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totallyuneekname
totallyuneekname

Reputation: 2020

Fade out a border with CSS

I have a footer that has a dashed top border like so:

footer 
{
    border-top:1px dashed #ddd;
    color:#999;
}

I was wondering how I would be able to make the dashed line fade out from left to right. Thanks!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 25701

Answers (2)

Starx
Starx

Reputation: 79031

You can create this using CSS Gradients. Check here.

To make it as simple as possible, start off by creating two divs:

<div id="borderbox">
    <div id="box">
    </div>
</div>

We will use the outer box and give it a Gradient Background and then give a white background to the inner div, thus faking the border.

#borderbox {
    background-color: #eee; /* fallback color if gradients are not supported */
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(to right, #000, #fff); /* For Chrome and Safari */
    background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(to right, #000, #fff); /* For old Fx (3.6 to 15) */
    background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(to right, #000, #fff); /* For pre-releases of IE 10*/
    background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(to right, #000, #fff); /* For old Opera (11.1 to 12.0) */
    background-image:         linear-gradient(to right, #000, #fff); /* Standard syntax; must be last */    
    width: 500px;
    height: 200px;
    display: block;
    padding: 1px 0 0 0;
    opacity: 0.5;
    border-top: 1px dashed #ccc;
}
#box { background: #fff; width: 500px; height: 200px;  margin-top: -1px; }

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/XwJEB/1

Upvotes: 4

Explosion Pills
Explosion Pills

Reputation: 191779

There may be a simpler solution, but one is to put a gradient that fades from left to right that covers the border, e.g.

footer:before {
    content: "";
    background-color: black;
    height: 1px;
    display: block;
    top: -1px;
    position: relative;
    background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%);
}

http://jsfiddle.net/tcs6J/1/

Upvotes: 8

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