CSS Text over image

Question

I am trying to put text over an image like so:

.gallery-image { position: relative; } h2 { position: absolute; top: 200px; left: 0; width: 100%; } h2 span { color: white; font: bold 24px/45px Helvetica, Sans-Serif; letter-spacing: -1px; background: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); padding: 10px; }

<div class="gallery-image"> <a href="#"> <img src="image.jpg" width="280"> </a> <h2><span>Text</span></h2> </div>

but my text goes behind the image, what can I do to fix this?

Your code works fine I don't see the text over the img ... but if it's the case use @MelanciaUK suggestion — DaniP
– DaniP, Commented Jan 9, 2015 at 16:22
With (or even apparently without) a valid image src, the text appears on top of the image for me. — j08691
– j08691, Commented Jan 9, 2015 at 16:22
Span tags are redundant with how you are using them. You could just apply the styling to the h2 itself, or add a class to the h2, but to add a new tag entirely is just a waste. — Waxi
– Waxi, Commented Jan 9, 2015 at 16:27

Christian · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-09 16:44:01Z

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Snippet is working for me, anyway:

Give the img a z-index: 2;
And the h2 a z-index: 3;

edited Jan 9, 2015 at 16:44

answered Jan 9, 2015 at 16:23

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Mathew Thompson Over a year ago

I upvoted you because you suggested realistic z-index numbers. I hate seeing 9999999 and such, like there's realistically going to be another 9999998 elements stacked underneath that one -_-.

jmore009 Over a year ago

You're right about one thing: the example is fine. but the image is not being positioned, so a z-index is not going to do anything, for example, in this fiddle img has z-index of 4, h2 has one of 2, nothing changes: EXAMPLE

secelite Over a year ago

As already mentioned "For a positioned box, the 'z-index' property specifies" Source: w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#z-index

jbutler483 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-09 16:36:37Z

.container { position: relative; } h2 { position: absolute; bottom: 10%; background: darkgray; padding: 1%; color: white; }

<div class="container"> <img src="http://placekitten.com/g/200/300" alt="" /> <h2>THIS text</h2> </div>

Something like this? I've just styled the h2 tag, removing the need for that span tag you were using, and reducing markup.

@jmore009: I was actually just testing that (by replacing their image.jpeg).

jmore009 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-09 16:42:26Z

I feel this needs some explanation.

The example is working, but if it is in fact not working for OP, he/she can use z-index but simply calling z-index on the img tag is not going to work as demonstrated here. Changing the z-index of both the image and h2 will have no effect.

z-index only works on positioned elements. Since the parent element is position:relative you can use position: inherit on one of it's children (or simply set a position). In this case the img is wrapped in an anchor tag:

<a href="#"> <img src="image.jpg" width="280"> </a>

So applying a z-index to the img tag doesn't make sense anyways. Instead add it to the a:

a{ position: inherit; z-index: 2; }

Now if you change the z-index values of h2 and a you will see the element with the higher z-index number come forward:

EXAMPLE

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