Line below link on hover - html

How can I add a short line below link ? The line should be visible only on hover.
I tried with border-bottom, but that way the line is 100% of the link width and I want the line to be shorter than the link .
Here is a example image of the effect that I try to make.

You can try using ::after pseudo element:
a {
position: relative;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
left: 25%;
right: 25%;
bottom: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
<a href='#'>Demo Link</a>

This is something I just thought of, check it out see what you think. So we use :after and create a line under the text. This only works if the parent has a width (for centering).
HTML:
<div>Test</div>
CSS:
div {
width: 30px;
}
div:hover:after {
content: "";
display: block;
width: 5px;
border-bottom: 1px solid;
margin: 0 auto;
}
DEMO
Updated CSS:
div {
display: inline-block;
}
Not sure why I didnt think of this but you can just use inline-block to get it to center without the parent having a width.
DEMO HERE
Here is a link using the same method, just incase you got confused.
DEMO HERE
So I have now be told I should even point out the most obvious thing so here is an update just for the people that don't know width can be a percentage.
width: 70%;
Changed the width from 5px to 70% so it will expand with the width of the text.
DEMO HERE

Edit:
Ruddy's solution has the same result and is more elegant so based on that, I used it recently with addition of transition, making it a bit more eye catching and I thought it would be useful to share here:
a {
display: inline-block;
text-decoration:none
}
a:after {
content: "";
display: block;
width: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid;
margin: 0 auto;
transition:all 0.3s linear 0s;
}
a:hover:after {
width: 90%;
}
jsfiddle link
(Original answer below)
Check this i just came up with, playing in the fiddle:
<a class="bordered" href="#">I am a link, hover to see</a>
a.bordered {
text-decoration:none;
position: relative;
z-index : 1;
display:inline-block;
}
a.bordered:hover:before {
content : "";
position: absolute;
left : 50%;
bottom : 0;
height : 1px;
width : 80%;
border-bottom:1px solid grey;
margin-left:-40%;
}
Depending on the percentages, you may play with a.bordered:hover:before margin and left position.

Simply use this class:
.link:hover {
background-image:url("YOUR-SMALL-LINE-BOTTOM.png")
}
like this, the line will appear when you hover over the element. And you can specify in the image, how small or big the line has to be.

Try creating another Div for border. And adjust the width of that div according to your choice. I hope this will help.

what about this?
a {text-decoration:none;position:relative;}
a:hover:before {content:"_";position:absolute;bottom:-5px;left:50%;width:10px;margin:0 0 0 -5px;}
check this fiddle for more: http://jsfiddle.net/h7Xb5/

use underline or if u want the line to be much shorter try scalar vector graphics(svg) with this you can have custom lines.
<svg id="line "height="40" width="40">
<line x1="0" y1="0" x2="700" y2="20" style="stroke:rgb(125,0,0);stroke-width:2" />

Related

Breakable colored underline in CSS

I would like to have a colored underline that looks like this when it breaks:
text-decoration-color seems to be not supported widely enough.
I tried this:
.underline {
position: relative;
}
.underline:after {
position: absolute;
content: '';
height: 1px;
background-color: #ffc04d;
bottom: .1rem;
right: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: -1;
}
<h1><span class="underline">Sprouted Bread</span></h1>
What about a linear-gradient where it will be easy to control color, size and distance within a single element:
.underline {
position: relative;
font-size:28px;
background:
linear-gradient(yellow,yellow) /* Color */
left 0 bottom 2px/ /* Position */
100% 2px /* Size (width height)*/
no-repeat;
}
<div style="width:150px;text-align:center"><span class="underline">Sprouted Bread</span></div>
As a side note, border-bottom works fine used with inline element but of course you cannot easily control the distance to make it behave as a text-decoration:
.underline {
position: relative;
font-size:28px;
border-bottom:2px solid yellow;
}
<div style="width:150px;text-align:center"><span class="underline">Sprouted Bread</span></div>
Try this JSFiddle
By wrapping the elements like you have in a span. You can put the text decoration on the parent element and the text color on the span.
HTML:
<h1><span class="underline">Some Text</span></h1>
CSS:
h1 {
text-decoration: underline;
color: red;
}
.underline {
color: blue;
}
Just add a border!
Using display: inline, add a bottom border and space it with padding.
You could also use line-height and then place negative margins to increase the space in between the lines.
And...you could also animate it!
.underline {
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 1px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ffc04d;
}
<h1 style="width: 5em">
<span class="underline">Sprouted Bread</span>
</h1>
As mentioned by #chriskirknielsen, you could use box-decoration-break, although not supported by IE or Edge. Credits: #Temani Afif

How put some horizontal offset to an element bottom border with CSS?

I use bottom-border on some a element, and I want to add some horizontal offset to the border.
What I have now:
Link very cool name
-------------------
What I want:
Link very cool name
----------------
How can I archive this? Only using an a element.
A pseudo-element is ideal here which can be styled in any fashion you want, color, width & height...even position below the link text.
a {
position: relative;
text-decoration: none;
}
a::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
right: 0;
width: 75%;
height: 2px;
background: orange;
}
Long stretch of text
You can try this:
a{
text-decoration: none;
display:inline-block;
}
a:after{
content: "";
border-bottom: dotted 2px red;
width: 70%;
float: right;
padding-top: 5px;
}
https://jsfiddle.net/9xc0x58c/1/
You could use a pseudo element ie :after element for this and abs pos it, 1px high background colour and width of you chosen link length etc.
Would that be the required result? Not sure the requirement as to why you would want this but it should achieve the required result.
you can use span
HTML
Link <span class="un">very cool name</span>
CSS
.un{
border-bottom: dotted 2px red;
}

How change height of line's strike-through [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
How to change the strike-out / line-through thickness in CSS?
(11 answers)
Closed 8 years ago.
Yesterday with one friend discuss for change height of line about strike-through.
Today searching on documentation of CSS says :
The HTML Strikethrough Element (<s>) renders text with a strikethrough, or a line through it.
Use the <s> element to represent things that are no longer relevant or no longer accurate.
However, <s> is not appropriate when indicating document edits;
for that, use the <del> and <ins> elements, as appropriate.
And seems that <s> accept all reference of CSS but not function on height.
CSS:
s {
color: red;
height: 120px
}
HTML:
<br /><br />
<s >Strikethrough</s>
There is a simpler demo on JSFIDDLE and you see that not change the height of line....
There is a alternative solution or I wrong on CSS?
EXPLAIN WITH IMAGE
I think the best way to handle this is to use a pseudo element to simulate the desired behavior.
s {
color: red;
display: inline-block;
text-decoration: none;
position: relative;
}
s:after {
content: '';
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 50%;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
border-bottom: 3px solid;
}
The border inherits text-color and you gain full control over your styling, including hover effects.
JS Fiddle here
I've wanted to do this before and came up with this:
<span class="strike">
<span class="through"></span>
Strikethrough
</span>
and:
.strike {
position:relative;
color:red;
}
.strike .through {
position:absolute;
left:0;
width:100%;
height:1px;
background: red;
/* position of strike through */
top:50%;
}
JS Fiddle here
and if you want multiple strike throughs you can use something like this:
JS Fiddle - multi strikes
This is my alternative version.
s {
color: red;
position: relative;
text-decoration: none;
}
s:after {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: -10px;
content: " ";
background: red;
height: 1px;
}
JSFiddle demo
Try this
s {
color: red;
text-decoration: none;
background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 7px,#cc1f1f 7px,#cc1f1f 12px,transparent 9px);
height: 100px
}

CSS Underlay a previous div

Sorry if the question is a little vague, I found it quite hard to title. Anyway, I am currently creating a new design and I have hit an issue, I basically want one div to start underneath another, as I am using rounded edges on the div before and want to cover up the whitespace.
I am able to get the div to underlay, however when I set the z-index it becomes the bottom element and the interaction with links etc can't be done. (e.g links can't be clicked, can't highlight text)
To better explain, I have created this JSFiddle link, it shows exactly what I am trying to do. Try clicking the link, it will simply not work.
The code on the JSFiddle is as follows:
#div-1, #div-2 {
width: 350px;
border-radius: 0 0 16px 16px;
}
#div-1 {
background-color: grey;
}
#div-2 {
background-color: black;
position: relative;
z-index: -1;
margin-top:-25px;
}
Any help is appreciated, and if you would like me to clarify anything please do ask.
Thanks,
Jake
Demo http://jsfiddle.net/Amn7S/
Dont use z-index:-1; use z-index:1; and z-index:2; then it works.
#div-1 {
background-color: grey;
z-index:2;
position:relative;
}
#div-2 {
background-color: black;
position: relative;
margin-top:-25px;
z-index:1;
}
instead using z-index-1; you should use positive z-index and tell each div where to stand.
http://jsfiddle.net/wdQWu/3/
#div-1, #div-2 {
width: 350px;
border-radius: 0 0 16px 16px;
position:relative;
z-index:1;
}
#div-1 {
background-color: grey;
}
#div-2 {
background-color: black;
position: relative;
z-index: 0;
margin-top:-26px;
}
oups, little late, answer already there :)
You could change the z-index of the link to be above the 2nd div
something like this maybe ?
http://jsfiddle.net/wdQWu/1/
I've used a div with a class wrapper as you can see in the code.
.wrapper {
width: 350px;
border-radius: 0 0 16px 16px;
background-color: black;
}
Hope it's useful..

CSS To Add Underline After Header Content

Problem
I am working on a project to theme a website, but I am not allowed to change the HTML or JavaScript. I can only update the CSS stylesheet and add/update images.
Requrements
I need to style a h3 tag to have an
underline/border after the content.
This h3 will be used multiple times
on the page, so the conent length can
vary
The solution needs to be
cross-browser (IE 6/7/8, FF 3, &
Safari)
Sample Code
<div class="a">
<div class="b"><!-- etc --></div>
<div class="c">
<h3>Sample Text To Have Line Afterwards</h3>
<ul><!-- etc --></ul>
<p class="d"><!-- etc --></p>
</div>
</div>
Sample Output
Sample Text to Have Line Afterwards ______________________________________
Another Example __________________________________________________________
And Yet Another Example __________________________________________________
Notes
I think #sample:after { content: "__________"; } option wouldn't work since that would only be the correct length for one of the tags
I tried a background-image, but if it gave me problems if I gave it one with a large width
Using text-indent didn't see to give me the effect I was looking for
I tried a combination of border-bottom and text-decoration: none, but that didn't seem to work either
Any ideas would be much appreciated!
This will work if class 'c' is always the parent of the h3...
.c {
position: relative;
margin-top: 25px;
border-top: 1px solid #000;
padding: 0px;
}
h3 {
font-size:20px;
margin-top: 0px;
position: absolute;
top: -18px;
background: #fff;
}
It lets the container have the border, then uses absolute positioning to move the h3 over it, and the background color lets it blot out the portion of c's border that it's covering.
try attaching a background image to class c of a repeating underline, then add a background color to the h3 to match the background of the container. I believe that you would have to float the h3 left in order to get the width to collapse. does that make sense?
.c {
background: #ffffff url(underline.gif) left 20px repeat-x;
}
.c h3 {
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 2px 0;
float: left;
font-size: 20px;
background: #ffffff;
}
.c h3 { display: inline; background-color: white; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 1em; }
.c ul { margin-top: -1px; border-top: 1px solid; padding-top: 1em; /* simulate margin with padding */ }
http://besh.dwich.cz/tmp/h3.html
H3 {
border: 1px solid red;
border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
text-indent: -60px;
}
You need to know the width of the text, but works pretty well.
The only solution I've imagined so far is to make a PNG or GIF image, with 1px height and a very large width (depends on your project, could be like 1x2000px), and do something like this:
h3#main-title { background: url(line.png) no-repeat bottom XYZem; }
where the XYZ you'd set manually, for each title, in 'em' units. But I can't figure out a 100% dynamic solution for this one, without using JS or adding extra markup.
this worked for me
div.c
{
background-image:url(line.gif);background-repeat:repeat-x;width:100%;height:20px;
}
div.c h3
{
height:20px;background-color:white;display:inline;
}
you make the div the width of your content
then you set the background of the h3 to the background of your page. this will then overlap the background imageof the full div. You might want to play with background positioning depending on your image
Can you pad content in the UL tags? If so, this might work:
h3 { display: inline; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 0 0; float: left;}
ul { display: inline; border-bottom: 1px solid black; }
check source code of: http://nonlinear.cc/lab/friends/elijahmanor.html
then again i have NO IDEA how to control the end of the line.
Assuming that you're working with dynamic content, the best I could suggest is to accept graceful degradation and use a mix of great_llama and Bohdan Ganicky
Imagine:
A long title that will wrap to two lines___________________
and leave you like this in great_llama's solution
and nothing appearing at all with Bohdan Ganicky's solution if ul isn't immediate preceded by ul.
Solution:
.c h3 { display: inline; background-color: white; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 1em; }
.c + * { margin-top: -1px; border-top: 1px solid; padding-top: 1em; /* simulate margin with padding */ }
We care about IE6, but accept that this is an aesthetic touch and IE6 users will not suffer. If you can't get the designer to accept this AND you can't alter the HTML, then do something else (before you find another job ;))
Here's a better answer:
.c {
background: url('line.png') repeat-x 0 20px;
}
H3 {
background-color: white;
display: inline;
position: relative;
top: 1px;
}
Use a small, 1px height, couple px wide image as your underline and occlude it with a background color on your H3.
h3:after {
content: '___________';
}