Reputation: 25359

Draw an X in CSS

I've got a div that looks like a orange square

enter image description here

I'd like to draw a white X in this div somehow so that it looks more like

enter image description here

Anyway to do this in CSS or is it going to be easier to just draw this in Photoshop and use the image as the div background? The div code just looks like

div {
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    background-color: #FA6900;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

Upvotes: 72

Answers (15)

Fighter178

Reputation: 413

A modern answer with good browser support.

<span>&times;</span>

This technically puts the multiplication symbol there, but no one will really notice (found some websites that have a popup box and most use this for the x button).

If you need more control you can style it with color opacity etc...

example (index.html)

<span class="x-button">&times;</span>

styles.css

span.x-button {
    color:gray;
    opacity:0.7;
    font-size:1.5em;
}

Result (first example)

<span>&times</span>

Result (2nd example)

span {
    color:gray;
    opacity:0.7;
    font-size:1.5em;
}

<span class="x-button">&times;</span>

Note: you can highlight this unlike other solutions, but this may not be desirable depending on the application. You can solve this in pure css too, just add

    user-select:none;
    -webkit-user-select:none;

Upvotes: 4

Neurotransmitter

Reputation: 6817

Yet another pure CSS solution (i.e. without the use of images, characters or additional fonts), based on @Bansoa is the answer's answer .

I've simplified it and added a bit of Flexbox magic to make it responsive.

Cross in this example automatically scales to any square container, and to change the thickness of its lines one have just to tune height: 4px; (to make a cross truly responsive, you may want to set the height in percents or other relative units).

div {
    position: relative;
    height: 150px; /* this can be anything */
    width: 150px;  /* ...but maintain 1:1 aspect ratio */
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
}

div::before,
div::after {
    position: absolute;
    content: '';
    width: 100%;
    height: 4px; /* cross thickness */
    background-color: black;
}

div::before {
    transform: rotate(45deg);
}

div::after {
    transform: rotate(-45deg);
}

<div></div>

Upvotes: 50

doğukan

Reputation: 27501

Here is a single div and dynamic size version without using pseudo element.

body {
  display: flex;
  gap: 30px;
}

.x {
  --color: #444;
  --l: 5px; /* line-width */
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  background: linear-gradient(to top right, transparent calc(50% - var(--l) / 2), var(--color) calc(50% - var(--l) / 2) calc(50% + var(--l) / 2), transparent calc(50% + var(--l) / 2)),
              linear-gradient(to bottom right, transparent calc(50% - var(--l) / 2), var(--color) calc(50% - var(--l) / 2) calc(50% + var(--l) / 2), transparent calc(50% + var(--l) / 2));
              
  --clip-path: polygon(var(--l) 0%, calc(100% - var(--l)) 0%, 100% var(--l), 100% calc(100% - var(--l)), calc(100% - var(--l)) 100%, var(--l) 100%, 0% calc(100% - var(--l)), 0% var(--l));
  -webkit-clip-path: var(--clip-path);
          clip-path: var(--clip-path);
}

<div class="x"></div>

<div class="x" style="--l: 10px;"></div>

<div class="x" style="--l: 15px; --color: red"></div>

<div class="x" style="--l: 15px; --color: dodgerblue; width: 100px; height: 100px;"></div>

Upvotes: 4

Rashid Clark

Reputation: 81

This is an adaptable version of the amazing solution provided by @Gildas.Tambo elsewhere in this page. Simply change the values of the variables at the top to change the size of the "X".

Credit for the solution itself goes to Gildas. All I've done is given it adaptable math.

:root {
  /* Width and height of the box containing the "X" */
  --BUTTON_W:             40px;
  /* This is the length of either of the 2 lines which form the "X", as a
  percentage of the width of the button. */
  --CLOSE_X_W:            95%;
  /* Thickness of the lines of the "X" */
  --CLOSE_X_THICKNESS:    4px;
}
  

body{
    background:blue;
}

div{
    width:           var(--BUTTON_W);
    height:          var(--BUTTON_W);
    background-color:red;
    position:        relative;
    border-radius:   6px;
    box-shadow:      2px 2px 4px 0 white;
}

/* The "X" in the button. "before" and "after" each represent one of the two lines of the "X" */
div:before,div:after{
    content:         '';
    position:        absolute;
    width:           var(--CLOSE_X_W);
    height:          var(--CLOSE_X_THICKNESS);
    background-color:white;
    border-radius:   2px;
    top:             calc(50% - var(--CLOSE_X_THICKNESS) / 2);
    box-shadow:      0 0 2px 0 #ccc;
}
/* One line of the "X" */
div:before{
    -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
    -moz-transform:   rotate(45deg);
    transform:        rotate(45deg);
    left:             calc((100% - var(--CLOSE_X_W)) / 2);
}
/* The other line of the "X" */
div:after{
    -webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
    -moz-transform:   rotate(-45deg);
    transform:        rotate(-45deg);
    right:            calc((100% - var(--CLOSE_X_W)) / 2);
}

<div></div>

Upvotes: 0

realmag777

Reputation: 2088

Check & and Cross:

<span class='act-html-check'></span>
<span class='act-html-cross'><span class='act-html-cross'></span></span>

<style type="text/css">
span.act-html-check {
                display: inline-block;
                width: 12px;
                height: 18px;
                border: solid limegreen;
                border-width: 0 5px 5px 0;
                transform: rotate( 45deg);
            }


            span.act-html-cross {
                display: inline-block;
                width: 10px;
                height: 10px;
                border: solid red;
                border-width: 0 5px 5px 0;
                transform: rotate( 45deg);
                position: relative;
            }

            span.act-html-cross > span { {
                transform: rotate( -180deg);
                position: absolute;
                left: 9px;
                top: 9px;
            }
</style>

Upvotes: -1

JasonWoof

Reputation: 4196

You can make a pretty nice X with CSS gradients:

demo: https://codepen.io/JasonWoof/pen/rZyRKR

code:

<span class="close-x"></span>
<style>
    .close-x {
        display: inline-block;
        width: 20px;
        height: 20px;
        border: 7px solid #f56b00;
        background:
            linear-gradient(45deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 43%,#fff 45%,#fff 55%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 57%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%),
            linear-gradient(135deg, #f56b00 0%,#f56b00 43%,#fff 45%,#fff 55%,#f56b00 57%,#f56b00 100%);
    }
</style>

Upvotes: 24

Ryan

Reputation: 24083

I love this question! You could easily adapt my code below to be a white × on an orange square:

Demo fiddle here

Here is the SCSS (which could easily be converted to CSS):

$pFontSize: 18px;
p {
  font-size: $pFontSize;
}
span{
  font-weight: bold;
}
.x-overlay,
.x-emoji-overlay {
  position: relative;
}

.x-overlay,
.x-emoji-overlay {
  &:after {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    color: red;
    text-align: center;
  }
}

.x-overlay:after {
  content: '\d7';
  font-size: 3 * $pFontSize;
  line-height: $pFontSize;
  opacity: 0.7;
}

.x-emoji-overlay:after {
  content: "\274c";
  padding: 3px;
  font-size: 1.5 * $pFontSize;
  line-height: $pFontSize;
  opacity: 0.5;
}

.strike {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

.strike::before {
  content: '';
  border-bottom: 2px solid red;
  width: 110%;
  position: absolute;
  left: -2px;
  top: 46%;
}

.crossed-out {
  /*inspired by https://www.tjvantoll.com/2013/09/12/building-custom-text-strikethroughs-with-css/*/
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  &::before,
  &::after {
    content: '';
    width: 110%;
    position: absolute;
    left: -2px;
    top: 45%;
    opacity: 0.7;
  }
  &::before {
    border-bottom: 2px solid red;
    -webkit-transform: skewY(-20deg);
    transform: skewY(-20deg);
  }
  &::after {
    border-bottom: 2px solid red;
    -webkit-transform: skewY(20deg);
    transform: skewY(20deg);
  }
}

Upvotes: 9

Dennis Sørensen

Reputation: 21

HTML

<div class="close-orange"></div>

CSS

.close-orange {
  height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
  background-color: #FA6900;
  border-radius: 5px;
}
.close-orange:before,.close-orange:after{
  content:'';
  position:absolute;
  width: 50px;
  height: 4px;
  background-color:white;
  border-radius:2px;
  top: 55px;
}
.close-orange:before{
  -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
  -moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
  transform:rotate(45deg);
  left: 32.5px;
}
.close-orange:after{
  -webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
  -moz-transform:rotate(-45deg);
  transform:rotate(-45deg);
  left: 32.5px;
}

https://jsfiddle.net/cooperwebdesign/dw4xd289/

Upvotes: 1

Marc Audet

Reputation: 46795

You want an entity known as a cross mark:

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/274c/index.htm

The code for it is ❌ and it displays like ❌

If you want a perfectly centered cross mark, like this:

cross mark demo

try the following CSS:

div {
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    background-color: #FA6900;
    border-radius: 5px;
    position: relative;
}

div:after {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    content: "\274c"; /* use the hex value here... */
    font-size: 50px; 
    color: #FFF;
    line-height: 100px;
    text-align: center;
}

See Demo Fiddle

Cross-Browser Issue

The cross-mark entity does not display with Safari or Chrome. However, the same entity displays well in Firefox, IE and Opera.

It is safe to use the smaller but similarly shaped multiplication sign entity, × which displays as ×.

Upvotes: 100

Gildas.Tambo

Reputation: 22653

single element solution: enter image description here

body{
    background:blue;
}

div{
    width:40px;
    height:40px;
    background-color:red;
    position:relative;
    border-radius:6px;
    box-shadow:2px 2px 4px 0 white;
}

div:before,div:after{
    content:'';
    position:absolute;
    width:36px;
    height:4px;
    background-color:white;
    border-radius:2px;
    top:16px;
    box-shadow:0 0 2px 0 #ccc;
}

div:before{
    -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
    -moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
    transform:rotate(45deg);
    left:2px;
}
div:after{
    -webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
    -moz-transform:rotate(-45deg);
    transform:rotate(-45deg);
    right:2px;
}

<div></div>

Upvotes: 74

user669677

Reputation:

#x{
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
    background-color:orange;
    position:relative;
    border-radius:2px;
}
#x::after,#x::before{
    position:absolute;
    top:9px;
    left:0px;
    content:'';
    display:block;
    width:20px;
    height:2px;
    background-color:red;
    
}
#x::after{
    -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
    -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
    -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(45deg);
    transform: rotate(45deg);
}
#x::before{
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
    -moz-transform: rotate(-45deg);
    -ms-transform: rotate(-45deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(-45deg);
    transform: rotate(-45deg);
}

<div id=x>
</div>

Upvotes: 9

Gray

Reputation: 7140

Yet another attempt... this one uses ×. A lot of the examples on this page only show for me as a box, but × works

HTML

<div class="close"></div>

CSS

.close {
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    background-color: #FA6900;
    border-radius: 5px;
}
.close:after {
    position:relative;
    content:"\d7";
    font-size:177px;
    color:white;
    font-weight:bold;
    top:-53px;
    left:-2px
}

JSFIDDLE

Upvotes: 19

AJT

Reputation: 266

You could just put the letter X in the HTML inside the div and then style it with css.

See JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/uSwbN/

HTML:

<div id="orangeBox">
  <span id="x">X</span>
</div>

CSS:

#orangeBox {
  background: #f90;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  font-size: 2em;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  border-radius: 5px;
}

Upvotes: 18

Explosion Pills

Reputation: 191789

You could do this by styling an "x"

text-align: center;
font-size: 120px;
line-height: 100px;
color: white;
font-family: monospace;

http://jsfiddle.net/Ncvyj/1/

Upvotes: 5

António Regadas

Reputation: 724

You can use the CSS property "content":

div {
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    background-color: #FA6900;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

div:after {
    content: "X";
    font-size: 2em; 
    color: #FFF;
}

Like this: http://jsfiddle.net/HKtFV/

Upvotes: 11