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CSS

Posted by Jake Ford
Jake Ford
9,230 Points

CSS Linear gradient not working

I want to have a linear gradient at the top and bottom of my background image, to transition smoothly into the white background. For some weird reason, my top gradient is working, but not the bottom! Here is a link to it, scroll down to the bottom and you will see what I am talking about: http://jakeford.io/pwi-test/home.html

My CSS:

.features{
  height: 100%;
  background: linear-gradient(top, #fff, transparent);
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, #fff);
  background-image: url('assets/Background_Features.jpg');
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  background-size: cover;
}
Daniel Gonzalez
Daniel Gonzalez
22,105 Points

Hi Jake,

Can you resend the link to view your code. Your linear gradient is going from transparent to white, do you have a contrasting background color behind the gradient?

Daniel Gonzalez
Daniel Gonzalez
22,105 Points

Do you want the gradient to extend to the next picture at the bottom? it seems to work but then there is another picture that has no gradient.

1 Answer

Timothy Blubaugh
Timothy Blubaugh
9,522 Points

If you want to overlay an image with color this is the CSS you need to use. Let me know if you have any questions.

.features{
  height: 100%;
 <!-- You can change the RGB to make it whatever color you want and the alpha to change the transparency. -->
  background-image: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)); 
                    url('assets/Background_Features.jpg');
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  background-size: cover;
}
Jake Ford
Jake Ford
9,230 Points

Thank you guys!!