diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Constructor/CanvasElement.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Constructor/CanvasElement.tsx
index 3852adb..73abf2f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Constructor/CanvasElement.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Constructor/CanvasElement.tsx
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import UiElementRenderer from '../UiElements/UiElementRenderer';
 import { useElementEffects } from '../../hooks/useElementEffects';
-import { useAppearAnimation } from '../../hooks/useAppearAnimation';
 import {
   buildTransitionStyle,
+  buildAppearAnimationStyle,
   hasAnyEffects,
-  extractEffectProperties,
+  type ElementEffectProperties,
 } from '../../lib/elementEffects';
 import type { CanvasElement as CanvasElementType } from '../../types/constructor';
 import type { ResolvedTransitionSettings } from '../../types/transition';
@@ -57,66 +57,67 @@ const CanvasElement: React.FC<CanvasElementProps> = ({
   pageTransitionSettings,
   preloadCache,
 }) => {
-  // Extract effect properties from element using helper
-  const effectProperties = extractEffectProperties(
-    element as unknown as Record<string, unknown>,
-  );
-
-  // Use appear animation hook (removes animation after completion to unlock properties)
-  const { animationStyle, onAnimationEnd, hasAnimationEnded } =
-    useAppearAnimation(
-      effectProperties,
-      element.id, // Reset animation when element changes
-    );
+  // Extract effect properties from element
+  const effectProperties: Partial<ElementEffectProperties> = {
+    appearAnimation: element.appearAnimation,
+    appearAnimationDuration: element.appearAnimationDuration,
+    appearAnimationEasing: element.appearAnimationEasing,
+    hoverScale: element.hoverScale,
+    hoverOpacity: element.hoverOpacity,
+    hoverBackgroundColor: element.hoverBackgroundColor,
+    hoverColor: element.hoverColor,
+    hoverBoxShadow: element.hoverBoxShadow,
+    hoverTransitionDuration: element.hoverTransitionDuration,
+    focusScale: element.focusScale,
+    focusOpacity: element.focusOpacity,
+    focusOutline: element.focusOutline,
+    focusBoxShadow: element.focusBoxShadow,
+    activeScale: element.activeScale,
+    activeOpacity: element.activeOpacity,
+    activeBackgroundColor: element.activeBackgroundColor,
+    // Hover reveal effects
+    hoverReveal: element.hoverReveal,
+    hoverRevealInitialOpacity: element.hoverRevealInitialOpacity,
+    hoverRevealTargetOpacity: element.hoverRevealTargetOpacity,
+    hoverRevealDuration: element.hoverRevealDuration,
+    hoverRevealDelay: element.hoverRevealDelay,
+    hoverRevealPersist: element.hoverRevealPersist,
+    hoverPersistOnClick: element.hoverPersistOnClick,
+  };
 
   // Use effects hook - disabled in edit mode to avoid interfering with dragging
-  const { effectStyle, eventHandlers, onPersistClick } = useElementEffects(
+  const { effectStyle, eventHandlers } = useElementEffects(
     isEditMode ? {} : effectProperties,
-    isEditMode
-      ? undefined
-      : {
-          resetKey: element.id,
-          appearAnimationCompleted:
-            hasAnimationEnded || !effectProperties.appearAnimation,
-        },
   );
 
-  // Combined click handler (only persist click in preview mode)
-  const handleClick = () => {
-    if (!isEditMode) {
-      onPersistClick();
-    }
-    onClick();
-  };
-
   // Clamp position to canvas bounds (0-100%)
   const clamp = (value: number, min: number, max: number) =>
     Math.min(Math.max(value, min), max);
   const xClamped = clamp(element.xPercent ?? 50, 0, 100);
   const yClamped = clamp(element.yPercent ?? 50, 0, 100);
 
-  // Build base position style
+  // Build base position style (outer div - handles positioning + animation)
   let positionStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
     left: `${xClamped}%`,
     top: `${yClamped}%`,
     transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%)',
   };
 
-  // Merge interactive effects (preview mode only)
-  if (!isEditMode && effectStyle.transform) {
-    // Preserve the translate, add effect transform
-    positionStyle.transform = `translate(-50%, -50%) ${effectStyle.transform}`;
-    // Remove transform from effectStyle to avoid double application
-    const { transform, ...restEffectStyle } = effectStyle;
-    positionStyle = { ...positionStyle, ...restEffectStyle };
-  } else if (!isEditMode) {
-    positionStyle = { ...positionStyle, ...effectStyle };
-  }
-
-  // Add transition for interactive effects (preview mode only)
-  if (!isEditMode && hasAnyEffects(effectProperties)) {
+  // Add appear animation to outer div (ALWAYS - for WYSIWYG)
+  // Animation is applied to outer div to keep positioning hack working
+  if (effectProperties.appearAnimation) {
     positionStyle = {
       ...positionStyle,
+      ...buildAppearAnimationStyle(effectProperties),
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Build inner wrapper style for hover/focus/active effects (preview mode only)
+  // Using separate div so animation on outer div doesn't block these effects
+  let innerEffectStyle: React.CSSProperties = {};
+  if (!isEditMode && hasAnyEffects(effectProperties)) {
+    innerEffectStyle = {
+      ...effectStyle,
       ...buildTransitionStyle(effectProperties),
     };
   }
@@ -129,51 +130,8 @@ const CanvasElement: React.FC<CanvasElementProps> = ({
     }
   };
 
-  // Check if appear animation uses transform (slide/scale need separate wrapper)
-  const needsAnimationWrapper =
-    effectProperties.appearAnimation &&
-    effectProperties.appearAnimation !== 'fade';
-
-  // Render content
-  const content = (
-    <UiElementRenderer
-      element={element}
-      resolveUrl={resolveUrl}
-      isSelected={isSelected}
-      isEditMode={isEditMode}
-      onGalleryCardClick={onGalleryCardClick}
-      onCarouselButtonPositionChange={onCarouselButtonPositionChange}
-      letterboxStyles={letterboxStyles}
-      pageTransitionSettings={pageTransitionSettings}
-      preloadCache={preloadCache}
-    />
-  );
-
-  // For slide/scale (uses transform), use separate wrapper to avoid conflict with positioning
-  if (needsAnimationWrapper) {
-    return (
-      <div
-        role='button'
-        tabIndex={0}
-        data-constructor-element-id={element.id}
-        className='absolute cursor-pointer'
-        style={positionStyle}
-        onMouseDown={isEditMode ? onMouseDown : undefined}
-        onClick={handleClick}
-        onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
-        {...(!isEditMode ? eventHandlers : {})}
-      >
-        <div style={animationStyle} onAnimationEnd={onAnimationEnd}>
-          {content}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Fade or no animation: apply animation to positioning div
-  const combinedStyle = effectProperties.appearAnimation
-    ? { ...positionStyle, ...animationStyle }
-    : positionStyle;
+  // Check if we need the inner wrapper for effects
+  const needsEffectWrapper = !isEditMode && hasAnyEffects(effectProperties);
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -181,16 +139,40 @@ const CanvasElement: React.FC<CanvasElementProps> = ({
       tabIndex={0}
       data-constructor-element-id={element.id}
       className='absolute cursor-pointer'
-      style={combinedStyle}
+      style={positionStyle}
       onMouseDown={isEditMode ? onMouseDown : undefined}
-      onClick={handleClick}
+      onClick={onClick}
       onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
-      onAnimationEnd={
-        effectProperties.appearAnimation ? onAnimationEnd : undefined
-      }
-      {...(!isEditMode ? eventHandlers : {})}
+      {...(!isEditMode && !needsEffectWrapper ? eventHandlers : {})}
     >
-      {content}
+      {needsEffectWrapper ? (
+        // Inner wrapper handles hover/focus/active effects independently from animation
+        <div style={innerEffectStyle} {...eventHandlers}>
+          <UiElementRenderer
+            element={element}
+            resolveUrl={resolveUrl}
+            isSelected={isSelected}
+            isEditMode={isEditMode}
+            onGalleryCardClick={onGalleryCardClick}
+            onCarouselButtonPositionChange={onCarouselButtonPositionChange}
+            letterboxStyles={letterboxStyles}
+            pageTransitionSettings={pageTransitionSettings}
+            preloadCache={preloadCache}
+          />
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <UiElementRenderer
+          element={element}
+          resolveUrl={resolveUrl}
+          isSelected={isSelected}
+          isEditMode={isEditMode}
+          onGalleryCardClick={onGalleryCardClick}
+          onCarouselButtonPositionChange={onCarouselButtonPositionChange}
+          letterboxStyles={letterboxStyles}
+          pageTransitionSettings={pageTransitionSettings}
+          preloadCache={preloadCache}
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/css/main.css b/frontend/src/css/main.css
index ca423da..0df2ecb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/css/main.css
+++ b/frontend/src/css/main.css
@@ -277,18 +277,24 @@
 @-webkit-keyframes element-fade-in {
   from {
     opacity: 0;
+    -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
   }
   to {
     opacity: 1;
+    -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
   }
 }
 
 @keyframes element-fade-in {
   from {
     opacity: 0;
+    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
   }
   to {
     opacity: 1;
+    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
   }
 }