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chustar
chustar

Reputation: 12465

Is there a way to use use text as the background with CSS?

I would like to use dynamic text as background of certain elements in my tag. Because of this, I can use images (dynamic text). How do I do it with just CSS or JavaScript?

Upvotes: 137

Views: 234729

Answers (11)

Athmailer
Athmailer

Reputation: 149

@Ciro

You can break the inline svg code with back-slash "\"

Tested with the code below in Chrome 54 and Firefox 50

body {
    background: transparent;
    background-attachment:fixed;
    background-image: url(
    "data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.1' width='170px' height='50px'> \
    <rect x='0' y='0' width='170' height='50' style='stroke:white; fill:gray; stroke-opacity: 0.3; stroke-width: 3px; fill-opacity: 0.7; stroke-dasharray: 10 5; stroke-linecap=round; '/> \
    <text x='85' y='30' style='fill:lightBlue; text-anchor: middle' font-size='16' transform='rotate(10,85,25)'>I love SVG!</text></svg>");
}

I even tested this,

background-image: url("\
data:image/svg+xml;utf8, \
  <svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.1' width='170px' height='50px'> \
    <rect x='0' y='0' width='170' height='50'\
      style='stroke:white; stroke-width: 3px; stroke-opacity: 0.3; \
             stroke-dasharray: 10 5; stroke-linecap=round; \
             fill:gray;  fill-opacity: 0.7; '/> \
    <text x='85' y='30' \
      style='fill:lightBlue; text-anchor: middle' font-size='16' \
      transform='rotate(10,85,25)'> \
      I love SVG! \
    </text> \
  </svg>\
");

and it works (at least in Chrome 54 & Firefox 50 ==> usage in NWjs & Electron guaranteed)

Upvotes: 13

sandeep.gosavi
sandeep.gosavi

Reputation: 640

I have used this code.

   const StepIcon = ({ label, description }) => (
    <div>
        <span className='step-icon' style={{ position: 'relative', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
            <CircleOutlinedIcon />
            <div style={{ position: 'absolute', fontSize: 10 }}>{label}</div>
        </span>
        <div>{description}</div>
    </div>
);

            <Stepper activeStep={0} alternativeLabel>
                {stepperSteps.map((label, index) => (
                    <Step key={label}
                        sx={{
                            '& .MuiStepLabel-root .MuiSvgIcon-root': {
                                color: theme.palette.primary.main, // circle color (ACTIVE)
                                borderWidth: 1
                            }
                        }}
                    >
                        <StepButton icon={<StepIcon label={index + 1} description={label} />} />
                    </Step>
                ))}
            </Stepper>

Upvotes: 0

Rory Culbertson
Rory Culbertson

Reputation: 11

Ran across this post looking for an idea how to add text to the background of a div container and this was my solution I came up with using two flex containers.

.foreground {
  display: flex;
  background-color: #f7fcfc;
  justify-content: center;
  align-content: center;
  border-radius: 3px;
  border: 2px solid #86cdb6;
  margin: 1em;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
}

.foreground p {
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 900;
  color: #86cdb6;
  margin: auto;
  text-align: center;
  z-index: 2;
}

.background {
  position: absolute;
  display: flex;
  align-content: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: inherit;
  height: inherit;
  z-index: 1;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.background p {
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-size: 22px;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #ddf1ef;
  text-align: center;
  margin: auto;
}
<div class="foreground">
  <div class="background">
    <p>Background
      <br> Background
      <br> Background
      <br> Background
    </p>
  </div>
  <p>Foreground</p>
</div>

Upvotes: 1

Piotr
Piotr

Reputation: 89

A simple solution:

    background-text{
        font-size:30px;
        font-weight:900;
        color:#f1f1f1;
        position:absolute;
        z-index:-1;
    }
<div id="container">
<background-text> This is background</background-text>
This if foreground text
</div>

You do not really need to set "position:relative" for the container, except you need to setup relative position for background.

Upvotes: 2

Paolo Bergantino
Paolo Bergantino

Reputation: 488444

You can have an absolutely positioned element inside of your relative positioned element:

#container {
   position: relative;
}

#background {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   right: 0;
   z-index: -1;
   overflow: hidden;
}
<div id="container">
    <div id="background">
    Text to have as background
    </div>
    Normal contents
</div>

Here's an example of it.

Upvotes: 95

JHM16
JHM16

Reputation: 798

I hope this might help you

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>

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            position: fixed; 
            transform: rotate(300deg); 
            -webkit-transform: rotate(300deg); 
            color: rgb(187, 182, 182); 
            top:0;                     
            z-index: -1; 
        } 
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>hey my name is JHM</p>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 7

DisgruntledGoat
DisgruntledGoat

Reputation: 72550

It may be possible (but very hackish) with only CSS using the :before or :after pseudo elements:

.bgtext {
  position: relative;
}

.bgtext:after {
  content: "Background text";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: -1;
}
<div class="bgtext">
  Foreground text
</div>

This seems to work, but you'll probably need to tweak it a little. Also note it won't work in IE6 because it doesn't support :after.

Upvotes: 59

Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com
Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com

Reputation: 383010

SVG text background image

body {
    background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.1' height='50px' width='120px'><text x='0' y='15' fill='red' font-size='20'>I love SVG!</text></svg>");
}
<p>I hate SVG!</p><p>I hate SVG!</p><p>I hate SVG!</p><p>I hate SVG!</p>
<p>I hate SVG!</p><p>I hate SVG!</p><p>I hate SVG!</p><p>I hate SVG!</p>

Here is an indented version of the CSS so you can understand better. Note that this does not work, you need to use the single liner SVG from the snippet above instead:

body {
  background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,
  <svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.1'
       height='50px' width='120px'>
    <text x='0' y='15' fill='red' font-size='20'>I love SVG!</text>
  </svg>");
}

Not sure how portable this is (works on Firefox 31 and Chrome 36), and it is technically an image... but the source is inline and plain text, and it scales infinitely.

@senectus found that it works better on IE if you base64 encode it: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25593531/895245

Upvotes: 193

T.Todua
T.Todua

Reputation: 56419

Using pure CSS:

(But use this in rare occasions, because HTML method is PREFERRED WAY).

.container{
	position:relative;
}
.container::before{ 
	content:"";
	width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; background: black; opacity: 0.3; z-index: 1;  top: 0;   left: 0;
	background: black;
}
.container::after{ 
	content: "Your Text"; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; z-index: 3; overflow: hidden; font-size: 2em; color: red;    text-align: center; text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px black; background: #0a0a0a8c; padding: 5px;
	animation-name: blinking;
	animation-duration: 1s;
	animation-iteration-count: infinite;
	animation-direction: alternate;
}
@keyframes blinking {
	0% {opacity: 0;}
	100% {opacity: 1;}
}
<div class="container">here is main content, text , <br/> images and other page details</div>

Upvotes: 12

senectus
senectus

Reputation: 419

Ciro's solution about an SVG Data URI background containing the text is very clever.

However, it won't work in IE if you just add the plain SVG source to the data URI.

In order to get around this and make it work in IE9 and up, encode the SVG to base64. This is a great tool.

So this:

background:url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><text x="5%" y="5%" font-size="30" fill="red">I love SVG!</text></svg>');

Becomes this:

background:url('data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjx0ZXh0IHg9IjUlIiB5PSI1JSIgZm9udC1zaXplPSIzMCIgZmlsbD0icmVkIj5JIGxvdmUgU1ZHITwvdGV4dD48L3N2Zz4=');

Tested and it works in IE9-10-11, WebKit (Chrome 37, Opera 23) and Gecko (Firefox 31).

http://jsfiddle.net/qapp5dLn/

Upvotes: 23

meder omuraliev
meder omuraliev

Reputation: 186572

You could make the element containing the bg text have a lower stacking order ( z-index, position ) and possibly even set opacity. So the element you need on top would need a higher stacking order ( z-index:5; position:relative; for ex ) and the element behind would need something lower ( default or just a lower z-index like 3 and position:relative; ).

Upvotes: 2

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