Expanding content to top

December 20, 2022

How do I expand my content to top instead of bottom? I’m trying to make the text go to top but it’s always going to bottom. Here is my code =>

.box {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background-color: red;
  position: absolute;
}

.div {
  position: relative;
  transition: .35s ease-in-out 0s;
  height: 0;
  width: 70%;
  left: 50%;  
  top: 100px;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  text-align: center;
  z-index: 3;
}

.text {
  position: relative;
  box-decoration-break: clone;
  -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px black;
  line-height: 155%;
  padding: 0.2em 0.3em;
  color: white;
  background-color: black;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
  border-radius: 3px;
  font-size: 1.125rem;
}

<div class="box">
  <div class="div">
    <p class="text">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</p>
  </div>
</div>

My expected output is =>

I know that I’m using top: 100px in .div but is just to create an example. I’m aiming to the text always go to top, no matter the configuration.

I tried to manipulate height, top and bottom but no success, what should I do? Thank you.

>Solution :

You might want to swap position: relative; and position: absolute; in the .box– and .div-classes as follows:

.box {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background-color: red;
  position: relative;
}

.div {
  position: absolute;
  transition: .35s ease-in-out 0s;
  height: 0;
  width: 70%;
  left: 50%;  
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  text-align: center;
  z-index: 3;
}

.text {
  position: relative;
  box-decoration-break: clone;
  -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px black;
  line-height: 155%;
  padding: 0.2em 0.3em;
  color: white;
  background-color: black;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
  border-radius: 3px;
  font-size: 1.125rem;
}

<div class="box">
  <div class="div">
    <p class="text">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</p>
  </div>
</div>