# Hero Paths

> A hero that splits visitors in two: a title, then two tall pictures that are links, and the one under the pointer widens while its call to action rises.

Hero · hero, section, landing, entrance, split, hover, links · HTML, CSS, vanilla JS · no dependencies · updated 2026-10-25
Demo: https://kodza.dev/components/hero-paths/

## Files

The code below, served as files: byte for byte what the Kodza site copies (the CSS includes its theme guard).

- [`kodza-hero-paths.css`](https://kodza.dev/registry/hero-paths/kodza-hero-paths.css) · 13.9 KB
- [`kodza-hero-paths.js`](https://kodza.dev/registry/hero-paths/kodza-hero-paths.js) · 6.0 KB
- [`kodza-hero-paths.html`](https://kodza.dev/registry/hero-paths/kodza-hero-paths.html) · 2.5 KB · the markup, to adapt and paste into your page

**Can you run shell commands? Download the CSS and the JS, don't retype them.** Retyping costs thousands of tokens and can drop or change lines of the CSS. Put the files where your stack expects them (Use it says where: change the `-o` paths):

```bash
curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o kodza/kodza-hero-paths.css https://kodza.dev/registry/hero-paths/kodza-hero-paths.css
curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o kodza/kodza-hero-paths.js https://kodza.dev/registry/hero-paths/kodza-hero-paths.js
```

Then load the files from your page as Use it shows, instead of pasting the content. The HTML is the part you adapt (text, links, modifiers): paste it from the Code section. Copy the CSS and the JS from the Code section only if you can't run commands, exactly as they are. (Windows PowerShell: `curl.exe`.)

## API

- Root: `.kodza-hero-paths`
- Variables (set them on the root element itself: it declares its own defaults):
  - `--kz-hero-paths-ink: #0a0a0a`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-dim: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62)`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-faint: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.6)`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-on-image: #f2f2f0`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-veil: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62)`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-bg: transparent`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-width: 1440px`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-pad-y: clamp(56px, 7vw, 112px)`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-gutter: clamp(16px, 4vw, 40px)`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-height: clamp(380px, 32vw, 460px)`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-gap: 12px`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-grow: 1.8`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-radius: 16px`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-mono: "Geist Mono", ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-ease: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)`
  - `--kz-hero-paths-sway: cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1)`
- Lifecycle: `kodza:init` / `kodza:destroy` on `document`, with `{ detail: { root } }` to target a container.

## Dark mode

The values Kodza uses on a dark background (`#0a0a0a`). For a page that follows the system theme, add them after the component's CSS:

```css
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  .kodza-hero-paths {
    --kz-hero-paths-ink: #f2f2f0;
    --kz-hero-paths-dim: rgba(242, 242, 240, 0.64);
    --kz-hero-paths-faint: rgba(242, 242, 240, 0.5);
  }
}
```

A site with its own theme switch puts the same rules under its dark selector instead (`[data-theme="dark"] .kodza-hero-paths { … }`); a single dark section, under that section's class.

Its images have dark versions next to them (`kz-overflow-1400.webp` → `kz-overflow-dark-1400.webp`). To swap them on a dark page: `<picture><source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="…-dark-….webp"><img …></picture>`.

## Use it

### Plain HTML page

- CSS: `kodza/kodza-hero-paths.css` next to the page (the Files commands as they are), linked in `<head>`: `<link rel="stylesheet" href="kodza/kodza-hero-paths.css">`. Without a shell, paste it in a `<style>` in `<head>` instead. It only touches `kodza-` classes.
- HTML: where the component goes. Paste it as many times as you need: instances never interfere.
- JS: `kodza/kodza-hero-paths.js`, loaded with `<script src="kodza/kodza-hero-paths.js" defer></script>` in `<head>`. Without a shell, paste it in a `<script>` before `</body>` (or in `<head>`: it waits for the page). One copy per page, whatever the number of instances.
- Restyle with the `--kz-…` variables, set on the component's root element itself (the root declares its own defaults, so a value on an ancestor is ignored), and with the modifiers / attributes listed under API.
- Font: it takes the page's own. The Kodza look is Geist: `<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Geist:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap">`.
- Content added later (AJAX navigation, a SPA route, a builder preview): start it with `document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:init', { detail: { root: container } }))`; before removing it, the same call with `'kodza:destroy'` stops it and puts the original markup back.

### Claude artifact (claude.ai)

- Paste the CSS in a `<style>` and the JS in a `<script>` at the end, in the artifact itself: it loads stylesheets only from Google Fonts and scripts only from a few CDNs, so no `<link>` or `<script src>` to Kodza.
- Writing the artifact file with a shell? Insert the downloaded files (Files) with a command instead of retyping them: a line `KODZA-CSS` alone inside the `<style>`, `KODZA-JS` inside the `<script>`, then `sed -e '/^KODZA-CSS$/{r kodza/kodza-hero-paths.css' -e 'd' -e '}' -e '/^KODZA-JS$/{r kodza/kodza-hero-paths.js' -e 'd' -e '}' page.html > artifact.html`.
- Font: load Geist from Google Fonts (allowed): `<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Geist:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap">`.
- Images: the artifact blocks every other host, `kodza.dev` included, without an error. Embed each one as a `data:` URI, with a command if you can run one (`curl -s <url> | base64`; the 1400 px files weigh 10 to 30 KB), never by typing base64 out. If you can't run commands, keep the `<img>` with its `width` and `height`, and tell the user the picture stays blank inside the artifact.
- Dark mode: the viewer sets `data-theme="dark"` or `"light"` on `<html>`, or nothing when it follows the system. Write the Dark mode rules twice: inside `@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark)` with `:root:not([data-theme="light"])` in front of each selector, and with `:root[data-theme="dark"]` in front of each selector.

### WordPress

- HTML: a **Custom HTML** block (or a pattern / template part). WordPress keeps this markup as it is only for users allowed to post unfiltered HTML (Administrators; Super Admins on multisite): for anyone else it strips tags such as `<svg>`, `<input>` or `<dialog>`, so add it from the theme (a pattern or template part) instead.
- This one spans the page: a block theme keeps a Custom HTML block to the width of the text column, so put it inside a **Group** block set to **Full width**, with **Inner blocks use content width** turned off.
- CSS and JS: the downloaded files go in the theme, under `wp-content/themes/<your-theme>/kodza/` (the child theme if there is one), enqueued from its functions.php (or a code-snippets plugin):
  ```php
  add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
    $dir = get_stylesheet_directory() . '/kodza/';
    $uri = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/kodza/';
    wp_enqueue_style('kodza-hero-paths', $uri . 'kodza-hero-paths.css', [], filemtime($dir . 'kodza-hero-paths.css'));
    wp_enqueue_script('kodza-hero-paths', $uri . 'kodza-hero-paths.js', [], filemtime($dir . 'kodza-hero-paths.js'), true);
  });
  ```
  Scoped to `kodza-` classes, the CSS never touches the theme. One copy of the JS, whatever the number of blocks.
- No access to the theme files? The CSS can also go, as it is, in **Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS** (classic theme) or **Styles → Additional CSS** in the Site Editor (block theme).
- Theme with AJAX page transitions: fire `kodza:init` on the new content after each swap (and `kodza:destroy` on the old one).
- Performance plugin (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, Perfmatters…) with **Delay JavaScript execution** turned on: add `kodza` to the scripts it must not delay. Otherwise the component waits for the visitor's first scroll, tap or mouse move, and that first click can be lost.
- Colours: it takes the colour of the text around it (or keeps its own monochrome): nothing to point at the theme.
- WordPress turns straight quotes and `--` into typographic ones in the text of a Custom HTML block (not inside `<code>` or `<pre>`).

#### With Elementor

- HTML: an **HTML** widget (Elementor shows it to administrators only). It keeps the code exactly as pasted, straight quotes included.
- This one spans the page: give the widget its own container, **Content Width: Full Width**, padding 0.
- CSS and JS: as above. Elementor's Site Settings → Theme Style styles every button, field, link and image of the page, components included; the theme guard at the end of the CSS keeps the component's buttons, fields and link colours as they are.
- The Elementor editor redraws each widget after the page has loaded: without the script below, the component stays still in the editor preview (the published page works). Add it once per site, in the footer like the component's script (`kodza/elementor-editor.js`, or a code-snippets plugin):

```js
// Kodza in the Elementor editor: the editor redraws each HTML widget after the page has loaded.
// Start Kodza in what it draws, stop it in what it replaces or removes. Once per site.
window.addEventListener('elementor/frontend/init', () => {
  if (!elementorFrontend.isEditMode()) return;
  class KodzaWidget extends elementorModules.frontend.handlers.Base {
    onInit() {
      super.onInit();
      this.kodza = [...this.$element[0].children];
      document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:init', { detail: { root: this.$element[0] } }));
    }
    onDestroy() {
      super.onDestroy();
      this.kodza.forEach((root) => document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:destroy', { detail: { root } })));
    }
  }
  elementorFrontend.elementsHandler.attachHandler('html', KodzaWidget);
});
```

- No child theme: everything can go in the HTML widget instead, `<style>` with the CSS, the HTML, then `<script>` with the JS. It works on the page and in the editor without the script above.

### Shopify

- Files: `assets/kodza-hero-paths.css` and `assets/kodza-hero-paths.js` (the Files commands with `-o assets/…`).
- In the section: `{{ 'kodza-hero-paths.css' | asset_url | stylesheet_tag }}` and `<script src="{{ 'kodza-hero-paths.js' | asset_url }}" defer></script>`, then the HTML.
- The theme editor re-renders sections: restart them with
  `document.addEventListener('shopify:section:load', (e) => document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:init', { detail: { root: e.target } })));`
  and the same with `shopify:section:unload` → `kodza:destroy`.

### React / Next.js

- Files, side by side (e.g. in `components/kodza/`): `HeroPaths.tsx` (below), the CSS block under Code saved as `hero-paths.css` and the JS block as `hero-paths.js`, both as they are. The HTML block is already inside the component: skip it.
- Use it: `import { HeroPaths } from '@/components/kodza/HeroPaths';` then `<HeroPaths />`. Props: `vars` (the `--kz-…` variables listed under API, e.g. `vars={{ '--kz-hero-paths-ink': … }}`), `className`, `style` and the other props of its `<section>` (`onClick`, `aria-…`).
- Next.js App Router: it is a Client Component already (`'use client'`). Pages Router: Next.js takes global CSS only in `pages/_app`, so move the `import './hero-paths.css'` line there.
- Safe under StrictMode, client-side navigation and prop changes: when a prop changes, the `key` gives React a fresh element, `kodza:destroy` stops the script on the old one and `kodza:init` starts it on the new one.

```tsx
'use client';
// Kodza — Hero Paths, for React. From https://kodza.dev/components/hero-paths/
// Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license
// Next to this file: hero-paths.css and hero-paths.js, the component's CSS and JS from Kodza, as they are.
// Yours to edit: the markup is plain JSX below.
// The script changes this markup once React has rendered it (it adds layers, splits text, moves
// nodes), so React must not patch it afterwards. When a prop changes, the key gives React a fresh
// element: kodza:destroy stops the script on the old one, kodza:init starts it on the new one.
import { useRef, useEffect, type ComponentPropsWithoutRef, type ComponentRef, type CSSProperties } from 'react';
import './hero-paths.css';

export type HeroPathsProps = Omit<ComponentPropsWithoutRef<'section'>, "children" | "vars"> & {
  /** Settings, as CSS variables on the root */
  vars?: {
    /** default: #0a0a0a */
    "--kz-hero-paths-ink"?: string | number;
    /** default: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-dim"?: string | number;
    /** default: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.6) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-faint"?: string | number;
    /** default: #f2f2f0 */
    "--kz-hero-paths-on-image"?: string | number;
    /** default: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-veil"?: string | number;
    /** default: transparent */
    "--kz-hero-paths-bg"?: string | number;
    /** default: 1440px */
    "--kz-hero-paths-width"?: string | number;
    /** default: clamp(56px, 7vw, 112px) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-pad-y"?: string | number;
    /** default: clamp(16px, 4vw, 40px) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-gutter"?: string | number;
    /** default: clamp(380px, 32vw, 460px) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-height"?: string | number;
    /** default: 12px */
    "--kz-hero-paths-gap"?: string | number;
    /** default: 1.8 */
    "--kz-hero-paths-grow"?: string | number;
    /** default: 16px */
    "--kz-hero-paths-radius"?: string | number;
    /** default: "Geist Mono", ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace */
    "--kz-hero-paths-mono"?: string | number;
    /** default: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-ease"?: string | number;
    /** default: cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1) */
    "--kz-hero-paths-sway"?: string | number;
  };
  className?: string;
};

export function HeroPaths({ vars, className, style, ...rest }: HeroPathsProps) {
  const ref = useRef<ComponentRef<'section'>>(null);
  const classes = ["kodza-hero-paths", className].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
  // Everything the markup is made of: when it changes, React gets a fresh element (see the top)
  const key = JSON.stringify([classes, vars, style, rest]);

  // Starts the script on this element once React has rendered it, stops it when it goes
  useEffect(() => {
    const root = ref.current;
    let live = true;
    // @ts-ignore: a plain script, no types to find
    import('./hero-paths.js').then(() => {
      if (live) document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:init', { detail: { root } }));
    });
    return () => {
      live = false;
      document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:destroy', { detail: { root } }));
    };
  }, [key]);

  return (
    <section key={key} {...rest} className={classes} style={{ ...vars, ...style } as CSSProperties} ref={ref}>
      <div className="kodza-hero-paths__inner">
        <div className="kodza-hero-paths__head">
          <div>
            <p className="kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow">
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__rise">Studio · two ways in</span>
            </p>
            <h1 className="kodza-hero-paths__title">
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__line">
                <span className="kodza-hero-paths__rise">Pick a door.</span>
              </span>
              {' '}
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__line">
                <span className="kodza-hero-paths__rise">Both open.</span>
              </span>
            </h1>
          </div>
          <p className="kodza-hero-paths__lead">We build the whole site, or we hand you the parts and get out of the way. No discovery call to find out which.</p>
        </div>
        <div className="kodza-hero-paths__paths">
          <a className="kodza-hero-paths__path" href="#">
            <span className="kodza-hero-paths__media">
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__curtain">
                <span className="kodza-hero-paths__hold">
                  <img src="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-overflow-1400.webp" srcSet="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-overflow-1400.webp 1400w, https://kodza.dev/media/kz-overflow-2400.webp 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 60vw" alt="" width="1400" height="1400" />
                </span>
              </span>
            </span>
            {' '}
            <span className="kodza-hero-paths__body">
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__tag">01 · For teams</span>
              {' '}
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__name">We build it.</span>
              {' '}
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__go">
                <span className="kodza-hero-paths__go-text">Start a project<svg className="kodza-hero-paths__arrow" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true"> <path d="M2.5 8h10.5M9 3.5 13.5 8 9 12.5" /> </svg></span>
              </span>
            </span>
          </a>
          {' '}
          <a className="kodza-hero-paths__path" href="#">
            <span className="kodza-hero-paths__media">
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__curtain">
                <span className="kodza-hero-paths__hold">
                  <img src="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-arch-1400.webp" srcSet="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-arch-1400.webp 1400w, https://kodza.dev/media/kz-arch-2400.webp 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 60vw" alt="" width="1400" height="1400" />
                </span>
              </span>
            </span>
            {' '}
            <span className="kodza-hero-paths__body">
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__tag">02 · For developers</span>
              {' '}
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__name">You build it.</span>
              {' '}
              <span className="kodza-hero-paths__go">
                <span className="kodza-hero-paths__go-text">Browse the parts<svg className="kodza-hero-paths__arrow" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true"> <path d="M2.5 8h10.5M9 3.5 13.5 8 9 12.5" /> </svg></span>
              </span>
            </span>
          </a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </section>
  );
}
```

## Code

```html
<section class="kodza-hero-paths">
  <div class="kodza-hero-paths__inner">
    <div class="kodza-hero-paths__head">
      <div>
        <p class="kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__rise">Studio · two ways in</span></p>
        <h1 class="kodza-hero-paths__title"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__line"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__rise">Pick a door.</span></span> <span class="kodza-hero-paths__line"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__rise">Both open.</span></span></h1>
      </div>
      <p class="kodza-hero-paths__lead">We build the whole site, or we hand you the parts and get out of the way. No discovery call to find out which.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="kodza-hero-paths__paths">
      <a class="kodza-hero-paths__path" href="#">
        <span class="kodza-hero-paths__media"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__curtain"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__hold"><img src="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-overflow-1400.webp" srcset="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-overflow-1400.webp 1400w, https://kodza.dev/media/kz-overflow-2400.webp 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 60vw" alt="" width="1400" height="1400" /></span></span></span>
        <span class="kodza-hero-paths__body">
          <span class="kodza-hero-paths__tag">01 · For teams</span>
          <span class="kodza-hero-paths__name">We build it.</span>
          <span class="kodza-hero-paths__go"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__go-text">Start a project<svg class="kodza-hero-paths__arrow" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M2.5 8h10.5M9 3.5 13.5 8 9 12.5" /></svg></span></span>
        </span>
      </a>
      <a class="kodza-hero-paths__path" href="#">
        <span class="kodza-hero-paths__media"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__curtain"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__hold"><img src="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-arch-1400.webp" srcset="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-arch-1400.webp 1400w, https://kodza.dev/media/kz-arch-2400.webp 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 60vw" alt="" width="1400" height="1400" /></span></span></span>
        <span class="kodza-hero-paths__body">
          <span class="kodza-hero-paths__tag">02 · For developers</span>
          <span class="kodza-hero-paths__name">You build it.</span>
          <span class="kodza-hero-paths__go"><span class="kodza-hero-paths__go-text">Browse the parts<svg class="kodza-hero-paths__arrow" viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M2.5 8h10.5M9 3.5 13.5 8 9 12.5" /></svg></span></span>
        </span>
      </a>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>
```

```css
/* Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license */
/* Kodza — Hero Paths
   A hero that splits the visitors in two: a title and an intro, then two tall pictures, each one
   a link. The one under the pointer (or the keyboard focus) widens while its picture settles and
   its call to action rises out of its mask; the other gives it the room. The entrance is played
   by the script. Everything is tuned with the --kz-hero-paths-* variables. */
.kodza-hero-paths {
  --kz-hero-paths-ink: #0a0a0a;
  --kz-hero-paths-dim: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62);
  --kz-hero-paths-faint: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.6);
  --kz-hero-paths-on-image: #f2f2f0;
  --kz-hero-paths-veil: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.62);
  --kz-hero-paths-bg: transparent;
  --kz-hero-paths-width: 1440px;
  --kz-hero-paths-pad-y: clamp(56px, 7vw, 112px);
  --kz-hero-paths-gutter: clamp(16px, 4vw, 40px);
  --kz-hero-paths-height: clamp(380px, 32vw, 460px);
  --kz-hero-paths-gap: 12px;
  --kz-hero-paths-grow: 1.8;
  --kz-hero-paths-radius: 16px;
  --kz-hero-paths-mono: "Geist Mono", ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace;
  --kz-hero-paths-ease: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
  --kz-hero-paths-sway: cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);

  container: kodza-hero-paths / inline-size;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  width: 100%;
  padding-top: var(--kz-hero-paths-pad-y);
  padding-bottom: var(--kz-hero-paths-gutter);
  padding-left: max(var(--kz-hero-paths-gutter), env(safe-area-inset-left, 0px));
  padding-right: max(var(--kz-hero-paths-gutter), env(safe-area-inset-right, 0px));
  background: var(--kz-hero-paths-bg);
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-ink);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__inner {
  max-width: var(--kz-hero-paths-width);
  margin: 0 auto;
}

/* Title on the left, intro on the right, on the same bottom line */
.kodza-hero-paths__head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: end;
  column-gap: clamp(24px, 4vw, 64px);
  margin-bottom: clamp(32px, 4vw, 56px);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow {
  margin: 0 0 20px;
  overflow: hidden;
  font-family: var(--kz-hero-paths-mono);
  font-size: 12.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-faint);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__rise {
  display: block;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__title {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(40px, 6.2vw, 92px);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-ink);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__line {
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-bottom: 0.08em;
  margin-bottom: -0.08em;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__lead {
  max-width: 34ch;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(16px, 1.3vw, 19px);
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-dim);
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__paths {
  display: flex;
  gap: var(--kz-hero-paths-gap);
  height: var(--kz-hero-paths-height);
}

/* Each path is a link the size of its picture; it grows by flex, so the other one shrinks with it */
.kodza-hero-paths__path {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: block;
  flex: 1 1 0;
  min-width: 0;
  border-radius: var(--kz-hero-paths-radius);
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-on-image);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: flex-grow 0.8s var(--kz-hero-paths-sway);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__path:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--kz-hero-paths-ink);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

/* The picture waits slightly zoomed in, and settles as its path opens */
.kodza-hero-paths__media {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -2;
  overflow: hidden;
  transform: scale(1.1);
  transition: transform 1s var(--kz-hero-paths-ease);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__curtain,
.kodza-hero-paths__hold {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__curtain {
  overflow: hidden;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__media img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

/* A veil at the foot of the picture, so the words read on any part of it. It lives behind the
   curtain with the picture: an empty path shows no grey band before it opens */
.kodza-hero-paths__hold {
  position: relative;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__hold::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, var(--kz-hero-paths-veil), transparent 58%);
  pointer-events: none;
}

/* The words never wrap, so a path can narrow without them moving */
.kodza-hero-paths__body {
  position: absolute;
  left: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 32px);
  bottom: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 32px);
  display: grid;
  justify-items: start;
  gap: 10px;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__tag {
  font-family: var(--kz-hero-paths-mono);
  font-size: 12.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__name {
  font-size: clamp(30px, 3.4vw, 50px);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__go {
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin-top: 6px;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__go-text {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.4;
  transition: transform 0.55s var(--kz-hero-paths-ease);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__arrow {
  flex: none;
  width: 16px;
  height: 16px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 1.5;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

/* With a pointer, the call to action waits under its mask until the path is chosen */
@media (hover: hover) {
  .kodza-hero-paths__go-text {
    transform: translateY(105%);
  }

  .kodza-hero-paths__path:hover,
  .kodza-hero-paths__path:focus-visible {
    flex-grow: var(--kz-hero-paths-grow);
  }

  .kodza-hero-paths__path:hover .kodza-hero-paths__media,
  .kodza-hero-paths__path:focus-visible .kodza-hero-paths__media {
    transform: none;
  }

  .kodza-hero-paths__path:hover .kodza-hero-paths__go-text,
  .kodza-hero-paths__path:focus-visible .kodza-hero-paths__go-text {
    transform: none;
    transition-delay: 0.12s;
  }
}

/* Waiting for its entrance: the script sets is-shown and plays the motion in the same frame */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
  .kodza-hero-paths.is-ready:not(.is-shown) .kodza-hero-paths__rise {
    transform: translateY(105%);
  }

  /* 2px past the edge: a curtain closed exactly on the frame's edge leaks a hairline */
  .kodza-hero-paths.is-ready:not(.is-shown) .kodza-hero-paths__curtain {
    transform: translateY(calc(-100% - 2px));
  }

  .kodza-hero-paths.is-ready:not(.is-shown) .kodza-hero-paths__hold {
    transform: translateY(calc(100% + 2px));
  }

  .kodza-hero-paths.is-ready:not(.is-shown) .kodza-hero-paths__lead,
  .kodza-hero-paths.is-ready:not(.is-shown) .kodza-hero-paths__body {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateY(20px);
  }
}

/* One column: the intro goes under the title and the paths stack */
@container kodza-hero-paths (max-width: 700px) {
  .kodza-hero-paths__head {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
    row-gap: 20px;
  }

  .kodza-hero-paths__paths {
    flex-direction: column;
    height: auto;
  }

  .kodza-hero-paths__path {
    flex: none;
    height: 340px;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .kodza-hero-paths *,
  .kodza-hero-paths *::before,
  .kodza-hero-paths *::after {
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
  }
}

/* kodza-guard 0db47577ce18 — generated by Kodza, do not edit.
   Theme guard: keeps a site's own CSS (WordPress themes, Bootstrap, CSS resets…) off this
   component. :not(#_) is always true and weighs as much as an id, so these lines win over
   theme rules made of classes and tags. Customise the component through its --kz-* variables. */

/* What the browser gives, where the component sets it only in some states: at the lowest weight, so its own rules below put it back */

:where(.kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow):not(#_),
:where(.kodza-hero-paths__title):not(#_),
:where(.kodza-hero-paths__lead):not(#_),
:where(.kodza-hero-paths__arrow):not(#_),
:where(.kodza-hero-paths__hold img:where(:not([class*="kodza-"]))):not(#_) {
  transition-duration: revert;
}

:where(.kodza-hero-paths__path):not(#_) {
  outline: revert;
  outline-offset: revert;
}

/* What the browser gives, on everything the component leaves to it */

.kodza-hero-paths__inner:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__head:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__rise:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__line:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__paths:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__media:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__curtain:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__hold:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__body:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__tag:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__name:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__go:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__go-text:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__head div:where(:not([class*="kodza-"])):not(#_) {
  box-sizing: revert;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow:not(#_) {
  border: revert;
  padding: revert;
  border-radius: revert;
  outline: revert;
  text-decoration: revert;
  list-style: revert;
  box-sizing: revert;
  float: revert;
  position: revert;
  background-color: revert;
  background-image: revert;
  box-shadow: revert;
  outline-offset: revert;
  appearance: revert;
  max-width: revert;
  max-height: revert;
  font-style: revert;
  line-height: revert;
  text-transform: revert;
  text-underline-offset: revert;
  text-align: revert;
  text-indent: revert;
  text-shadow: revert;
  vertical-align: revert;
  transition-property: revert;
  transition-timing-function: revert;
  transition-delay: revert;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__title:not(#_) {
  border: revert;
  padding: revert;
  border-radius: revert;
  outline: revert;
  text-decoration: revert;
  list-style: revert;
  box-sizing: revert;
  float: revert;
  position: revert;
  background-color: revert;
  background-image: revert;
  box-shadow: revert;
  outline-offset: revert;
  appearance: revert;
  max-width: revert;
  max-height: revert;
  font-family: revert;
  font-style: revert;
  text-transform: revert;
  text-underline-offset: revert;
  text-align: revert;
  text-indent: revert;
  text-shadow: revert;
  vertical-align: revert;
  transition-property: revert;
  transition-timing-function: revert;
  transition-delay: revert;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__lead:not(#_) {
  border: revert;
  padding: revert;
  border-radius: revert;
  outline: revert;
  text-decoration: revert;
  list-style: revert;
  box-sizing: revert;
  float: revert;
  position: revert;
  background-color: revert;
  background-image: revert;
  box-shadow: revert;
  outline-offset: revert;
  appearance: revert;
  max-height: revert;
  font-family: revert;
  font-weight: revert;
  font-style: revert;
  letter-spacing: revert;
  text-transform: revert;
  text-underline-offset: revert;
  text-align: revert;
  text-indent: revert;
  text-shadow: revert;
  vertical-align: revert;
  transition-property: revert;
  transition-timing-function: revert;
  transition-delay: revert;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__path:not(#_) {
  border: revert;
  margin: revert;
  padding: revert;
  list-style: revert;
  box-sizing: revert;
  float: revert;
  background-color: revert;
  background-image: revert;
  box-shadow: revert;
  appearance: revert;
  max-width: revert;
  max-height: revert;
  font-family: revert;
  font-size: revert;
  font-weight: revert;
  font-style: revert;
  line-height: revert;
  letter-spacing: revert;
  text-transform: revert;
  text-underline-offset: revert;
  text-align: revert;
  text-indent: revert;
  text-shadow: revert;
  vertical-align: revert;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__arrow:not(#_),
.kodza-hero-paths__hold img:where(:not([class*="kodza-"])):not(#_) {
  border: revert;
  margin: revert;
  padding: revert;
  border-radius: revert;
  outline: revert;
  text-decoration: revert;
  list-style: revert;
  box-sizing: revert;
  float: revert;
  position: revert;
  background-color: revert;
  background-image: revert;
  box-shadow: revert;
  outline-offset: revert;
  appearance: revert;
  max-width: revert;
  max-height: revert;
  color: revert;
  font-family: revert;
  font-size: revert;
  font-weight: revert;
  font-style: revert;
  line-height: revert;
  letter-spacing: revert;
  text-transform: revert;
  text-underline-offset: revert;
  text-align: revert;
  text-indent: revert;
  text-shadow: revert;
  vertical-align: revert;
  transition-property: revert;
  transition-timing-function: revert;
  transition-delay: revert;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])),
.kodza-hero-paths__title:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])),
.kodza-hero-paths__lead:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])),
.kodza-hero-paths__arrow:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])) {
  display: revert;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow:not(#_):where([hidden]),
.kodza-hero-paths__title:not(#_):where([hidden]),
.kodza-hero-paths__lead:not(#_):where([hidden]),
.kodza-hero-paths__arrow:not(#_):where([hidden]) {
  display: none;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__hold:not(#_)::after {
  box-sizing: revert;
}

/* The component's own rules, one step stronger: real buttons and fields, what it sets on tags themes style (links, lists, headings, images…), and the root width (a theme may narrow it, never widen it) */

.kodza-hero-paths__eyebrow:not(#_) {
  margin: 0 0 20px;
  font-family: var(--kz-hero-paths-mono);
  font-size: 12.5px;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-faint);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__title:not(#_) {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(40px, 6.2vw, 92px);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-ink);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__lead:not(#_) {
  max-width: 34ch;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(16px, 1.3vw, 19px);
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-dim);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__path:not(#_) {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  border-radius: var(--kz-hero-paths-radius);
  color: var(--kz-hero-paths-on-image);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: flex-grow 0.8s var(--kz-hero-paths-sway);
}

.kodza-hero-paths__path:focus-visible:not(#_) {
  outline: 2px solid var(--kz-hero-paths-ink);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

.kodza-hero-paths__media img:not(#_) {
  display: block;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .kodza-hero-paths *:where(p, h1, a, img, svg):not(#_) {
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
  }
}
```

```js
// Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license
// Kodza — Hero Paths
// The widening of the paths is CSS; the script plays the entrance, once the section is in view:
// the title lines rise from their masks, then each picture opens from its top edge down, one after
// the other, and its words come up last. "kodza:replay" plays it again.
(() => {
  const SELECTOR = '.kodza-hero-paths';
  const reduceMotion = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
  const GLIDE = 'cubic-bezier(0.6, 0, 0.1, 1)'; // slow start, long settle
  const SOFT = 'cubic-bezier(0.25, 1, 0.5, 1)';
  const OPEN = 'cubic-bezier(0.3, 0.5, 0.1, 1)'; // the curtains: a slow start would leave each picture a hairline for 200 ms
  const decoded = (root) => Promise.all([...root.querySelectorAll('img')].map((img) => img.decode().catch(() => {})));

  // One instance, with its own state: two copies on a page never interfere. Everything it
  // starts is tied to `signal` (listeners get { signal }, observers and timers stop on its
  // 'abort' event), so kodza:destroy stops it all.
  function mount(root, signal) {
    const q = (name) => [...root.querySelectorAll(`.kodza-hero-paths__${name}`)];

    let running = [];
    const stop = () => {
      running.forEach((a) => a.cancel());
      running = [];
    };
    const animate = (el, keyframes, options) => {
      if (el) running.push(el.animate(keyframes, { easing: GLIDE, fill: 'backwards', ...options }));
    };
    const rise = (el, delay, duration) => animate(el, [{ transform: 'translateY(105%)' }, { transform: 'none' }], { duration, delay });
    const come = (el, delay) => animate(el, [{ opacity: 0, transform: 'translateY(20px)' }, { opacity: 1, transform: 'none' }], { duration: 900, delay, easing: SOFT });

    const play = async () => {
      await decoded(root);
      if (signal.aborted) return;
      stop();
      root.classList.add('is-shown');
      q('rise').forEach((el, i) => rise(el, i * 110, i ? 1100 : 1000));
      come(q('lead')[0], 520);
      q('path').forEach((path, i) => {
        const delay = 420 + i * 140;
        const at = (name) => path.querySelector(`.kodza-hero-paths__${name}`);
        animate(at('curtain'), [{ transform: 'translateY(calc(-100% - 2px))' }, { transform: 'none' }], { duration: 1350, delay, easing: OPEN });
        animate(at('hold'), [{ transform: 'translateY(calc(100% + 2px))' }, { transform: 'none' }], { duration: 1350, delay, easing: OPEN });
        animate(path.querySelector('img'), [{ transform: 'scale(1.2)' }, { transform: 'none' }], { duration: 2000, delay, easing: SOFT });
        come(at('body'), delay + 650);
      });
    };

    if (reduceMotion) {
      root.classList.add('is-shown');
      return;
    }
    root.addEventListener('kodza:replay', play, { signal });
    signal.addEventListener('abort', stop);
    const io = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
      if (!entries.some((entry) => entry.isIntersecting)) return;
      io.disconnect();
      play();
    }, { rootMargin: '0px 0px -15% 0px' });
    signal.addEventListener('abort', () => io.disconnect());
    Promise.all([document.fonts?.ready, decoded(root)]).then(() => {
      if (!signal.aborted) io.observe(root);
    });
  }

  // Kodza lifecycle, the same in every component: `kodza:init` starts the instances inside
  // event.detail.root (the whole page by default), `kodza:destroy` stops them and puts their
  // markup back. For themes and apps that swap content without a page load. Each running root
  // keeps its markup as written under KODZA, shared by every Kodza script on the page: a Kodza
  // component inside another one is saved as written, not half-started, and stopped with it.
  const KODZA = Symbol.for('kodza');
  const instances = new WeakMap();
  const find = (scope = document) => [scope, ...scope.querySelectorAll(SELECTOR)].filter((el) => el.matches?.(SELECTOR));
  const attrsOf = (el) => [...el.attributes].map((a) => [a.name, a.value]);
  const put = (el, saved) => {
    [...el.attributes].forEach((a) => el.removeAttribute(a.name));
    saved.attrs.forEach(([name, value]) => el.setAttribute(name, value));
    el.innerHTML = saved.html;
  };
  // The markup inside a root as written: Kodza components already running in it give back their own
  const written = (root) => {
    const all = [...root.querySelectorAll('*')];
    if (!all.some((el) => el[KODZA])) return root.innerHTML;
    const copy = root.cloneNode(true);
    const twins = copy.querySelectorAll('*');
    let last = null;
    all.forEach((el, i) => {
      if (!el[KODZA] || last?.contains(el)) return;
      last = el;
      put(twins[i], el[KODZA]);
    });
    return copy.innerHTML;
  };
  const init = (scope) => find(scope).forEach((root) => {
    if (root.classList.contains('is-ready')) return; // already running, maybe from another copy of this script
    const controller = new AbortController();
    const saved = { html: written(root), attrs: attrsOf(root), stop: () => destroy(root) };
    instances.set(root, { controller, saved });
    root[KODZA] = saved;
    mount(root, controller.signal);
    root.classList.add('is-ready');
  });
  const destroy = (scope) => find(scope).forEach((root) => {
    const instance = instances.get(root);
    if (!instance) return;
    instances.delete(root);
    // The Kodza components running inside it stop first: once its markup is put back, their own
    // script could not find them any more
    root.querySelectorAll('*').forEach((el) => el[KODZA]?.stop());
    instance.controller.abort();
    delete root[KODZA];
    put(root, instance.saved);
  });
  document.addEventListener('kodza:init', (event) => init(event.detail?.root));
  document.addEventListener('kodza:destroy', (event) => destroy(event.detail?.root));
  init();
  // Loaded in <head>, the script runs before the markup exists: once more when it is parsed
  if (document.readyState === 'loading') document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => init(), { once: true });
})();
```

Free to use, from Kodza (https://kodza.dev).