centered and cropped thumbnails. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by Hitz Kareaga.
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Pure CSS perfect square thumbnails gallery by Hitz Kareaga (@hitzkareaga)
on CodePen.
PURE CSS THUMBNAIL HOVER EFFECT
Thumbnail hover effect with CSS3. Made with HTML / CSS by Aysha Anggraini.
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Pure CSS Thumbnail Hover Effect by Aysha Anggraini (@rrenula)
on CodePen.
ROUNDED THUMBNAILS PORTFOLIO
Presents portfolio as randomly placed rounded thumbnails that expands to full width and height on hover. Description appears on one of the sides with smooth rotating effect. Made with HTML / CSS (SCSS) by Pavel Burov.
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Rounded thumbnails portfolio by Pavel Burov (@pmburov)
on CodePen.
FLIPPING THUMBNAILS
Flipping thumbnails in HTML, CSS and JavaScript by Christophe Beghin.
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Flipping thumbnails by Christophe Béghin (@CBeghin)
on CodePen.