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Alex Herascu
Alex Herascu

Reputation: 11

Positioning text over scalable image

#hero-container {
    display: flex;
    position: relative;
    height: 520px;
}

.hero {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
}
  
#text {
    z-index: 100;
    position: absolute;
    color: white;
    font-size: 3vw;
    font-weight: bold;
    left: 150px;
    top: 40px;
}
    
#text2 {
    z-index: 100;
    position: absolute;
    color: white;
    font-size: 2vw;
    font-weight: bold;
    left: 150px;
    top: 70px;
}
    
#hero-container img {
    display: flex;
    width: 100%;
}
<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="hero-container">
      <img class="hero" src="https://vreauperle.ro/images/banners/hero-image.jpg"></img>
      <p id="text">
        First text here
      </p>
      <p id="text2">
        Secondary
      </p>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

I have an image with width:100%, in a fixed container. Because my image resizes, the text doesn't follow and stays in the same position, thus moving over the container.

How do I make the text stay in the center of the image (vertically) and to the left, with a few pixels padding (horizontally) without adding 1000 media queries ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1554

Answers (4)

jigar gala
jigar gala

Reputation: 1650

Code to align element vertically and horizontally center.

  p {
     position : absolute;
     left: 50%;
     top: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
     }

In your case, since you only want vertically center, remove left:50% and use translateY(-50%).

Upvotes: 0

Jonathan
Jonathan

Reputation: 6537

You can greatly simplify your CSS:

  1. Remove the flex (unless there is some specific reason you need it).
  2. Wrap the text you want centred vertically in a div and translateY(-50%).
  3. Make sure the wrapper around the image has position:relative.

#hero-container {
  position: relative;
}

#center-text {
  z-index: 100;
  position: absolute;
  color: white;
  font-weight: bold;
  left: 15%;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}
  
#text {
  font-size: 3vw;
  margin: 0;
}
    
#text2 {
  font-size: 2vw;
  margin: 0;
}
    
#hero-container img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}
<div id="hero-container">
  <img class="hero" src="https://vreauperle.ro/images/banners/hero-image.jpg" />
  <div id="center-text">
    <p id="text">
      First text here
    </p>
    <p id="text2">
      Secondary
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

This will be fully responsive no matter your resolution and should work in IE10+ (or IE9+ with -ms-transform prefix), if you use some more standard font-size (instead of vw).

Upvotes: 2

Maulik
Maulik

Reputation: 785

If you apply the left and top css property in terms of '%' instead of 'px' then you will get the result. Fiddle Is Here

#hero-container {
    display: flex;
    position: relative;
    height: 520px;
  }

  .hero {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
  }
  
  #text {
    z-index: 100;
    position: absolute;
    color: white;
    font-size: 3vw;
    font-weight: bold;
    left: 30%;
    top: 0;
  }
    
    #text2 {
		  z-index: 100;
		  position: absolute;
		  color: white;
		  font-size: 2vw;
		  font-weight: bold;
		  left: 30%;
		  top: 11%;
    }
    
    #hero-container img {
		  display: flex;
      width: 100%;
    }
<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
  <div id="hero-container">
	  <img class="hero" src="https://vreauperle.ro/images/banners/hero-image.jpg"></img>
	  <div class='txt_wrap'>
          <p id="text">
		  First text here
	  </p>
	  <p id="text2">
		  Secondary
	  </p>
      </div>
      
  </div>
  </body>
</html>

Upvotes: 0

sol
sol

Reputation: 22949

You could display the image as a background-image of #hero-container.

Then you have no need to use position: absolute on the text.

You can add padding to the container in a percentage value - this will scale better than fixed pixels. You can edit the value I have used in the snippet to something that will work for you.

#hero-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  height: 520px;
  background: url(https://vreauperle.ro/images/banners/hero-image.jpg);
  background-size: contain;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  padding: 5%;
}

#hero-container p {
  color: white;
  font-weight: bold;
  margin: 0;
}

#text {
  font-size: 3vw;
  
}

#text2 {
  font-size: 2vw;
}
<div id="hero-container">
  <p id="text">
    First text here
  </p>
  <p id="text2">
    Secondary
  </p>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

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