Building An Image Hover Reveal Effect Using Divi 5’s Interactions
Images almost always share space with supporting content, such as titles, short descriptions, and links. A static layout can handle that well, but even a small hover interaction can make the entire composition feel more responsive. Instead of showing everything at once, the layout reveals extra content only when someone engages with it. In this tutorial, we’ll use Divi 5 and its Interactions system to build exactly that: a layout where hovering over an image reveals additional content and shifts the surrounding text into a secondary state, all without custom code. What We’re Building The layout is a two-column book showcase. The left column displays a book cover image, and the right column contains the book’s core metadata: the author’s name and the book title. This is the default state visitors see first. It’s clean, simple, and easy to scan. When someone hovers over the book cover, the right column reveals more content through a module group: a testimonial, a short description...