FontAwesome Icons Spin only on mouseover?

Question

In font awesome how can i use this code : <i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> work on mouse over only?

Solution 1

Instead of overriding the class, you can also just create another one for hover only:

.fa-spin-hover:hover {
  -webkit-animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
  -moz-animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
  -o-animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
  animation: spin 2s infinite linear;
}


<i class="fa fa-circle-o-notch fa-spin-hover"></i>
<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin-hover"></i>

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Xw7LH/1/

Note: if using Font-Awesome 4.2+ you may need to namespace the animation with "fa-":

.fa-spin-hover:hover {
  -webkit-animation: fa-spin 2s infinite linear;
  -moz-animation: fa-spin 2s infinite linear;
  -o-animation: fa-spin 2s infinite linear;
  animation: fa-spin 2s infinite linear;
}

Solution 2

You could also use javascript with the jquery library:

$('.fa-spinner').hover(function() {
    $(this).addClass('fa-spin');
}, function() {
    $(this).removeClass('fa-spin');
});

That would make it only spin on hover and reset back to its original position when its over - that being said it can look weird with some of the icons (I've only used it with the cog). For infinite spinning on hover you could just do this:

$('.fa-spinner').hover(function() {
    $(this).addClass('fa-spin');
});

jquery link: https://jquery.com/

Comments

[weeheavy]

Unfortunately doesn't seem to work anymore with FA 4.2.0. Any idea?

[weeheavy]

Nevermind, found a bug for this: github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/3885

[Servuc]

It will be awesome to pull request your class on FontAwesome Github ;)

[Ahmad Maleki]

I was wondering why no one suggested changing class till I found your answer. clean jquery approach with no css source modification.

[Al Foиce ѫ]

Since Font-Awesome 4.2, you have to namespace the animation with "fa-" : animation: fa-spin 2s infinite linear;

[Chris Owens]

Thanks @AlFoиceѫ, have updated the answer to include this

[Xm7X]

Change that, you must