Is it possible to create a fancy text in HTML with the help of CSS only?
I am putting a link where you can see a better example of fancy text. https://www.ultimatebeaver.com/modules/fancy-text/
This is one neat CSS style that forces a background image to show through letters on the page.
You can simply put any background in the .knockout class in css given in fiddle, also set different font and style as required.
See the fiddle
.knockout {
background: url(https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/christmas-lights-defocused-background-bokeh-gold-blue-picture-id613518332?k=6&m=613518332&s=612x612&w=0&h=Own5MdgJXjNhFd0YUyED1UP3mQsHeNhfML9F-DQYdYw=) -80px -80px;
color: red;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 100px;
font-family: arial, helvetica;
width: 600px;
margin: 50px auto;
text-align: center;
}
body{
background: #444;
}
<div class="knockout">gaurav</div>
I want to have one of those "i" icons appear next to a name on my site so people can click on it and look up more information. I have this HTML
<div id="personName"><h2>PersonA</h2> <div id="moreInfo">i</div></div>
and the below style
#personName {
display: block;
}
#moreInfo {
border-radius: 50%;
behavior: url(PIE.htc); /* remove if you don't care about IE8 */
width: 36px;
height: 36px;
padding: 8px;
background: #fff;
border: 2px solid #666;
color: #666;
text-align: center;
font: 32px Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
display: inline-block;
}
The problem is I also have this style
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
which I need for a lot of other elements on my site and it seems to be throwing off the way my "i" graphic is appearing -- https://jsfiddle.net/ds9sqr0y/ . It also doesn't seem to be appearing next to the name, but maybe that's a separate issue.
That's because box-sizing: border-box includes both the border and the padding in the height computations.
Which means that if you create an element with height: 30px and padding-top: 5px, it will be 35px tall (height + padding) but with setting box-sizing: border-box, it will be 30px tall.
In your specific case, you can increase the height and width to the following to make it look like you want to:
width: 57px;
height: 57px;
As per Jesse de Bruijne's answer, you can set the padding property within the #moreInfo selector to 0. If you can, try and reduce the font size of the i, to better position it (I'm using Chrome). Setting it to 30px seems to show it better.
#moreInfo {
...
padding: 0;
font: 30px Arial, sans-serif;
...
}
I have tried to code my page as follows:
<div class="Conttent-Group">
<div class="Conttent-Group-Body">
<div class="Conttent-Body-Right">
<div class="Conttent-Body-Left">
<h1>News operations</h1>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
and although the following css:
* {
background-color: #006;
}
.Conttent-Group {
margin-top: 5px;
height: 300px;
width: 788px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
background: white;
}
.Conttent-Group-Body {
margin-left: 4px;
margin-top: 5px;
width: 386px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
background: url (Image / module-bg-bodynew.jpg) repeat-x top center;
}
.Conttent-Body-Right {
height: 30px;
background: url (image / module-bg-rightnew.jpg) top right no-repeat;
}
.Conttent-Body-Left {
background: url (image / module-bg-leftnew.jpg) top left no-repeat;
height: 30px;
}
.Conttent-Body-Left div {
background: #fff;
border:> 1px solid # C6B389;
border-top: none;
padding: 0;
margin-top: 7 pixels;
height: 243px;
}
.Conttent-Body-Left h1 {
display: block;
margin: 0;
padding: 20px 0 0 7 pixels;
text-align: left;
font-weight: bold;
color: # E1F1FE;
font-size: 13px;
}
But when running my code I only see the background-color
* { background-color: # 006; }
And not the background-images I have set. How can I fix this and show the images?
Currently you are using * {background-color: #006}. The * selector targets every element, thats on your side, thats why every background color is the same.
When you are using an image as background, first of all look up its file path:
/index.html
/style.css
/images/
/images/picture1.jpg
/images/picture2.jpg
If you want to target an picture, you always have to choose the file path regarding to your css file. So in this case for example your path is images/picture1.jpg. Although be aware of uppercase and lowercase letters inside your file structure (like Images or images) or not wanted spaces.
Using this you can set your background-image, and although add multiple variables, like:
background-image: url(images/picture1.jpg); /* no spaces inside your url */
background-repeat: no-repeat; /* or "repeat-x", "repeat-y" */
background-size: cover; /* for a fullscreen background */
background-color: #fff /* for everything your background images does not cover */
/* or combine them all into one */
background: url(images/picture1.jpg) no-repeat top center;
Furthermore you have got quite a lot of errors inside your code. Maybe you should consider refreshing the basics, using online helpers like codeacademy or something else you will find.
I'm trying to make a button using three background images so that we can pull in translations for the the text of the button and expand nicely. We'll probably add a base style for IE8 but our designer wants us to use this style and we couldn't recreate it nicely with pure CSS3.
Here are the images:
Here's the HTML (just a simple button, but thought I should put it anyway:
<button class="back clickable" aria-label="Back" onclick="javascript:history.back();">Back</button>
I've already tried a couple of things; I'll paste the CSS of both attempts.
Attempt 1: Using Pseudo-selectors
http://jsfiddle.net/c2B6X/
.back {
background: url("images/back-middle.png") 14px 0 repeat-x;
color: $white;
height: 28px;
padding: 5px;
&:before {
background: url("images/back-front.png") 0 0 no-repeat;
width: 14px;
}
&:after {
background: url("images/back-end.png") 100% 0 no-repeat;
width: 8px;
}
}
Attempt 2: Three background-images
http://jsfiddle.net/nPUQN/
.back {
background: none;
background-image: url("images/back-middle.png"), url("images/back-end.png"), url("images/back-front.png");
background-position: 14px 0, 100% 0, 0 0;
background-repeat: repeat-x, no-repeat, no-repeat;
border-right: 8px transparent;
border-left: 14px transparent;
color: $white;
height: 28px;
padding: 5px;
}
If it looks like atypical CSS that's because we're using SASS.
Is there something obvious I'm missing or doing wrong? Any advice on how to make this work would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT
Since I got so many answers that "work", I'll mark correct the answer that works best in Chrome, FF and IE9.
EDIT 2
I've tried all answers and none work in IE9. We have to support IE9 (and IE8, but I won't even go there for now). I'm going to start a bounty. Anyone who can supply an answer that works for IE9, Firefox and Chrome gets it.
Pseudo-content requires content, so you'll first need to specify that:
.selector::before {
content: ' ';
}
Then to define any layout such as width and height you'll need to display the pseudo elements as a block or inline-block. Block layout will force each pseudo element to wrap and inline-block will sit on the line so you'll either have to use floats or absolute positioning.
.selector {
position: relative;
height: 28px;
/* allow for the pseudo-elements which do not have layout due to absolute positioning */
margin: 0 15px;
}
.selector::before,
.selector::after {
content: ' ';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 15px;
height: 28px;
}
.selector::before {
left: -15px;
}
.selector::after {
right: -15px;
}
Demo here for you: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/yaJGI
You'll need to add content for :before and :after to show. After that, you can position them absolutely and by giving them right: 100% and left: 100% respectively, you can position them in front of and behind the button.
button {
background:transparent;
border: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
line-height: 1;
font-size: 12px;
cursor: pointer;
margin-left: 14px; /* width of :before */
}
.back {
background: url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/DaQcG.png") 14px 0 repeat-x;
color: white;
height: 28px;
padding: 5px;
position: relative;
}
.back:before {
position: absolute;
content: "";
height: 28px;
top: 0;
right: 100%;
background: url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/6m2HC.png") 0 0 no-repeat;
width: 14px;
}
.back:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
height: 28px;
top: 0;
left: 100%;
background: url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/2WA5B.png") 100% 0 no-repeat;
width: 8px;
}
The definitions of before and after are slightly the same, so you could write it down more compactly, but you need to re-sass it anyway. ;)
http://jsfiddle.net/c2B6X/
Tip: Note that downloading three images is less efficient. You can create one image that contains the start and end at the top, and the middle part at the bottom. By positioning the background, you can show the right part inside the elements. This technique is called sprites and it decreases the number of requests to make.
I came up with a little something that you can take a look at. You can modify it to best fit your needs.
http://jsfiddle.net/Xy7Hv/1/
HTML:
<button class="back">Back</button>
CSS:
.back {
border: none;
height: 28px;
padding-right: 8px;
padding-left: 14px;
background-image: url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/DaQcG.png"),
url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/6m2HC.png"),
url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/2WA5B.png");
background-position: 14px 0px, left, right;
background-size: 30px 100%, 14px 28px, 8px 28px;
background-repeat: no-repeat,no-repeat,no-repeat;
}
("background-size: 30px" is the width of the button, so if all your buttons are the same size it shouldn't be a problem)
with your multiple background version, you could add gradient or white image to build your button bg , keeping some space with padding.
http://jsfiddle.net/nPUQN/1/
.back {
background:
url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/2WA5B.png") 100% 0 no-repeat ,
url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/6m2HC.png") 0 0 no-repeat,
-webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, white 0, white 14px , transparent 14px ,transparent) 0 0 no-repeat ,
-webkit-linear-gradient(180deg, white 0, white 8px , transparent 8px ,transparent) 0 0 no-repeat ,
url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/DaQcG.png") 14px 0 repeat
;
color: $white;
height: 28px;
padding: 5px 8px 5px 14px;
}
prefixed for chrome, add other prefix needed or use a prefix js :)
I add this answer because i like to keep the other as it is.
This one is to be tested in IE8/9 with pseudo and position:
http://codepen.io/gcyrillus/full/lBpaI or to edit :
http://codepen.io/gcyrillus/pen/lBpaI
.back {
background:
url("http://i.stack.imgur.com/DaQcG.png") 14px 0 repeat
;
color: white;
height: 28px;
padding: 5px;
position:relative;
overflow:visible;
}
.back:before {
content:url(http://i.stack.imgur.com/6m2HC.png);
top:0;
left:-14px;
position:absolute;
}
.back:after {
content:url(http://i.stack.imgur.com/2WA5B.png);
position:absolute;
right:-8px;
top:0;
}
I used this code today. It's similar to your 2nd example, but uses the background shortcut property and a mixture of position strings.
background: url("../images/img01.png") 0px 0px no-repeat, url("../images/img02.png") 53px 0px repeat-x, url("../images/img03.png") right top no-repeat;
img01 = left image (53px wide)
img02 = fill image
img03 = right image
I have page with dark background. In IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari my checkboxes looks like this:
But Opera displays checkboxes like this:
So user cannot see if he checked the checkbox, because the tick (check-mark) is black as well.
Here is part of my css:
body {
background-attachment: fixed;
background-color: #07080A;
background-image: url('images/bg.jpg');
background-position: center top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
border: 0 none;
color: #FFFFFF;
display: block;
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 13px;
margin: auto auto;
width: 1000px;
}
input, textarea {
width: 300px;
color: #fff;
background-color: #323232;
border: none;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Arial;
padding: 8px 0px 8px 10px;
}
input[type="checkbox"]{
background: transparent;
width: 30px;
}
How can I change that? I would like to have appearance of checkbox the same in Opera and other browsers.
Try to override your first style using:
input[type="checkbox"] {
background: inherit;
width: 30px;
}
This will give the checkbox the background of its parent. Depending on the order of your rules and other rules, you might need to use inherit !important.
In Opera, the background property applies to the background inside the checkbox not the background outside of the checkbox. I believe what you're trying to fix is some of the issues that you can find on this page about how checkboxes are styled.
input[type="checkbox"]{
backgorund: #fff;
width: 30px;
}
Does that not work for you?
First, you have a typo in your input[type="checkbox"] line.
Second, according to this you could explicitly set the checkbox background to be white. This works in Opera.