I am relatively new to HTML and CSS and I am making an application for school and my custom background is not meshing well with the background grid. Here is the current code.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Cool Hexagon Grid (interactive)</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="topnav">
<a class = active href="{{ url_for('home') }}">Home</a>
<a href="{{ url_for('read') }}">Read</a>
<a href="{{ url_for('create') }}">Create</a>
</div>
<h1>Cool Text Effect</h1>
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</body>
<style>
*{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
body {
background-color: #000;
}
h1 {
color:white;
text-align: center;
position: absolute;
z-index: 5;
}
.topnav {
background-color: #333;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 5;
}
/* Style the links inside the navigation bar */
.topnav a {
float: left;
color: #f2f2f2;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 17px;
font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
z-index: 5;
}
/* Change the color of links on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
background-color: #5A5A5A;
color: whitesmoke;
}
/* Add a color to the active/current link */
.topnav a.active {
background-color: #333;
color: #72bcd4;
}
.row{
display: inline-flex;
margin-top: -32px;
margin-left: -50px;
z-index: 0;
}
.row:nth-child(even){
margin-left: 2px;
}
.hexagon {
width: 100px;
height: 110px;
margin: 2px;
background-color: #111;
clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%,
0% 75%, 0% 25%);
animation: animation 4s linear infinite;
transition: 1s;
}
.hexagon:hover{
background-color: #0f0;
transition: 0s;
}
@keyframes animation {
0% {
filter: hue-rotate(0deg);
}
100%{filter: hue-rotate(360deg);}
}
.hexagon:after{
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 4px;
bottom: 4px;
left: 4px;
right: 4px;
background-color: #111;
clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%,
0% 75%, 0% 25%);
}
.hexagon:before{
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
height: 100px;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
z-index: 2;
}
</style>
</html>
I am expecting a seamless design with the background going behind the topnav, any other suggestions for my code would be greatly appreciated I am still learning. I have tried using z index but that was all I could think of with my limited skills.
You just need to put your background in a div with the overflow:hidden property.
This is happening because you put negative margins on your .row class
* {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
body {
background-color: #000;
}
h1 {
color: white;
text-align: center;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
}
.topnav {
background-color: #333;
overflow: hidden;
}
/* Style the links inside the navigation bar */
.topnav a {
float: left;
color: #f2f2f2;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 17px;
font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
}
/* Change the color of links on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
background-color: #5A5A5A;
color: whitesmoke;
}
/* Add a color to the active/current link */
.topnav a.active {
background-color: #333;
color: #72bcd4;
}
.row {
display: inline-flex;
margin-top: -32px;
margin-left: -50px;
}
.row:nth-child(even) {
margin-left: 2px;
}
.hexagon {
width: 100px;
height: 110px;
margin: 2px;
background-color: #111;
clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0% 75%, 0% 25%);
animation: animation 4s linear infinite;
transition: 1s;
}
.hexagon:hover {
background-color: #0f0;
transition: 0s;
}
@keyframes animation {
0% {
filter: hue-rotate(0deg);
}
100% {
filter: hue-rotate(360deg);
}
}
.hexagon:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 4px;
bottom: 4px;
left: 4px;
right: 4px;
background-color: #111;
clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 100% 25%, 100% 75%, 50% 100%, 0% 75%, 0% 25%);
}
.hexagon:before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
height: 100px;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
z-index: 1;
}
.background {
overflow: hidden;
}<div class="container">
<div class="topnav">
<a class=a ctive href="{{ url_for('home') }}">Home</a>
<a href="{{ url_for('read') }}">Read</a>
<a href="{{ url_for('create') }}">Create</a>
</div>
<h1>Cool Text Effect</h1>
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