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CSS

Mona Jalal
Mona Jalal
4,302 Points
Posted by Mona Jalal
Mona Jalal
4,302 Points

linear gradient not working

.jumbotron{
    color: #660198;
    background: linear-gradient(bottom left, rgba(25,21,52 , .975), rgba(25,21,52 , .925), rgba(128, 0, 128, .25)) ;
}

the text color changes but background no, why?

3 Answers

Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points
Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points

I believe the standard syntax rules for CSS3 gradients require your direction parameter (in this case, "bottom left"), to be prefixed with "to". Depending on the browser you are viewing this in, there may be a slight variation on the syntax rules that you'll have to lookup.

.jumbotron { 
  color: #660198; 
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom left, rgba(25,21,52 , .975), rgba(25,21,52 , .925), rgba(128, 0, 128, .25)) ; 
}
Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points
Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points

https://css-tricks.com/css3-gradients/

background: linear-gradient(to bottom left, rgba(25,21,52 , .975), rgba(25,21,52 , .925), rgba(128, 0, 128, .25));

to bottom left is the new spec, sorry about previous answer, hadn't used gradients for a while

Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points
Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points

i think it needs to be background-color