When creating a photo gallery or something like that you might need to place some caption text or description over the image. You can use the CSS positioning methods in combination with the margin property to position or place the text over an image (i.e. the <img> element).
Let's take a look at the following example to understand how it basically works:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example of Text Block Over Image</title>
<style>
.box{
position: relative;
display: inline-block; /* Make the width of box same as image */
}
.box .text{
position: absolute;
z-index: 999;
margin: 0 auto;
left: 0;
right: 0;
text-align: center;
top: 40%; /* Adjust this value to move the positioned div up and down */
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
color: #fff;
width: 60%; /* Set the width of the positioned div */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="box">
<img src="/examples/images/kites.jpg" alt="Flying Kites">
<div class="text">
<h1>Flying Kites</h1>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Use the CSS
position
propertyWhen creating a photo gallery or something like that you might need to place some caption text or description over the image. You can use the CSS positioning methods in combination with the
margin
property to position or place the text over an image (i.e. the<img>
element).Let's take a look at the following example to understand how it basically works:
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