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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>3D CSS Loading Spinner</title>
<style>
/* Base styles and variables */
:root {
--size: 80px;
--primary: #f6c43b;
--accent: #0afb4e;
--bg: #f9fafb;
}
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
background-color: var(--bg);
}
/* Visually hidden helper for accessibility */
.visually-hidden {
position: absolute;
width: 1px;
height: 1px;
padding: 0;
margin: -1px;
overflow: hidden;
clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
white-space: nowrap;
border: 0;
}
/* Spinner container */
.spinner-wrapper {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
perspective: 1000px;
;
}
/* Spinner cube structure */
.spinner {
position: relative;
width: var(--size);
height: var(--size);
transform-style: preserve-3d;
}
/* Individual spinner elements */
.spinner-element {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-color: var(--primary);
opacity: 0.8;
border-radius: 8px;
will-change: transform, opacity;
}
/* Animation keyframes for 3D rotation */
@keyframes rotate3d {
0% {
transform: rotateX(0deg) rotateY(0deg) rotateZ(0deg);
}
100% {
transform: rotateX(360deg) rotateY(360deg) rotateZ(360deg);
}
}
/* Apply animation to spinner */
.spinner {
animation: rotate3d 2s infinite linear;
}
/* Position each element in 3D space */
.spinner-element:nth-child(1) {
transform: translateZ(calc(var(--size) / 2));
}
.spinner-element:nth-child(2) {
transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(calc(var(--size) / 2));
background-color: var(--accent);
}
.spinner-element:nth-child(3) {
transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(calc(var(--size) / 2));
}
.spinner-element:nth-child(4) {
transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateZ(calc(var(--size) / 2));
background-color: var(--accent);
}
.spinner-element:nth-child(5) {
transform: rotateX(90deg) translateZ(calc(var(--size) / 2));
}
.spinner-element:nth-child(6) {
transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(calc(var(--size) / 2));
}
/* Reduced motion fallback */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.spinner {
animation: none;
transform: rotateX(45deg) rotateY(45deg) rotateZ(0deg);
}
.spinner-element {
opacity: 0.6;
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Accessible spinner wrapper with status role -->
<div class="spinner-wrapper" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<!-- Visually hidden loading text for screen readers -->
<span class="visually-hidden">Loading</span>
<!-- 3D cube spinner made of 6 elements -->
<div class="spinner">
<div class="spinner-element"></div>
<div class="spinner-element"></div>
<div class="spinner-element"></div>
<div class="spinner-element"></div>
<div class="spinner-element"></div>
<div class="spinner-element"></div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Screen.Recording.2025-09-12.at.23.36.29.mov

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escape the browser window

@LeonFedotov
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Nice

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perspective: none;

fixes it

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