Draw an X in CSS - html

Question

I've got a div that looks like a orange square
I'd like to draw a white X in this div somehow so that it looks more like
Anyway to do this in CSS or is it going to be easier to just draw this in Photoshop and use the image as the div background? The div code just looks like
div {
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background-color: #FA6900;
border-radius: 5px;
}

Answer 1

You want an entity known as a cross mark:
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/274c/index.htm
The code for it is ❌ and it displays like ❌
If you want a perfectly centered cross mark, like this:
try the following CSS:
div {
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background-color: #FA6900;
border-radius: 5px;
position: relative;
}
div:after {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
content: "\274c"; /* use the hex value here... */
font-size: 50px;
color: #FFF;
line-height: 100px;
text-align: center;
}
See Demo Fiddle
Cross-Browser Issue
The cross-mark entity does not display with Safari or Chrome. However, the same entity displays well in Firefox, IE and Opera.
It is safe to use the smaller but similarly shaped multiplication sign entity, × which displays as ×.

Answer 2

single element solution:
body{
background:blue;
}
div{
width:40px;
height:40px;
background-color:red;
position:relative;
border-radius:6px;
box-shadow:2px 2px 4px 0 white;
}
div:before,div:after{
content:'';
position:absolute;
width:36px;
height:4px;
background-color:white;
border-radius:2px;
top:16px;
box-shadow:0 0 2px 0 #ccc;
}
div:before{
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
left:2px;
}
div:after{
-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(-45deg);
transform:rotate(-45deg);
right:2px;
}
<div></div>

Answer 3

Yet another pure CSS solution (i.e. without the use of images, characters or additional fonts), based on #Bansoa is the answer's answer .
I've simplified it and added a bit of Flexbox magic to make it responsive.
Cross in this example automatically scales to any square container, and to change the thickness of its lines one have just to tune height: 4px; (to make a cross truly responsive, you may want to set the height in percents or other relative units).
div {
position: relative;
height: 150px; /* this can be anything */
width: 150px; /* ...but maintain 1:1 aspect ratio */
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
}
div::before,
div::after {
position: absolute;
content: '';
width: 100%;
height: 4px; /* cross thickness */
background-color: black;
}
div::before {
transform: rotate(45deg);
}
div::after {
transform: rotate(-45deg);
}
<div></div>

Answer 4

You can make a pretty nice X with CSS gradients:
demo: https://codepen.io/JasonWoof/pen/rZyRKR
code:
<span class="close-x"></span>
<style>
.close-x {
display: inline-block;
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
border: 7px solid #f56b00;
background:
linear-gradient(45deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 43%,#fff 45%,#fff 55%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 57%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%),
linear-gradient(135deg, #f56b00 0%,#f56b00 43%,#fff 45%,#fff 55%,#f56b00 57%,#f56b00 100%);
}
</style>

Answer 5

Yet another attempt... this one uses ×. A lot of the examples on this page only show for me as a box, but × works
HTML
<div class="close"></div>
CSS
.close {
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background-color: #FA6900;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.close:after {
position:relative;
content:"\d7";
font-size:177px;
color:white;
font-weight:bold;
top:-53px;
left:-2px
}
JSFIDDLE

Answer 6

You could just put the letter X in the HTML inside the div and then style it with css.
See JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/uSwbN/
HTML:
<div id="orangeBox">
<span id="x">X</span>
</div>
CSS:
#orangeBox {
background: #f90;
color: #fff;
font-family: 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
font-size: 2em;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
width: 40px;
height: 40px;
border-radius: 5px;
}

Answer 7

You can use the CSS property "content":
div {
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background-color: #FA6900;
border-radius: 5px;
}
div:after {
content: "X";
font-size: 2em;
color: #FFF;
}
Like this:
http://jsfiddle.net/HKtFV/

Answer 8

#x{
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background-color:orange;
position:relative;
border-radius:2px;
}
#x::after,#x::before{
position:absolute;
top:9px;
left:0px;
content:'';
display:block;
width:20px;
height:2px;
background-color:red;
}
#x::after{
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(45deg);
transform: rotate(45deg);
}
#x::before{
-webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-45deg);
transform: rotate(-45deg);
}
<div id=x>
</div>

Answer 9

I love this question! You could easily adapt my code below to be a white × on an orange square:
Demo fiddle here
Here is the SCSS (which could easily be converted to CSS):
$pFontSize: 18px;
p {
font-size: $pFontSize;
}
span{
font-weight: bold;
}
.x-overlay,
.x-emoji-overlay {
position: relative;
}
.x-overlay,
.x-emoji-overlay {
&:after {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
color: red;
text-align: center;
}
}
.x-overlay:after {
content: '\d7';
font-size: 3 * $pFontSize;
line-height: $pFontSize;
opacity: 0.7;
}
.x-emoji-overlay:after {
content: "\274c";
padding: 3px;
font-size: 1.5 * $pFontSize;
line-height: $pFontSize;
opacity: 0.5;
}
.strike {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.strike::before {
content: '';
border-bottom: 2px solid red;
width: 110%;
position: absolute;
left: -2px;
top: 46%;
}
.crossed-out {
/*inspired by https://www.tjvantoll.com/2013/09/12/building-custom-text-strikethroughs-with-css/*/
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
&::before,
&::after {
content: '';
width: 110%;
position: absolute;
left: -2px;
top: 45%;
opacity: 0.7;
}
&::before {
border-bottom: 2px solid red;
-webkit-transform: skewY(-20deg);
transform: skewY(-20deg);
}
&::after {
border-bottom: 2px solid red;
-webkit-transform: skewY(20deg);
transform: skewY(20deg);
}
}

Answer 10

You could do this by styling an "x"
text-align: center;
font-size: 120px;
line-height: 100px;
color: white;
font-family: monospace;
http://jsfiddle.net/Ncvyj/1/

Answer 11

Here is a single div and dynamic size version without using pseudo element.
body {
display: flex;
gap: 30px;
}
.x {
--color: #444;
--l: 5px; /* line-width */
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background: linear-gradient(to top right, transparent calc(50% - var(--l) / 2), var(--color) calc(50% - var(--l) / 2) calc(50% + var(--l) / 2), transparent calc(50% + var(--l) / 2)),
linear-gradient(to bottom right, transparent calc(50% - var(--l) / 2), var(--color) calc(50% - var(--l) / 2) calc(50% + var(--l) / 2), transparent calc(50% + var(--l) / 2));
--clip-path: polygon(var(--l) 0%, calc(100% - var(--l)) 0%, 100% var(--l), 100% calc(100% - var(--l)), calc(100% - var(--l)) 100%, var(--l) 100%, 0% calc(100% - var(--l)), 0% var(--l));
-webkit-clip-path: var(--clip-path);
clip-path: var(--clip-path);
}
<div class="x"></div>
<div class="x" style="--l: 10px;"></div>
<div class="x" style="--l: 15px; --color: red"></div>
<div class="x" style="--l: 15px; --color: dodgerblue; width: 100px; height: 100px;"></div>

Answer 12

HTML
<div class="close-orange"></div>
CSS
.close-orange {
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background-color: #FA6900;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.close-orange:before,.close-orange:after{
content:'';
position:absolute;
width: 50px;
height: 4px;
background-color:white;
border-radius:2px;
top: 55px;
}
.close-orange:before{
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
left: 32.5px;
}
.close-orange:after{
-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(-45deg);
transform:rotate(-45deg);
left: 32.5px;
}
https://jsfiddle.net/cooperwebdesign/dw4xd289/

Answer 13

A modern answer with good browser support.
<span>×</span>
This technically puts the multiplication symbol there, but no one will really notice (found some websites that have a popup box and most use this for the x button).
If you need more control you can style it with color opacity etc...
example (index.html)
<span class="x-button">×</span>
styles.css
span.x-button {
color:gray;
opacity:0.7;
font-size:1.5em;
}
Result (first example)
<span>&times</span>
Result (2nd example)
span {
color:gray;
opacity:0.7;
font-size:1.5em;
}
<span class="x-button">×</span>
Note: you can highlight this unlike other solutions, but this may not be desirable depending on the application. You can solve this in pure css too, just add
user-select:none;
-webkit-user-select:none;

Answer 14

This is an adaptable version of the amazing solution provided by #Gildas.Tambo elsewhere in this page.
Simply change the values of the variables at the top to change the size of the "X".
Credit for the solution itself goes to Gildas. All I've done is given it adaptable math.
:root {
/* Width and height of the box containing the "X" */
--BUTTON_W: 40px;
/* This is the length of either of the 2 lines which form the "X", as a
percentage of the width of the button. */
--CLOSE_X_W: 95%;
/* Thickness of the lines of the "X" */
--CLOSE_X_THICKNESS: 4px;
}
body{
background:blue;
}
div{
width: var(--BUTTON_W);
height: var(--BUTTON_W);
background-color:red;
position: relative;
border-radius: 6px;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px 0 white;
}
/* The "X" in the button. "before" and "after" each represent one of the two lines of the "X" */
div:before,div:after{
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: var(--CLOSE_X_W);
height: var(--CLOSE_X_THICKNESS);
background-color:white;
border-radius: 2px;
top: calc(50% - var(--CLOSE_X_THICKNESS) / 2);
box-shadow: 0 0 2px 0 #ccc;
}
/* One line of the "X" */
div:before{
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
transform: rotate(45deg);
left: calc((100% - var(--CLOSE_X_W)) / 2);
}
/* The other line of the "X" */
div:after{
-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-45deg);
transform: rotate(-45deg);
right: calc((100% - var(--CLOSE_X_W)) / 2);
}
<div></div>

Answer 15

Check & and Cross:
<span class='act-html-check'></span>
<span class='act-html-cross'><span class='act-html-cross'></span></span>
<style type="text/css">
span.act-html-check {
display: inline-block;
width: 12px;
height: 18px;
border: solid limegreen;
border-width: 0 5px 5px 0;
transform: rotate( 45deg);
}
span.act-html-cross {
display: inline-block;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
border: solid red;
border-width: 0 5px 5px 0;
transform: rotate( 45deg);
position: relative;
}
span.act-html-cross > span { {
transform: rotate( -180deg);
position: absolute;
left: 9px;
top: 9px;
}
</style>