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BhikhaM
BhikhaM

Reputation: 117

span content without an extra element tag

I am trying to creat plus and minus icons using spans for my accordians. I have managed to style up the span into a circle, however without putting a <p>+</p> inside the <span class="accordian-icon"></span> how can I put the '+' inside the span using the CSS content rule?

HTML

<div class="accordian-head">
   <h3><a href="#">Normal text</a></h3><span class="accordian-icon"></span>
</div>

CSS

.accordian-container .accordian-head span.accordian-icon{
  content:  "+";    
  display: block;
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  float: right;
  background: white;
  -webkit-border-radius: 30px;
  -moz-border-radius: 30px;
  border-radius: 30px;
  margin:10px;
 }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 490

Answers (2)

youssef
youssef

Reputation: 99

You can do this with using &:after/&:before and positioning them as absolutes on a relative container(the span in this example).

Here's a fiddle with a simple preview of what i mean.

HTML <span class="plus"></span>

CSS

.plus {
    width: 200px;
    height: 60px;
    background-color: red;
    display: inline-block;

    position: relative;
}

.plus:after {
    content: '+';
    color: #fff;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 16px;
    position: absolute;
    right: 21px;
    top: 50%;
    margin-top: -8px;
}

Upvotes: 2

SW4
SW4

Reputation: 71150

How about this fiddle (as an example of how it may be done, there are a few approaches).

Importantly, the content property can only be used in conjunction with the :after or :before pseudo elements.

CSS

.accordian-icon{
    display:inline-block;
    position:relative;
    border:1px solid blue;
    border-radius:99px;
    background:blue;
    height:20px;
    width:20px;
    position:relative;
}
.accordian-icon:after{
    color:white;
    content:'+';
    position:relative;
    margin-left:5px;
}

Upvotes: 3

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