heading with horizontal line on either side
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I am working on some CSS where the design calls for page titles (headings) to be centered with horizontal lines that are vertically centered on either side. Further, there is a background image on the page so the background of the title needs to be transparent.
I have centered the title and I can use pseudo class to create the line. But I need the line disappear when it cross the text of the title.
I considered using a background gradient that goes transparent where the words are, but since each title could be a different length, I wouldn't know where to put the stops.
Here is the CSS so far:
h1 {
text-align: center;
position: relative;
font-size: 30px;
z-index: 1;
}
h1:after {
content: '';
background-color: red;
height: 1px;
display: block;
position: absolute;
top: 18px;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
}
Here is where I'm at: http://jsfiddle.net/XWVxk/1/
Can this be done with CSS without adding any extra HTML?
Html Solutions
Solution 1 - Html
Look at this http://blog.goetter.fr/post/36084887039/tes-pas-cap-premiere-edition , here is your answer.
Here is your original code modified
h1 {
position: relative;
font-size: 30px;
z-index: 1;
overflow: hidden;
text-align: center;
}
h1:before, h1:after {
position: absolute;
top: 51%;
overflow: hidden;
width: 50%;
height: 1px;
content: '\a0';
background-color: red;
}
h1:before {
margin-left: -50%;
text-align: right;
}
.color {
background-color: #ccc;
}
<h1>This is my Title</h1>
<h1>Another Similar Title</h1>
<div class="color"><h1>Just Title</h1></div>
Note: the article is not online anymore, here is the last good archived version: http://web.archive.org/web/20140213165403/http://blog.goetter.fr/post/36084887039/tes-pas-cap-premiere-edition
Solution 2 - Html
needed this a few days ago, but the accepted answer isn't working in IE.
this is what I came up with: works in every major browser (> ie8)
jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/gKve7/
/* headlines with lines */
.decorated{
overflow: hidden;
text-align: center;
}
.decorated > span{
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.decorated > span:before, .decorated > span:after{
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
border-bottom: 2px solid;
width: 100vw;
margin: 0 20px;
}
.decorated > span:before{
right: 100%;
}
.decorated > span:after{
left: 100%;
}
<h2 class="decorated"><span>My Title</span></h2>
Solution 3 - Html
This might work:
.floatClear {
clear: both;
}
#wrapper {
text-align: center;
position: relative;
}
#wrapper .line {
border-bottom: 2px solid red;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
top: 15px;
}
#wrapper .textbox {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
}
#wrapper .textbox .text {
background-color: white;
margin: 0px auto;
padding: 0px 10px;
text-align: center;
display: inline;
font-size: 24px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="textbox">
<div class="text">This is my Title</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
What happens here is you set the text over the line the background and with the background-color plus the side padding so it will hide the line behind the text block.