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CSS

Posted by Manu Febie
Manu Febie
3,027 Points

Css text overlay on hover

Hi there, I'm building a blog and I want my post list page to preview my posts with images that have a text overlay with a dark background on hover.

Below you can see a snippet of the css I applied for the image only. What I have to next, is a mystery to me.

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html: <figure class="post-preview"> <img src="img/appartment-kali.jpg" alt=""> </figure>

css: .post-preview { max-width: 100%; max-height: 200px; overflow: hidden }

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

There are quite a few ways to do what you describe.

Here''s one that involves another element positioned directly over your figure that becomes visible on hover:

code.html 
<figure class="post-preview">
  <img src="img/appartment-kali.jpg" alt="">
  <div class="overlay">Something like this?</div>
</figure>
styles.css 
.post-preview {
  max-width: 100%;
  max-height: 200px;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;   /* new stuff from here down... */
}
.overlay {
  display: none;
  text-align: center;
  background: rgba(20, 20, 40, .8);
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  color: white;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
}
.post-preview:hover .overlay {
  display: block;
}
Manu Febie
Manu Febie
3,027 Points

Hi thanks Steven,, thanks a lot! this really helped me out.. Did some customizations and it looks like I want.