HTML Clickable Image Alternative

— 4 minute read

Yesterday we had a look at the HTML map element, and as mentioned, there might be a better solution nowadays.

Today we'll be looking at creating a very similar effect, but with cool hovers.

HTML Structure

<div class="container">
  <img
    width="467px"
    src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1491378630646-3440efa57c3b?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=934&q=80"
  />
  <a href="#sky" class="overlay overlay-sky"></a>
  <a href="#sea" class="overlay overlay-sea"></a>
  <a href="#sand" class="overlay overlay-sand"></a>
</div>

So what we are doing is creating a container div with the image inside and our overlay areas. We are making three areas here to click on.

CSS Structure

We will use position: absolute to position the area's correct. Therefore the container needs to be relative and inline.

.container {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

And then for the overlays the share the following CSS:

.overlay {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  left: 0;
}

And then for the specific ones:

.overlay-sky {
  height: 150px;
  top: 0;
}
.overlay-sea {
  height: 300px;
  top: 150px;
}
.overlay-sand {
  height: 255px;
  bottom: 0px;
}

And last, we will add a very simple hover to demonstrate.

.overlay:hover {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}

View and play on this Codepen.

See the Pen HTML Clickable Image Alternative by Chris Bongers (@rebelchris) on CodePen.

Browser Support

So this can be supported by every browser! It might need some hacks in the old Internet Explorers.

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