Incomplete circle using CSS with divider in middle with text

Question

I am trying to make a circle being divided by the center with some text. But can not find any solution using css.

My HTML:

<div class="wrap">
    <div class="left">
    </div>
    <div class="right">
    </div>
</div>

My CSS:

.right, .left {
    height: 200px;
    width: 200px;
    border: 1px solid #9F9F9F;
    float: left;
    margin: 2px;
}
.wrap {
    margin: auto;
    width: 420px;
    position: relative;
}
.left:after {
    content: "";
    display: inline-block;
    height: 60px;
    width: 6px;
    position: absolute;
    left: 203px;
    top: 65px;
    z-index: 99;
    background-color: #fff;
}
.right:before {
    content: "OR";
    border: 1px solid #9F9F9F;
    width: 50px;
    display: inline-block;
    border-radius: 50%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 175px;
    top: 65px;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 20px 5px;
}

Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/2re8d0cv/

My desired output is:

After looking into my code and desired output you will understand. I don't want to use image there. as it will resolve problem I can not use image. I want to make it with full CSS only, but I also don't know if it is possible or not.

Answer 1

You can accomplish this by adding another pseudo element so that the word "or" is not overlapped by other elements.

In the example below I've added a new .right:after almost identical to .right:before , except this element will be the one to display the text at a higher z-index.

See this updated version of your fiddle .

        .right:before {
            content:"";
            border: 1px solid #9F9F9F;
            width: 50px;
            height: 18px;
            display: inline-block;
            border-radius: 50%;
            position: absolute;
            left: 175px;
            top: 65px;
            text-align: center;
            padding: 20px 5px;
        }

       .right:after {
            content: "OR";
            width: 50px;
            display: inline-block;
            border-radius: 50%;
            position: absolute;
            left: 175px;
            top: 65px;
            text-align: center;
            padding: 20px 5px;
            z-index: 101
        }

Edit: however, as you pointed out, this creates a 1 pixel gap near the border of the circle

We have to add a 4th and final pseudo element to cover up the borders from other elements that we don't want to see.

In other words, our previous pseudo element .right:after covers up the unwanted x-axis lines and the new .left:before covers up the y-axis lines.

            .left:before {
            content: "";    
            display: inline-block;
            height: 58px;
            width: 6px;
            position: absolute;
            left: 203px;
            top: 66px;
            z-index: 99;
            background-color: #FFF;
        }

Updated fiddle here .

Answer 2

SVG

Here is a solution using <SVG>

Here is how it looks:

• Used path elements to draw the lines (with a curve in the center of the line)
• Placed the text in the center of the image. Then it looks like its in the center on the lines where they curve.

 .wrapper { height: 400px; } .right { float: right; display: inline-block; width: 45%; height: 100%; } .circlebetween { position: absolute; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); top: 50%; left: 50%; width: 20%; height: 100%; fill: white; stroke: #999; stroke-width: 0.7; } .left { float: left; display: inline-block; width: 45%; height: 100%; } 

 <div class="wrapper"> <div class="right">RIGHT</div> <svg class="circlebetween" viewBox="0 0 20 100" perserveAspectRatio="none"> <path d="M 7,0 7,35 A 15.1 15.1 0 0 0 7 65 V100" /> <path d="M13,0 13,35 A 15.1 15.1 0 0 1 13 65 V 100" /> <text x="50%" y="50%" dy=".3em" font-familiy="serif" stroke="none" fill="black" text-anchor="middle" transform="">OR</text> </svg> <div class="left">LEFT</div> </div>