Pure css close button

Question

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Is there any way to make something like the X on that link with pure css?

Answer 1

I become frustrated trying to implement something that looked consistent in all browsers and went with an svg button which can be styled with css.

html

<svg>
    <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="11" stroke="black" stroke-width="2" fill="white" />
    <path stroke="black" stroke-width="4" fill="none" d="M6.25,6.25,17.75,17.75" />
    <path stroke="black" stroke-width="4" fill="none" d="M6.25,17.75,17.75,6.25" />
</svg>

css

svg {
    cursor: pointer;
    height: 24px;
    width: 24px;
}
svg > circle {
    stroke: black;
    fill: white;
}
svg > path {
    stroke: black;
}
svg:hover > circle {
    fill: red;
}
svg:hover > path {
    stroke: white;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/purves/5exav2m7/

Answer 2

Basic idea: For the a.boxclose:

border-radius: 40px;
width:20px;
height 10px;
background-color: #c0c0c0;
border: 1px solid black;
color: white;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: 4px;

Adding a "X" to the content of the close box.

http://jsfiddle.net/adzFe/1/

Quick and dirty, but works.

Answer 3

You can create close (or any) button on http://www.cssbuttongenerator.com/. It gives you pure css value of button.
HTML

<span class="classname hightlightTxt">x</span>

CSS

<style type="text/css">
.hightlightTxt {
  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
}
.classname {
    -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 3px 24px -1px #fce2c1;
    -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 3px 24px -1px #fce2c1;
    box-shadow:inset 0px 3px 24px -1px #fce2c1;
    background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #ffc477), color-stop(1, #fb9e25) );
    background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #ffc477 5%, #fb9e25 100% );
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffc477', endColorstr='#fb9e25');
    background-color:#ffc477;
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius:20px;
    -moz-border-radius-topleft:20px;
    border-top-left-radius:20px;
    -webkit-border-top-right-radius:20px;
    -moz-border-radius-topright:20px;
    border-top-right-radius:20px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:20px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright:20px;
    border-bottom-right-radius:20px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:20px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:20px;
    border-bottom-left-radius:20px;
    text-indent:0px;
    border:1px solid #eeb44f;
    display:inline-block;
    color:#ffffff;
    font-family:Arial;
    font-size:28px;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-style:normal;
    height:32px;
    line-height:32px;
    width:32px;
    text-decoration:none;
    text-align:center;
    text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #cc9f52;
}
.classname:hover {
    background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #fb9e25), color-stop(1, #ffc477) );
    background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #fb9e25 5%, #ffc477 100% );
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#fb9e25', endColorstr='#ffc477');
    background-color:#fb9e25;
}.classname:active {
    position:relative;
    top:1px;
}</style>
/* This button was generated using CSSButtonGenerator.com */

Answer 4

Hi you can used this code in pure css

as like this

css

.arrow {
cursor: pointer;
color: white;
border: 1px solid #AEAEAE;
border-radius: 30px;
background: #605F61;
font-size: 31px;
font-weight: bold;
display: inline-block;
line-height: 0px;
padding: 11px 3px;
}
.arrow:before{
 content: "×";
}

HTML

<a href="#" class="arrow"> 
</a>

​ Live demo http://jsfiddle.net/rohitazad/VzZhU/

Answer 5

The disappointing thing here is that the "X" isn't transparent (which is how I would likely create a PNG, at least).

I put together this quick test. http://jsfiddle.net/UM3a2/22/embedded/result/ which allows you to color the positive space while leaving the negative space transparent. Since it is made entirely of borders it is easy to color since border-color defaults to the text color.

It doesn't fully support I.E. 8 and earlier (border-radius issues), but it degrades to a square fairly nicely (if you're okay with a square close button).

It also requires two HTML elements since you are only allowed two pseudo elements per selector. I don't know exactly where I learned this, but I think it was in an article by Chris Coyier.

<div id="close" class="arrow-t-b">
  Close
  <div class="arrow-l-r"> </div>
</div>

#close {
  border-width: 4px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-radius: 100%;
  color: #333;
  height: 12px;
  margin:auto;
  position: relative;
  text-indent: -9999px;
  width: 12px;
}
#close:hover {
  color: #39F;
}
.arrow-t-b:after,
.arrow-t-b:before,
.arrow-l-r:after, 
.arrow-l-r:before {
  border-color: transparent;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 4px;
  content: "";
  left: 2px;
  top: 0px;
  position: absolute;
}
.arrow-t-b:after {
  border-top-color: inherit;
}
.arrow-l-r:after {
  border-right-color: inherit;
  left: 4px;
  top: 2px;
}
.arrow-t-b:before {
  border-bottom-color: inherit;
  bottom: 0;
}
.arrow-l-r:before {
  border-left-color: inherit;
  left: 0;
  top: 2px;
}