animate underline css code example

Example 1: css + underline + animation

a.middle
{
    position: relative;
}

a.middle:before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #FFF;
  visibility: hidden;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

Example 2: add expanding underline on page load css

#sec {
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 3px;
}
#sec:after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  margin: auto;
  height: 3px;
  width: 0px;
  background: transparent;
  transition: width .5s ease, background-color .5s ease;
}
#sec:hover:after {
  width: 100%;
  background: blue;
}