# ✨ Archive Spotlight: Animating Your Links To Life

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-animating-your-links-to-life/683422>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [September 21, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-animating-your-links-to-life/683422 "2026-09-21T07:00:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-animating-your-links-to-life/683422/1 "2026-09-21T07:00:07Z")

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Animating Your Links To Life, and the practical examples still hold up.

> **[Animating Your Links to Life](https://www.kirupa.com/html5/animating_your_links_to_life.htm)**
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> Learn how to create some really cool, animated effects when users hover over your links!

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-animating-your-links-to-life/683422/2 "2026-10-01T19:40:20Z")

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The examples hold up, but the advice on `event.preventDefault()` needs a refresh for modern SPA frameworks. You rarely call it directly from an `<a>` tag anymore; it’s usually handled by the router or a component’s click handler higher up. Confidence: high