Color overlay on hover image

Question

I have a banner that's looking like this:

My HTML looks like this:

<div class="about centered" style="background: url('/img/about-bg1.jpg') no-repeat center center;">
    <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2>
    <a href="#" class="about__more">MEER INFO</a>
</div>

My CSS looks like this:

.about {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    background-size: cover;
    padding-top: 90px;
    padding-bottom: 62px;
    text-align: center;
}

.centered {
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: 1200px;
    position: relative;
}

But when I hover on it I would like to have something like this:

So I want an orange overlay color when I hover on the box. I also would like to have the full box be clickable and not only the a element.

But I'm really stuck with the hover on image color overlay. I also know it's not good to place elements in a element. So how can I make it fully clickable?

Answer 1

Use a pseudo element, like ::before .

The important part here is the .about > * { position: relative; } .about > * { position: relative; } rule, which will keep the inner elements on top of the pseudo.

 .about { margin-bottom: 10px; background-size: cover; padding-top: 90px; padding-bottom: 62px; text-align: center; } .centered { margin: 0 auto; max-width: 1200px; position: relative; } .about > * { position: relative; } .about:hover::before { content: ''; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; background: #f00; opacity: 0.7; mix-blend-mode: multiply; } .about:hover > * { color: white; } 

 <div class="about centered" style="background: url(https://i.stack.imgur.com/tVDnT.jpg) no-repeat center right;"> <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2> <a href="#" class="about__more">MEER INFO</a> </div> 

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Updated

To have the full box clickable, simply move the anchor outside everything, and eg use a span in its place

 .about { margin-bottom: 10px; background-size: cover; padding-top: 90px; padding-bottom: 62px; text-align: center; } .centered { margin: 0 auto; max-width: 1200px; position: relative; } .about > * { position: relative; } .about:hover::before { content: ''; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; background: #f00; opacity: 0.7; mix-blend-mode: multiply; } .about__more { text-decoration: none; } .about__more .head { color: black; } .about__more span { text-decoration: underline; } .about:hover > * { color: white; } 

 <a href="#" class="about__more"> <div class="about centered" style="background: url(https://i.stack.imgur.com/tVDnT.jpg) no-repeat center right;"> <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2> <span class="about__more">MEER INFO</span> </div> </a> 

Answer 2

Logic: Simply add an overlay div inside your image holder div and make the overlay div absolute with css properties like I have mentioned below.

If the height of your image is not fixed, you might have to use Javascript to dynamically calculate height.

Find the demo here

Note: The text in the demo appear overlapped because I have used the wireframe image that already has the text. Should not be a problem when you implement it on the right image.

HTML:

<div class="about centered" style="background: url('/img/about-bg1.jpg') no-repeat center center;">
    <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2>
    <a href="#" class="about__more">MEER INFO</a>
    <div class="dimension overlay"><div>
</div>

CSS:

.about {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    background-size: cover;
    padding-top: 90px;
    padding-bottom: 62px;
    text-align: center;
}

.centered {
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: 1200px;
    position: relative;
}

.dimension{
    width: 100%;
    height: 240px;
}
.overlay{
    z-index: 1;  
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;    
}
.overlay:hover{ 
    background-color: rgba(255,100,0,0.62);
}

Answer 3

You should be able to use a background on a child element of the div with the background image. The 0.82 is the transparency of the background. Kinda like this:

<div class="centered" style="background: url('/img/about-bg1.jpg') no-repeat center center;">
    <div class="about">
        <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2>
        <a href="#" class="about__more">MEER INFO</a>
    </div>
</div>

.about:hover {
    background: rgba(39,62,84,0.82);
}

Answer 4

You can accomplish this by using the css blend mode "background-blend-mode: multiply;" and a hover selector.

 .about { margin-bottom: 10px; background-image: url('https://i.stack.imgur.com/cJ7gy.png'); background-color: red; background-size: cover; padding-top: 90px; padding-bottom: 62px; text-align: center; } .centered { margin: 0 auto; max-width: 1200px; position: relative; } .about:hover { background-blend-mode: multiply; } 

 <div class="about centered"> <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2> <a href="#" class="about__more">MEER INFO</a> </div> 

Answer 5

Here you go, no js needed (had to guess for the color, so you'll need to redo that, and I had to hide the actual a-text and h2 for it to work properly): https://jsfiddle.net/vwody2Lj/

 h2 { color: transparent; display: none; } .about { background-size: cover; text-align: center; height: 15em; } .centered { margin: 0 auto; max-width: 1200px; position: relative; } .about.centered a { color: transparent; display: block; height: 100%; } .about.centered a:hover { background: rgba(255,0,0,0.3); } 

 <div class="about centered" style="background: url('https://i.stack.imgur.com/cJ7gy.png') no-repeat center center;"> <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2> <a href="#" class="about__more">MEER INFO</a> </div> 

Answer 6

Man, I would tell you to make two images and use the 'a' tag for the whole div, like:

<a href="#" class="about__more about centered" id="id-for-some-js-event">
   <h2 class="head">Solden bij Lattoflex</h2>
   MEER INFO
</a>

<style>
 .about {
   margin-bottom: 10px;
   background-size: cover;
   padding-top: 90px;
   padding-bottom: 62px;
   text-align: center;
   background-repeat:  no-repeat center center;
   background-position: center;
   background-image:  url('/img/about-bg1.jpg');
   transition: all .3s ease-in;
   /*  transition faz com que a mudança não seja bruta...  */
  }

 .about:hover {
   background-image:  url('/img/about-bg1-red.jpg');
 }
 .centered {
   margin: 0 auto;
   max-width: 1200px;
   position: relative;
  }

</style>