HTML Element Style How to - Overlay text on image when hovering

Question

We would like to know how to overlay text on image when hovering.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
#current {<!--from www  . j a  va 2 s  .  com-->
  position: relative;
  float: center:
    height:500px;
  width: 300px;
  background-color: #AAA;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
  text-align: center;
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: #red;
}

#current:hover .text {
  display: block
}

.text {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100% background: #EEE;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  text-align: center
}

</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="current">
    <h3>
      <u>Current Products</u>
    </h3>
    <img src="http://www.java2s.com/style/download.png" /> 
    <span class="text">text text text...</span>
    <p id="nintext">this is a test</p>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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