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One image laid over a row of cards. Pinned while you scroll, it splits along the gaps, then each piece turns over to show its card, one after the other. Scroll back and the picture comes back together.
View codeAn image or a video in a rounded frame, set in from the edges, takes the full width as the scroll brings it to the middle of the screen. The corners square off, the caption rises, and it all reverses on the way back up.
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<figure class="kodza-media-expand" data-kodza-media-expand>
<div class="kodza-media-expand__frame">
<img src="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-gap-1400.webp" srcset="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-gap-1400.webp 1400w, https://kodza.dev/media/kz-gap-2400.webp 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 559px) 300vw, 150vw" alt="A long concrete wall split down the middle, a low sun pouring a band of light through the slit" width="1400" height="583" loading="lazy">
</div>
<figcaption class="kodza-media-expand__caption">
<span class="kodza-media-expand__label">Case 07 — Étretat, 2026</span>
<span class="kodza-media-expand__title">Less deck. More building.</span>
</figcaption>
</figure>
/* Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license */
/* Kodza — Media Expand
An image (or a muted video) waits in a rounded frame, set in from the edges. Scrolled to the
middle of the screen, it takes the whole width: the corners go square as they reach the edges,
the picture settles from a slight zoom, and once it is full the caption rises from its mask.
Scroll back up and it all plays in reverse. The width follows the scroll itself; only the
caption plays on its own.
Tuned with the --kz-media-expand-* variables; the smoothing and the caption's thresholds are
constants at the top of component.js. */
.kodza-media-expand {
/* The frame's shape: the picture is cropped to it, never stretched */
--kz-media-expand-ratio: 16 / 9;
/* The same frame on a medium width (560 to 900px), then on a narrow one (under 560px), where a
wide one would be a strip */
--kz-media-expand-ratio-medium: 4 / 3;
--kz-media-expand-ratio-narrow: 4 / 5;
/* Never taller than the screen: past it, the picture is cropped instead */
--kz-media-expand-max-height: 100svh;
/* How far the frame is set in at rest, on each side (a share of its width and height) */
--kz-media-expand-inset: 8%;
/* Corners at rest, and once full (0: square, flush with the edges) */
--kz-media-expand-radius: calc(24px * var(--kz-radius-scale, 1));
--kz-media-expand-radius-end: 0px;
/* The picture's zoom at rest; it settles to 1 as the frame opens */
--kz-media-expand-zoom: 1.12;
/* The caption over the picture, and the veil that keeps it readable */
--kz-media-expand-caption-ink: #fff;
--kz-media-expand-caption-pad: clamp(20px, 4.5cqi, 56px);
--kz-media-expand-veil: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.6);
--kz-media-expand-mono: var(--kz-font-mono, "Geist Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace);
--kz-media-expand-duration: 0.7s;
--kz-media-expand-ease: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
position: relative;
container-type: inline-size;
margin: 0;
}
/* The frame: clipped from the inset to the full box as the script writes the progress (0 at
rest, 1 full). Without the script, it is simply full */
.kodza-media-expand__frame {
--kz-media-expand-rest: calc(1 - var(--kz-media-expand-progress, 1));
position: relative;
width: 100%;
aspect-ratio: var(--kz-media-expand-ratio);
max-height: var(--kz-media-expand-max-height);
overflow: hidden;
clip-path: inset(
calc(var(--kz-media-expand-inset) * var(--kz-media-expand-rest))
round calc(var(--kz-media-expand-radius-end) + (var(--kz-media-expand-radius) - var(--kz-media-expand-radius-end)) * var(--kz-media-expand-rest))
);
}
.kodza-media-expand__frame > img,
.kodza-media-expand__frame > video,
.kodza-media-expand__frame > picture,
.kodza-media-expand__frame > picture > img {
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
max-width: none;
object-fit: cover;
}
.kodza-media-expand__frame > img,
.kodza-media-expand__frame > video,
.kodza-media-expand__frame > picture {
transform: scale(calc(1 + (var(--kz-media-expand-zoom) - 1) * var(--kz-media-expand-rest)));
}
/* The veil under the caption: a dark falloff from the bottom edge, shown with it */
.kodza-media-expand__frame::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 45% 0 0;
background: linear-gradient(to top, var(--kz-media-expand-veil), var(--kz-media-expand-veil) 40%, transparent);
pointer-events: none;
}
.kodza-media-expand__caption {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
display: grid;
gap: 10px;
justify-items: start;
padding: var(--kz-media-expand-caption-pad);
color: var(--kz-media-expand-caption-ink);
pointer-events: none;
}
/* Each line rides up from behind its own mask (the script wraps its text in __rise) */
.kodza-media-expand__label,
.kodza-media-expand__title {
display: block;
max-width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
.kodza-media-expand__label {
font-family: var(--kz-font-label, var(--kz-media-expand-mono));
font-size: var(--kz-font-label-size, 12.5px);
font-weight: var(--kz-font-label-weight, 500);
line-height: var(--kz-font-label-leading, 1.4);
letter-spacing: var(--kz-font-label-tracking, 0.02em);
text-transform: var(--kz-font-label-case, inherit);
opacity: 0.88;
}
.kodza-media-expand__title {
/* Room for the descenders inside the mask */
padding-bottom: 0.08em;
margin-bottom: -0.08em;
font-family: var(--kz-font-display, inherit);
font-size: calc(clamp(26px, 5.2cqi, 64px) * var(--kz-font-display-scale, 1));
font-weight: var(--kz-font-display-weight, 600);
line-height: 1.02;
letter-spacing: var(--kz-font-display-tracking, -0.045em);
text-transform: var(--kz-font-display-case, inherit);
text-wrap: balance;
}
.kodza-media-expand__rise {
display: block;
}
/* Moving (the script runs and motion is allowed): the caption and its veil wait below until the
frame is full, then rise; they drop back, quicker, as soon as it starts closing */
.kodza-media-expand.is-moving .kodza-media-expand__rise {
transform: translate3d(0, 110%, 0);
transition: transform calc(0.4s * var(--kz-motion-scale, 1)) cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);
}
.kodza-media-expand.is-moving .kodza-media-expand__frame::after {
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity calc(0.4s * var(--kz-motion-scale, 1)) cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);
}
.kodza-media-expand.is-moving.is-full .kodza-media-expand__rise {
transform: none;
transition: transform calc(var(--kz-media-expand-duration) * var(--kz-motion-scale, 1)) var(--kz-media-expand-ease);
}
.kodza-media-expand.is-moving.is-full .kodza-media-expand__title .kodza-media-expand__rise {
transition-delay: calc(0.08s * var(--kz-motion-scale, 1));
}
.kodza-media-expand.is-moving.is-full .kodza-media-expand__frame::after {
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity calc(var(--kz-media-expand-duration) * var(--kz-motion-scale, 1)) var(--kz-media-expand-ease);
}
@container (max-width: 899.98px) {
.kodza-media-expand__frame {
aspect-ratio: var(--kz-media-expand-ratio-medium);
}
}
@container (max-width: 559.98px) {
.kodza-media-expand__frame {
aspect-ratio: var(--kz-media-expand-ratio-narrow);
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.kodza-media-expand *,
.kodza-media-expand *::before,
.kodza-media-expand *::after {
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}
/* kodza-guard f9813a3bac93 — 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-media-expand__caption):not(#_),
:where(.kodza-media-expand__frame img:where(:not([class*="kodza-"]))):not(#_) {
transition-duration: revert;
}
/* What the browser gives, on everything the component leaves to it */
.kodza-media-expand:not(#_) {
border: revert;
padding: revert;
border-radius: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
transition: revert;
list-style: revert;
box-sizing: revert;
background-color: revert;
background-image: revert;
box-shadow: revert;
outline-offset: revert;
appearance: 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;
}
.kodza-media-expand__frame:not(#_),
.kodza-media-expand__label:not(#_),
.kodza-media-expand__rise:not(#_),
.kodza-media-expand__title:not(#_) {
box-sizing: revert;
}
.kodza-media-expand__caption:not(#_) {
border: revert;
margin: revert;
border-radius: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
list-style: revert;
box-sizing: revert;
float: 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-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-media-expand__frame 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-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-media-expand:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])) {
display: revert;
}
.kodza-media-expand:not(#_):where([hidden]) {
display: none;
}
.kodza-media-expand__frame: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-media-expand:not(#_) {
position: relative;
}
.kodza-media-expand__frame > img:not(#_) {
display: block;
max-width: none;
}
.kodza-media-expand__caption:not(#_) {
position: absolute;
display: grid;
padding: var(--kz-media-expand-caption-pad);
color: var(--kz-media-expand-caption-ink);
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.kodza-media-expand *:where(img, figcaption):not(#_) {
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}
// Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license
// Kodza — Media Expand
// Writes the frame's progress (0 at rest, 1 full) as the scroll carries it from the bottom of the
// screen to the middle, with a soft follow; the CSS turns it into the inset, the corners and the
// zoom. Once full, the caption rises (is-full), and drops back as soon as the frame closes.
// Reduced motion, or a site pace of 0: the frame is full and the caption shown, nothing moves.
(() => {
const SELECTOR = '[data-kodza-media-expand]';
// How long the frame takes to catch up with the scroll, in ms (times the site's pace): a soft
// follow instead of a frame glued to the wheel. 0 glues it
const SMOOTHING = 120;
// The caption rises once the frame is this full, and drops back below the second: the gap keeps
// it from flickering when the scroll stops right on the edge
const CAPTION_IN = 0.97;
const CAPTION_OUT = 0.9;
// The progress left to travel below this ends the loop
const SETTLE = 0.0005;
const reduceMotion = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
// The site's pace, --kz-motion-scale (set on :root, read on the instance): every duration of the
// script times it, and 0 moves nothing, like reduced motion
const paceOf = (el) => {
const pace = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue('--kz-motion-scale'));
return pace >= 0 ? pace : 1;
};
const clamp = (value, min, max) => Math.min(max, Math.max(min, value));
// Slow out of the rest, slow into the full width: the corners square off gently at the edges
const ease = (t) => (t < 0.5 ? 4 * t * t * t : 1 - (-2 * t + 2) ** 3 / 2);
// 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 frame = root.querySelector('.kodza-media-expand__frame');
if (!frame) return;
// Each caption line gets an inner span, the part that rides up from behind the line's mask
root.querySelectorAll('.kodza-media-expand__label, .kodza-media-expand__title').forEach((line) => {
const rise = document.createElement('span');
rise.className = 'kodza-media-expand__rise';
rise.append(...line.childNodes);
line.append(rise);
});
const pace = paceOf(root);
const still = reduceMotion || !pace; // the still path: no motion asked, by the visitor or the site
if (still) return;
const smoothing = SMOOTHING * pace;
let current = null; // the progress written now
let raf = 0;
let last = 0;
let shown = false;
// 0 while the frame's middle is at the bottom of the screen, 1 once it reaches the middle of
// the screen. Read on the figure, whose box the clip never changes
const goal = () => {
const rect = root.getBoundingClientRect();
return ease(clamp((innerHeight - rect.top - rect.height / 2) / (innerHeight / 2), 0, 1));
};
const write = () => {
root.style.setProperty('--kz-media-expand-progress', current.toFixed(4));
if (current >= CAPTION_IN) root.classList.add('is-full');
else if (current < CAPTION_OUT) root.classList.remove('is-full');
};
const tick = (now) => {
raf = 0;
const to = goal();
const step = last ? Math.min(now - last, 64) : 16.7;
last = now;
if (current === null || !smoothing) current = to;
else current += (to - current) * (1 - Math.exp(-step / smoothing));
if (Math.abs(to - current) < SETTLE) current = to;
write();
if (current !== to) raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
else last = 0;
};
const queue = () => {
if (!shown || raf) return;
raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
};
// Placed before it first shows, so it never opens in front of you on load
current = goal();
write();
root.classList.add('is-moving');
const io = new IntersectionObserver(([entry]) => {
shown = entry.isIntersecting;
if (shown) {
current = goal(); // back on screen after a jump (an anchor, Home): placed, not chased
write();
queue();
}
});
io.observe(root);
const resize = new ResizeObserver(queue);
resize.observe(root);
window.addEventListener('scroll', queue, { passive: true, signal });
window.addEventListener('resize', queue, { signal });
signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
io.disconnect();
resize.disconnect();
cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
});
}
// 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. Two
// components on one root (a reveal on a stat card) both start, and stop together.
const KODZA = Symbol.for('kodza');
const RUNNING = Symbol.for(`kodza ${SELECTOR}`); // a root this component runs on, for every copy of this script
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) => {
// Already running, maybe from another copy of this script. Marked is-ready with no Kodza component
// running on it, a root is a copy of a started one (a cloned slide): it is left as it is
if (root[RUNNING] || (root.classList.contains('is-ready') && !root[KODZA])) return;
// Rendered by React (data-kodza-manual): React starts it, with an init aimed at that markup once
// it has hydrated it. Any earlier start would change markup React has not taken over yet
const owner = root.closest('[data-kodza-manual]');
if (owner && !(scope && owner.contains(scope))) return;
const controller = new AbortController();
// Another Kodza component already running on this root: its markup as written is kept, and the
// two stop together
const before = root[KODZA];
const saved = { html: before ? before.html : written(root), attrs: before ? before.attrs : attrsOf(root), stop: () => destroy(root) };
if (before) before.above = saved;
instances.set(root, { controller, saved, before });
root[KODZA] = saved;
root[RUNNING] = true;
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);
instance.saved.above?.stop(); // a Kodza component started after it on the same root stops first
// 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[RUNNING];
// Started on top of another one: that one stops next, and puts the markup back
if (instance.before) {
delete instance.before.above;
root[KODZA] = instance.before;
return instance.before.stop();
}
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 });
})();
'use client';
// Kodza — Media Expand, for React. From https://kodza.dev/components/media-expand/
// 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: media-expand.css and media-expand.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.
// data-kodza-manual keeps the script from starting it on its own: the effect below does, once
// React has hydrated the markup (on a page that streams in, the script can load first).
// Built from your data (tabs, rows, options)? Put what the markup is made of in the key, as plain
// values (ids, text, numbers): a change starts the script again on fresh markup. What the visitor
// changes (the open tab, the sort, what they type) is the script's: keep it out of the key, follow
// it with onClick or onInput on the root, and change it from your code as a visitor would (click
// the tab; set the field's value, then dispatch a bubbling input event).
import { useRef, useEffect, type ComponentPropsWithoutRef, type ComponentRef, type CSSProperties } from 'react';
import './media-expand.css';
export type MediaExpandProps = Omit<ComponentPropsWithoutRef<'figure'>, "children" | "vars"> & {
/** Settings, as CSS variables on the root */
vars?: {
/** default: 16 / 9 */
"--kz-media-expand-ratio"?: string | number;
/** default: 4 / 3 */
"--kz-media-expand-ratio-medium"?: string | number;
/** default: 4 / 5 */
"--kz-media-expand-ratio-narrow"?: string | number;
/** default: 100svh */
"--kz-media-expand-max-height"?: string | number;
/** default: 8% */
"--kz-media-expand-inset"?: string | number;
/** default: calc(24px * var(--kz-radius-scale, 1)) */
"--kz-media-expand-radius"?: string | number;
/** default: 0px */
"--kz-media-expand-radius-end"?: string | number;
/** default: 1.12 */
"--kz-media-expand-zoom"?: string | number;
/** default: #fff */
"--kz-media-expand-caption-ink"?: string | number;
/** default: clamp(20px, 4.5cqi, 56px) */
"--kz-media-expand-caption-pad"?: string | number;
/** default: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.6) */
"--kz-media-expand-veil"?: string | number;
/** default: var(--kz-font-mono, "Geist Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace) */
"--kz-media-expand-mono"?: string | number;
/** default: 0.7s */
"--kz-media-expand-duration"?: string | number;
/** default: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) */
"--kz-media-expand-ease"?: string | number;
};
className?: string;
};
export function MediaExpand({ vars, className, style, ...rest }: MediaExpandProps) {
const ref = useRef<ComponentRef<'figure'>>(null);
const classes = ["kodza-media-expand", 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('./media-expand.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 (
<figure data-kodza-media-expand="" key={key} {...rest} className={classes} data-kodza-manual style={{ ...vars, ...style } as CSSProperties} ref={ref}>
<div className="kodza-media-expand__frame">
<img src="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-gap-1400.webp" srcSet="https://kodza.dev/media/kz-gap-1400.webp 1400w, https://kodza.dev/media/kz-gap-2400.webp 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 559px) 300vw, 150vw" alt="A long concrete wall split down the middle, a low sun pouring a band of light through the slit" width="1400" height="583" loading="lazy" />
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<figcaption className="kodza-media-expand__caption">
<span className="kodza-media-expand__label">Case 07 — Étretat, 2026</span>
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<span className="kodza-media-expand__title">Less deck. More building.</span>
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