I am trying to overlay text onto a hyperlinked image which has been dynamically created using the document.createElement() function. However, even with an absolute position of left: 0px and top: 0px, the text keeps appearing below the image, and not at the top, left corner as it should:
//mainDiv is a container to hold all the hyperlinked images
for (i = 0; i < imgArray.length; i++)
{
img = document.createElement("img");
img.src = imgArray[i].src;
img.style.width = imgArray[i].wdth;
img.style.height = "auto";
imgLink = document.createElement("a");
imgLink.href = imgArray[i].url;
imgLink.appendChild(img);
imgLabel = document.createElement("p");
imgLabel.innerHTML = imgArray[i].desc;
imgLabel.style.position = "absolute";
imgLabel.style.top = "0px";
imgLabel.style.left = "0px";
imgContainer = document.createElement("div");
imgContainer.style.display = "inline";
imgContainer.style.position = "relative";
imgContainer.appendChild(imgLabel);
imgContainer.appendChild(imgLink);
mainDiv.appendChild(imgContainer);
}
The only problem is the positioning of the text div, imgLabel.
Here's a simplified example of the issue on jsFiddle: /
block & inline-block does not work: /
I am trying to overlay text onto a hyperlinked image which has been dynamically created using the document.createElement() function. However, even with an absolute position of left: 0px and top: 0px, the text keeps appearing below the image, and not at the top, left corner as it should:
//mainDiv is a container to hold all the hyperlinked images
for (i = 0; i < imgArray.length; i++)
{
img = document.createElement("img");
img.src = imgArray[i].src;
img.style.width = imgArray[i].wdth;
img.style.height = "auto";
imgLink = document.createElement("a");
imgLink.href = imgArray[i].url;
imgLink.appendChild(img);
imgLabel = document.createElement("p");
imgLabel.innerHTML = imgArray[i].desc;
imgLabel.style.position = "absolute";
imgLabel.style.top = "0px";
imgLabel.style.left = "0px";
imgContainer = document.createElement("div");
imgContainer.style.display = "inline";
imgContainer.style.position = "relative";
imgContainer.appendChild(imgLabel);
imgContainer.appendChild(imgLink);
mainDiv.appendChild(imgContainer);
}
The only problem is the positioning of the text div, imgLabel.
Here's a simplified example of the issue on jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle/mPL3q/1/
block & inline-block does not work: http://jsfiddle/MwjXV/
Share Improve this question edited Jul 10, 2014 at 3:04 iSofia asked Jul 9, 2014 at 17:00 iSofiaiSofia 1,5322 gold badges22 silver badges40 bronze badges 9-
what do you mean by
overlaid text
? can you add more details? or create a fiddle? – Vedant Terkar Commented Jul 9, 2014 at 17:03 - try to show us your example in a fiddle please – MickyScion Commented Jul 9, 2014 at 17:04
- To display some text over the image. – iSofia Commented Jul 9, 2014 at 17:04
- use jsfiddle and put ALL your code there. there can be several reasons why this is happening. – Claudiu Creanga Commented Jul 9, 2014 at 17:12
- Try This: jsfiddle/mPL3q/6 – Vedant Terkar Commented Jul 9, 2014 at 17:36
2 Answers
Reset to default 31st solution
// label
imgLabel.style.position = "absolute";
imgLabel.style.top = "0px";
imgLabel.style.left = "0px";
imgLabel.style.margin = '0px';
// container
imgContainer.style.position = "relative";
// tip: parent element of another element containing floated elements
// should have property overflow set to hidden
imgContainer.style.float = "left";
imgContainer.style.margin = "5px";
2nd solution
// label
imgLabel.style.position = "absolute";
imgLabel.style.top = "0px";
imgLabel.style.left = "0px";
imgLabel.style.margin = "0px";
// container
imgContainer.style.display = "inline-block";
imgContainer.style.position = "relative";
// you will have gaps between the containers even if the margin is set to 0
imgContainer.style.margin = "0px";
// if you don't want these gaps, set margin-left to -5px (but not to the first element)
if(i !== 0){
imgContainer.style.marginLeft = "-5px";
}
EDIT
After analyzing your code...
// change <p> to <label>
imgLabel = document.createElement("label");
imgLabel.innerHTML = "Image " + i;
imgLabel.style.left = "0px";
// you don't need the next line ;)
//imgLabel.style.top = "0px";
imgLabel.style.color = "White";
imgLabel.style.position = "absolute";
1st jsFiddle | 2nd jsFiddle | 3rd jsFiddle
You can do this, add
img.style.zIndex="1";
and
imgLink.style.display = "block";
to their respective blocks
http://jsfiddle/mPL3q/8/
OR
if inline-block
works for you then
imgContainer.style.display = "inline-block";
http://jsfiddle/mPL3q/7/