/* Normal Bubble */
.bubble {
width: auto;
font-size: 0.75em;
margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.bubble blockquote {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
border: 1px solid #c9c2c1;
background-color: #000;
}
.bubble blockquote p {
margin: 10px;
padding: 0px;
font-size: 21px;
}
.bubble cite {
position: relative;
margin: 0px;
padding: 7px 0px 0px 15px;
top: 6px;
background: transparent url(b/tip.gif) no-repeat 20px 0;
font-style: normal;
}
I have this for my comments.. that looks like "speech bubbles" .
I dont want it big from the beginning, i want to have it custom after the text.. I mean if you wrote "hello" then it should be around it with maybe 1-2px margin from the bubble, so if you wrote "Hello my name is and i like to cook!" then it should be bigger..its like this right now:
<div class="bubble">
<blockquote>
<p>the comment text is here</p>
</blockquote>
<cite>Written by me</cite>
</div>
A div, by default, is block level and, therefore, will expand its width to the width of its parent container (rather than its contents).
Two options to consider would be to set the div to
display: inline-block
Or float it.
Do you mean to put it like that?
.bubble blockquote p {
display: inline;
/*(...)*/
}
See http://www.htmldog.com/reference/cssproperties/display/
I'm not sure quite what you are asking either.
Perhaps you are referring to creating a popup (using images) that scales according to the size of the content? To do that you need multiple overlapping images. It it only scales in one direction (vertically or horizontally) you need two images, if it scales in both directions you need to create four images. This technique is sometimes called "sliding doors".
Related
Yes, I'm a newb so please go easy. I know there's got to be several ways to accomplish this. Basically I've been trying to come up with a consistent way to have a header with a line after the text that will run to the full width of a container element.
Something like this:
This is my header _______________________________________________________ |<- end container
This is another header __________________________________________________ |<- end container
I'm trying to create a .line class that will use bottom-border to create the line but I've been unsuccessful at creating a variable length line that will extend the full width of the container.
Here's what I've tried:
CSS:
.line
{
display:inline-block;
border-bottom:2px #5B3400 solid;
margin-left:5px;
width:80%;
}
HTML:
<h2>Our Mission<span class="line"></span></h2>
Of course this only gives me a line 80% of the container from the left border including the width of the text. How can I create a line that begins after the text and runs the full width of the border regardless of how much text is on the same line?
I know this should be easy but I haven't been able to find a solution yet.
Thanks!
THIS METHOD WILL WORK WITH TEXTURED BACKGROUNDS (background images):
You can try using this method instead, if your <h2> is on top of a background image.
HTML:
<h2 class="line-title"><span>This is my title</span><hr /></h2>
CSS:
.line-title {
font-size: 20px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding-top: 1px; /* Allows for hr margin to start at top of h2 */
}
/* clearfix for floats */
.line-title:after {
content: "";
display: table;
clear: both;
}
.line-title span {
padding-right: 10px;
float: left;
}
.line-title hr {
border:1px solid #DDD;
border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
margin-top: 11px;
}
See the working example here: http://jsfiddle.net/yYBDD/1/
How it Works:
the <h2> tag acts as a container for a floated element.
the <span> is floated left, causing the <hr /> to collapse to the left and fill the right space.
the <hr /> acts as the line, and fills up the remaining space to the right.
THIS METHOD WILL WORK WITH SOLID BACKGROUND COLORS:
HTML:
<h2 class="line-title"><span>This is my title</span></h2>
CSS:
.line-title {
border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
font-size: 20px;
height: 12px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.line-title span {
background: #FFF;
padding-right: 10px;
}
You can see a working example here: http://jsfiddle.net/yYBDD/
How it works.
the <h2> tag has a class that sets the height to half of the height of the text it contains.
the <h2> has a bottom border, that extends to the width of it's parent container (since it's a block element).
the <span> inside of the <h2> has a white background, which will cover the area where the text and border overlap.
And finally, the <h2>> has a bottom margin, that compensates for the reduced height of the <h2>.
You could use flexbox to do this.
http://jsfiddle.net/eHHep/ (prefixes not included)
<h1 class="lineme">This is my header</h1>
<h2 class="lineme">This is another header</h2>
.lineme {
display: flex;
}
.lineme:after {
display: block;
content: " ";
border-bottom: 1px solid;
flex: 1 1 auto;
}
Advantages over other methods:
No extra markup required
Background color is not required
Down side:
Support for flexbox is low due to IE10 being the first IE to support it (see http://caniuse.com/#search=flexbox)
Your line goes away if your text wraps around
HTML:
<h2><span>Our Mission</span></h2>
CSS:
h2{
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
height: 20px;
overflow: visible;
display: block;
width: 100%;
}
h2 span{
display: inline-block;
background: #fff;
height: 21px;
}
This way it'll overflow on the bottom border as it has bigger height.
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/afuzk/
Here's something I tried and that worked:
HTML
<h2>Our Mission</h2>
CSS
h2:after
{
content: "\00a0";
border-bottom: solid 2px black;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
margin-left: 3px;
}
The JS Bin to test: http://jsbin.com/ayuvuc/4
HTML
<div class="leave-comment">
<span class="comment-bubble"></span>Leave a comment for Example Video 8!
</div>
CSS
.leave-comment {
background: #010101;
clear: both;
font-size: 1.4em;
padding: 20px 0;
}
.comment-bubble {
background: url(http://i.imgur.com/iqOtL.png) no-repeat left center;
display: inline-block;
height: 24px;
width: 26px;
float: left;
margin-right: 10px;
}
Here is the JS Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/CeZLy/
I am trying to center both the comment bubble and text inside the black box. The text will always be changing so I can't set a fixed width on the a element. Can someone help me out with this?
NOTE: Sorry if I wasn't clear. I want the comment bubble on the left of the text, and then I want both the comment bubble and the text centered inside the black box.
Remove the span. Set the image as the background of the a element. Use text-align:center; and add left-padding for the image:
.leave-comment {
background: #010101;
clear: both;
font-size: 1.4em;
padding: 20px 0;
text-align:center;
}
.leave-comment a {
background: url(http://i.imgur.com/iqOtL.png) no-repeat left center;
}
<div class="leave-comment">
Leave a comment for Example Video 8!
</div>
Check it:
http://jsfiddle.net/C9HKr/
From your comments, I would just leave out the float: left and add a text-align: center
JSFiddle
Vertically centering seems a bit difficult. If you want to center vertically and have fixed height, you can set the line-height of your link to the same height.
See JSFiddle
There's a nice tutorial about vertical centering at Vertical Centering With CSS, explaining several methods and emphasizing the pros and cons of each.
Update:
I just reread your comment. Maybe I misunderstood you. If you just want the link moved a bit up or down, you can also use a different padding at the top and bottom.
See this JSFiddle
.leave-comment {
background-color: #010101;
clear: both;
font-size: 1.4em;
padding: 20px 0;
text-align: center;
}
.comment-bubble {
background: url(http://i.imgur.com/iqOtL.png) no-repeat left center;
display: inline-block;
height: 24px;
width: 26px;
margin-right: 10px;
position: relative;
top: 7px;
}
Well you need the span now.
http://jsfiddle.net/CeZLy/7/ in action
I am building a 3 column fluid layout, and have gotten 90% the way there. I am wondering on what is the best way to impliment the background, or side bars - however you want to look at it.
I have a good box hack that centers my main content area, and now I need to impliment the two stripes you see on either side that has a small 1px border on the respective inside border.
I could create a 1px high stripe that is 1000's of pixels wide, but I have a feeling there is a much better way to do this - possibly with pure CSS?
Am I now looking at a 5 column layout here, or is this still a three column fluid?
If anyone can provide a good pattern or link for this style of layout (its probably the most common out there nowadays, huh?) I'd really appricaite it!
Here is my current fluid wrap code:
css:
body
{
margin: 10px 0px;
padding: 0px;
text-align: center;
}
#siteWrapper
{
width: 980px;
margin: 0px auto;
text-align: left;
padding: 15px;
background-color: #fff;
}
HTML
<body>
<div id="siteWrapper">
</div>
</body>
body
{
margin: 10px 0px;
padding: 0px;
text-align: center;
background: whatevercolor;
}
#siteWrapper
{
width: 980px;
margin: 0px auto;
text-align: left;
padding: 15px;
background-color: #fff;
border-left: whatever;
border-right: whatever;
}
I'm attempting to style heading text similar to how your default legend text appears in fieldsets; that is to say, I'd like a strikethrough-like line to come up to, but not through, the text. I can't seem to find any information on how I might accomplish this, and since on numerous other questions Google's always directed me to Stack Overflow for answers, I thought someone here may be able to give me advice.
For greater clarity. I'm attempting to get this effect on header text:
Centered Header Text
Is there any way to do this?
See: http://jsfiddle.net/thirtydot/jm4VQ/
If the text needs to wrap, this won't work. In IE7, there will be no line.
HTML:
<h2><span>Centered Header Text</span></h2>
CSS:
h2 {
text-align: center;
display: table;
width: 100%;
}
h2 > span, h2:before, h2:after {
display: table-cell;
}
h2:before, h2:after {
background: url(http://dummyimage.com/2x1/f0f/fff&text=+) repeat-x center;
width: 50%;
content: ' ';
}
h2 > span {
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0 9px;
}
Edit:
<h2><strike> </strike>Your Text Here<strike> </strike></h2>
Here's how you can do it with a few simple tags and non-breaking spaces.
I'd use an image and call it a day, but this seemed to work for me:
CSS
fieldset {
border-right: 0px;
border-left: 0px;
border-bottom: 0px;
width: 200px;
}
legend {
margin: 0 25%;
}
HTML
<fieldset>
<legend>My Text Here</legend>
</fieldset>
That's the only way I could figure out how to do it with css. Note the width is fixed. Once again I wouldn't do this myself.
I came up with a quick, image-less solution that seems to work pretty well in IE 8+ and other browsers, whilst gracefully degrading in IE 6/7:
<h1>CSS 2.1 EXAMPLE</h1>
h1 { position: relative; text-align: center; }
h1:first-line { background-color: white; }
h1:before {
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
content: '';
left: 0px;
right: 0px;
height: 1px;
top: 50%;
background-color: black;
}
It does come with the following limitations, though:
The text must match the overall background colour exactly, otherwise it will look weird.
If you want any kind of padding on the text, you need to use non-breaking spaces at either side of the text (see demo).
Heading text must always be on one line (works best if fixed width).
Here's a demo: http://jsfiddle.net/AndyE/3tFQJ/
With flexbox being supported by all the latest browsers out there, and it being five years since the IE8 requirement was mentioned by the author, I wanted to have some fun building a new solution using that.
A variety of examples getting more complicated:
https://jsfiddle.net/0mL79b4h/1/
https://jsfiddle.net/0mL79b4h/2/
CSS
div {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
div:before,
div:after {
border: 1px solid #000000;
border-radius: 2px;
height: 2px;
display: block;
content: "";
flex: 1;
width: 100%;
}
h1 {
text-align: center;
margin: 8px;
}
HTML
<div>
<h1>Example Text</h1>
</div>
<div>
<h1>Multi-Line<br>Example Text</h1>
</div>
Pros:
Uses flexbox!
Super simple HTML.
Left and right sides can be adjusted for asymmetry.
Zero background issues, no inheriting colors, etc.
Fluid width.
Multi-Line support.
Left/Center/Right/Custom Alignment: Just adjust the flex property separately for the before and after elements, higher numbers will dedicate more space to that side. Remove one entirely to left or right align it.
Interesting effects by playing with the border style (I actually chose a round border in this example). Set height to 0px and use border-top instead for a generic line.
Cons:
Uses flexbox. Call me lazy, but I didn't build in any backward compatibility in this example so it'll look odd on a browser that supports psuedo elements but doesn't support flexbox, although last I checked that was Chrome (Firefox, etc), which are all automatically updated anyway. Might want to use some Modernizr.
Here is what I am using on a client's site: http://jsfiddle.net/TPgE4/
Pros:
No images needed - renders instantly
Uses padding to control space on both sides of text
Text can be center aligned, or left/right aligned — just add, e.g., margin-left: 8px or margin-right: 8px on h2 span style definition to make it look good
Cons:
Requires use of additional tag such as <span>...</span> inside heading tag
Text must fit on one line for good appearance
Background color on <span> element must match surrounding background color, so if you have a non-solid background image, gradient or pattern it won't match perfectly
Kind of late to the party, but this is my solution: https://jsfiddle.net/g43pt908/
Requires no images, and doesn't depend on a background color.
HTML
<div class="hr-text">
<span>Some text</span>
</div>
CSS
.hr-text {
border-top: 1px solid #999;
text-align: center;
background-color: inherit;
}
.hr-text span {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
height: 14px;
top: -12px;
font-size: 14px;
font-style: italic;
color: #666;
background-color: inherit;
padding: 0 10px;
}
I'm not sure if this would suit your need...
h1:before, h1:after {
content: " ------------- ";
}
This doesn't feel like a very good answer, but I'm posting it anyway.
See: http://jsfiddle.net/rFmQg/
<h2><span>Centered Header Text</span></h2>
h2 {
background: url(http://dummyimage.com/2x1/f0f/fff&text=+) repeat-x center;
text-align: center
}
h2 span {
background: #fff;
padding: 0 9px
}
I don't like it because:
You have to use an image.
This. (it only works if the backgrounds match)
body { padding-top: 100px; }
div.parent {
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
}
div.parent div {
display: inline-block;
margin-top: -0.8em;
padding: 0 0.5em;
background: #fff;
}
<body>
<div class="parent">
<div>My Text Here</div>
</div>
</body>
This is a fluid-width solution that matches your design and should be ok in IE7 (though I'll admit I didn't check). There are a couple of downsides:
You lose the fieldset/legend semantics.
You can't put a transparent background on the text.
If you don't need it to be fluid-width, onteria_'s solution is probably your best bet.
tab-ver.tab {
background: url(../images/16by16.png) no-repeat center center;
text-indent: -10000em;
height: 16px;
width: 16px;
padding: 4px 1px;
margin-right: 1px;
margin-left: 50px;
}
<div id="tab-ver" class="tab">English</div>
The problem of above script is that the a link doesn't work at all. If the user clicks the 16by16.png image, the user is not redirected to yahoo.com.
However to fix this problem?
Thank you
// update001//
I have tried the following suggestion:
#tab-ver.tab {
text-indent: -10000em;
}
#tab-ver.tab a{
background: url(../images/16by16.png) no-repeat center center;
height: 16px;
width: 16px;
padding: 4px 1px;
margin-right: 1px;
margin-left: 50px;
display: block;
}
It works for my original problem. However, the displayed image now is offset to bottom of the horizontal menu. It is caused by 'display: block'. However, if I remove 'display:block', then the image will be invisible.
thank you
// update 1 //
Based on the suggestion, the following script works best for me
#tab-en-ver.tab a {
background: url(../images//16by16.png) no-repeat center center;
height: 16px;
width: 16px;
padding: 4px 1px;
margin-right: 1px;
margin-left: 50px;
text-indent: -10000em;
}
However, this suggestion does have one problem. The text 'English' mixes with the image. I cannot figure out how to remove the text 'English' from a link.
by adding the following extra rule will cause the image disappear.
#tab-ver.tab {
text-indent: -10000em;
}
any idea?
Give that CSS to the <a> instead. Add a display: block so it'll display as a block-level element like the <div>. The <div> will expand to fit the <a>.
EDIT: try inline-block instead and see if it helps.
#tab-ver.tab a {
display: inline-block;
background: url(../images/16by16.png) no-repeat center center;
text-indent: -10000em;
height: 16px;
width: 16px;
padding: 4px 1px;
margin-right: 1px;
margin-left: 50px;
}
If you want the text ("English") to be hidden, than you have to use <img/> tag, with an alt attribute, something like:
<img src="english-flag.png" alt="English" />
You can also use some CSS hacks, but:
What for? It's so easy to do it with plain HTML!
Those are hacks, so they may work or not in different browsers.
One of such hacks can be to set a background to the <a/> element, to offset the text, to set the overflow to hidden, and to set fixed width:
a{
padding-left:16px;
overflow:hidden;
display:block;
width:16px;
height:16px;
url(../images/16by16.png) no-repeat left top;}
English
You can have the a tag fill up the div by using:
a {
display: block;
height: 16px;
}
You can then also remove the height from the div as it will grow automatically.