--- title: Micro-interactions still matter | daily.dev description: A short CSS tutorial demonstrating how to create polished micro-interactions using just four lines of CSS. The technique combines hover background color... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/micro-interactions-still-matter-estpgvelq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Micro-interactions still matter | daily.dev og:description: A short CSS tutorial demonstrating how to create polished micro-interactions using just four lines of CSS. The technique combines hover background color... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/micro-interactions-still-matter-estpgvelq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EStpgVeLq.png og:image:alt: Micro-interactions still matter og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Micro-interactions still matter **[Coding in Public](https://daily.dev/sources/codinginpublic)** · 4 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short CSS tutorial demonstrating how to create polished micro-interactions using just four lines of CSS. The technique combines hover background color changes using OKLCH color with opacity, a box shadow for visual depth, a scale transform on active/click state, and a custom linear easing function for a 'squishy' feel. The box shadow approach is preferred over background-with-padding because it doesn't disrupt document flow, allowing the squish animation to work smoothly. CSS nesting, modern scale property, and easing generators like Easing Wizard are used throughout. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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