How would I create the below image using only CSS?
I'm attempting to draw a line with a transparent gradient at either end - here's what I've tried which does not work:
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, transparent, #8C8C8C),
-webkit-linear-gradient(right, transparent, #8C8C8C);
So at the left and right end of the line the gradient moves inwards.
You should just use a single gradient like in the below snippet with the start and end as transparent.
Explanation:
transparent 0% means the gradient starts with transparent color
#8C8C8C 15% means that between 0% to 15% the gradient's color gradually changes from transparent to #8C8C8C.
#8C8C8C 85% means that the gradient's color stays as #8C8C8C from 15% to 85%.
transparent 100% means that the gradient's color would again change gradually from #8C8C8C to transparent between 85% - 100%.
The color stops create the illusion as though the gradient is proceeding inwards from either direction. Equal splits make the change look equal on either side.
div {
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, transparent 0%, #8C8C8C 15%, #8C8C8C 85%, transparent 100%);
background-image: linear-gradient(left, transparent 0%, #8C8C8C 15%, #8C8C8C 85%, transparent 100%);
height: 2px;
}
<div></div>
The various color stop values can help achieve that effect.
Stop the white at 10% and prolong a mix of transparent and gray(increasing) up to 50% and then a mix of gray and transparent(increasing) up to 100%.
.gradient {
width: 600px;
height: 1px;
background: linear-gradient(to right, transparent 10%, gray 50%, transparent 100%);
}
<div class="gradient"></div>
Also, you can play around with the % values to get the exact gradient. For example, your image can be made as accurate as possible by increasing the stop points like below.
.gradient {
width: 600px;
height: 1px;
background: linear-gradient(to right, transparent 10%, gray 20%, gray 90%, transparent 98%, transparent 100%);
}
<div class="gradient"></div>
Related
It seems to be damn-near impossible to style a <meter> HTML element to any interesting degree, so I am emulating a meter using CSS.
I have a step-wise gray linear gradient I want to use for the "unfilled" right-hand portion of the meter
background-image: linear-gradient(
to right,
#ddd 20%,
#ccc 20%,
#ccc 40%,
#bbb 40%,
#bbb 60%,
#aaa 60%,
#aaa 80%,
#999 80%,
#999 100%
);
and a step-wise green-ish gradient I want to use for the "filled" left-hand portion of the meter.
background-image: linear-gradient(
to right,
#70f600 20%,
#0e0 20%,
#0e0 40%,
#0d0 40%,
#0d0 60%,
#0c0 60%,
#0c0 80%,
#0b0 80%,
#0b0 100%
);
The effect I want is that
at 0% full meter, the styled meter will be the gray step gradient alone;
at 100% full meter, the styled meter will be the green step gradient alone;
at some intermediate percent (0% < X < 100%) full meter, the leftmost X% of the styled meter will be the leftmost X% of the green step gradient, and the remaining rightmost space of the styled meter will be the corresponding rightmost space of the gray step gradient. For example:
at ~36% fill
at ~82% fill
crucially, neither step gradient should be horizontally compressed to fit into the available space.
This last bulletpoint is what I am struggling to achieve.
My current best effort is the following HTML and CSS (to produce, in this case, a 36% filled meter):
HTML
<div class="meter-gauge">
<div class="negative-space" style="width: calc(100% - 36%)"/>
</div>
CSS
.meter-gauge {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
height: 1em;
min-width: 10em;
background-image: linear-gradient(
to right,
#70f600 20%,
#0e0 20%,
#0e0 40%,
#0d0 40%,
#0d0 60%,
#0c0 60%,
#0c0 80%,
#0b0 80%,
#0b0 100%
);
}
.negative-space {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
height: inherit;
width: 0; /* Overridden by style attribute */
background-image: linear-gradient(
to right,
#ddd 20%,
#ccc 20%,
#ccc 40%,
#bbb 40%,
#bbb 60%,
#aaa 60%,
#aaa 80%,
#999 80%,
#999 100%
);
z-index: 1;
}
Here, unlike the desired meter styling, displayed earlier, we get a version where the gray step gradient is horizontally compressed to fit 100% of the gradient into 64% of the space.
For comparison, an 82% filled meter with the above CSS looks like this, where the issue is even more obvious:
How can I achieve the look I want, and avoid one of the two gradients being included in its entirety but horizontally squashed into the available space?
I have noted that the effect I want would have been possible to achieve if the two gradients were instead two image files, as demonstrated by this image comparison slider demo. This seems to be because the image files are defined with absolute widths, and are then scaled as necessary. The gradients on the other hand are defined only using percentages, which relate only to the width of the containing block, not that block's parent block width.
Note: I don't want to use absolute CSS size units, as I want to be able to plug this styled meter in anywhere, at any size.
How about using clip-path?
Example code
.gauge {
width: 30em;
height: 2em;
position: relative;
background-color: #ccc;
}
.gauge > * {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
}
.meter-gauge {
background-image: linear-gradient(to right,
#70f600 20%,
#0e0 20%,
#0e0 40%,
#0d0 40%,
#0d0 60%,
#0c0 60%,
#0c0 80%,
#0b0 80%,
#0b0 100%);
}
.negative-space {
background-image: linear-gradient(to right,
#ddd 20%,
#ccc 20%,
#ccc 40%,
#bbb 40%,
#bbb 60%,
#aaa 60%,
#aaa 80%,
#999 80%,
#999 100%);
clip-path: inset(0 0 0 30%);
}
<div class="gauge">
<div class="meter-gauge"></div>
<div class="negative-space"></div>
</div>
How it works
clip-path: inset(top right bottom left)
Just have a couple of elements, or pseudo elements, with the green on top of the gray.
Green one has clip-path:
clip-path: polygon(0 0, var(—pc) 0, var(—pc) 100%, 0 100%);
Where —pc is percentage required e.g 36%
Sorry I can’t give a proper snippet as am stuck on an iOS device.
I have a bit of a complex layout. Looking for a solution for the text module. Need a dashed border with a trapezoid like shape. The shape has an opaque background and sits on top of the imagery. I have not been able to do a clip path for the trapezoid and keep the gradient dashed border as it clips it off.
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 95% 100%, 5% 100%);
border-width: 1px;
border-style: dashed;
border-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff7075 0%, #fed42e 17%, #4ec253 33%, #08b2ba 50%, #45559e 65%, #2b3570 83%, #25366c 100%) 1
A CSS linear gradient background element has fuzzy transitions between colours even when the stops are at the same spot.
I have an element with the background defined like so:
background:linear-gradient(to right,
blue, blue 10%,
red 10%, red 30%,
yellow 30%, yellow 40%,
green 40%, green 50%,
black 50%
);
In Firefox, the transitions between the colours are fuzzy. If I use a repeating-linear-gradient the edges are crisp. Both are crisp in Chrome.
I have an example pen here: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/rPVWZE?editors=1100#0
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Here the effect on FF. I drew some pixels to show zoom level:
A workaround:
.linear{
height:100px;
background-image:
linear-gradient(to right, blue 0, blue 100px),
linear-gradient(to right, red 0, red 100px),
linear-gradient(to right, yellow 0, yellow 100px);
background-size:
100px 100px,
100px 100px,
100px 100px;
background-position:
0 0,
100px 0,
200px 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
<div class = "linear"></div>
I am trying to make the entire background of a page look like the image below with CSS, and I'm having difficulty using multiple linear-gradients together. The background has to have thin diagonal stripes with a top-to-bottom color fade that is lighter in the middle and fades to a darker color at the top and bottom.
I have tried a bunch of things and what I have here looks the best so far, but it's not quite right. Here is a jsfiddle showing what I have.
I am okay with the stripes, but the top-to-bottom gradient is definitely off, as the gradient only shows on the transparent stripes. I think what is needed here, is two gradients that overlap somehow to get the effect below, but perhaps there is a better way.
Here is the code from the fiddle in case the link breaks in the future:
/* Stripes */
body {
background: linear-gradient(
-45deg,
#5BABCF 25%,
transparent 25%,
transparent 50%,
#5BABCF 50%,
#5BABCF 75%,
transparent 75%,
transparent
);
background-size: 6px 6px;
height: 100vh;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
/* Color Fade */
html {
background: repeating-linear-gradient(
to bottom,
#051219,
#91B7CA 25%,
transparent 50%,
#91B7CA 75%,
#051219 100%
);
}
Any idea how to go about doing this?
Added opacity to the diagonal stripes in body
body {
background: linear-gradient(
-45deg,
#5BABCF 25%,
transparent 25%,
transparent 50%,
#5BABCF 50%,
#5BABCF 75%,
transparent 75%,
transparent
);
background-size: 6px 6px;
height: 100vh;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
opacity: 0.2;
}
/* Color Fade */
html {
background: repeating-linear-gradient(
to bottom,
#051219,
#91B7CA 25%,
transparent 50%,
#91B7CA 75%,
#051219 100%
);
}
I'm trying to make a gradient background for my website, http://www.lathamcity.com
The problem is, as you can see, it just repeats the blue and cyan a bunch of times instead of making a gradient out of them.
To add to the mystery, when two links are clicked on to open a third div, the gradient suddenly changes. The third div extends below the second one, and the distance between them is occupied by the first gradient color and the rest up to the top of the page is just a normal gradient.
Here's the code I'm using for the gradients.
body{
background-color: #1B0D70;
background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(214,231,232) 49%, rgb(36,155,171) 75%);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(214,231,232) 49%, rgb(36,155,171) 75%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(214,231,232) 49%, rgb(36,155,171) 75%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(214,231,232) 49%, rgb(36,155,171) 75%);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(214,231,232) 49%, rgb(36,155,171) 75%);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(
linear,
left bottom,
left top,
color-stop(0.49, rgb(214,231,232)),
color-stop(0.75, rgb(36,155,171))
);
}
Currently your body height is 0px because your most of the element are absolute position.
Write this in your css:
html, body{
height:100%;
}