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Focus DOM above overlay

Am trying to make a whole screen overlay, and just pop a single DOM above it, it is kind of web game tutorial which tell the user which button he should press.
Like the above image illustrate, am trying to hide everything under the overlay and only pop the red icon above it
What I've tried so far
I've added a div directly under the body tag (this will be the overlay) that will have a z-index greater that other elements in the page, and only the focused DOM will have a greater z-index than the overlay
Issue
This didn't work because am having a translate for the opts-container element, and remove this style is not an option for me because am using it all over the elements.
code (to illustrate)
$("#veil").hide();
$('.icons-group-s div').on('mouseenter',function(){
console.log("hovered");
$("#veil").show();
})
$("#veil").on('mouseleave', function(){
console.log("hide");
$("#veil").hide();
});
#opts-container {
width: 100%;
position: relative;
transform:translateX(50px)
}
#veil {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: 100;
}
.icons-group-s {
height: 500px;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 10px;
position:absolute;
top: 0;
}
.icons-group-s div {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: #f00;
margin-left: 10px;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
#policy {
z-index: 102;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="veil">
</div>
<div id="opts-container" class="hor menu-bottom">
<div class="icons-group-s">
<div id="policy" class="text-under-icon"></div>
<div id="military" class="text-under-icon" ></div>
<div id="socity" class="text-under-icon"></div>
<div id="eco" class="text-under-icon" ></div>
<div id="inventory" class="text-under-icon" ></div>
</div>
</div>
possible solutions in my mind
1- make clipped overlay
2- clone the focused object to be inside the veil div
3- focus the parent of the object and reduce opacity of child elements (workaround)
how can I pop an element over an overlay even if it has a transform style ?
maybe a hack around ?

Consider a big box-shadow on the element instead of an overlay:
#opts-container {
width: 100%;
position: relative;
transform:translateX(50px)
}
.icons-group-s {
height: 500px;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 10px;
position:absolute;
top: 0;
}
.icons-group-s div {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: #f00;
margin-left: 10px;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
/* Make sure the stacking context is also on the top */
#opts-container:hover {
z-index:9999;
}
/* make the element on the top and add a big shadow
100vw + 100vh will make sure that you will cover all the screen
Or use any other big value
*/
#opts-container:hover #policy {
position:relative;
z-index:9999;
box-shadow:0 0 0 calc(100vw + 100vh) rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
<div id="opts-container" class="hor menu-bottom">
<div class="icons-group-s">
<div id="policy" class="text-under-icon"></div>
<div id="military" class="text-under-icon" ></div>
<div id="socity" class="text-under-icon"></div>
<div id="eco" class="text-under-icon" ></div>
<div id="inventory" class="text-under-icon" ></div>
</div>
</div>

Create a div with aspect ratio 1:1 knowing only its height in percentage

I was wondering if you can help me with this.
I have a div (in white) where I need to put two circular buttons (in green) on the borders. Everything should be done with CSS.
It should look like this:
Screenshot
Now, the thing is that I don't know the size of the white div, and I won't know it at the time of creation, because it will get added to the DOM afterwards. All I know is that the white div has a percentage width and height relative to its future parent. So, at the time of creation, since it's not yet added, any calls to width(), height() or its css values won't work.
I've seen all those snippets that tell you how to make a div with a fixed aspect ratio. I need this now, I need the button to be 1:1, but all I know about the dimensions, is that it has to be 100% of the height of the white div (and therefore, its width should be equal as its height). All the examples I've seen assume that you know the width and to make the height keep the ratio. In my case, what I know is the height (100%) and I want the width to adapt.
I have no idea how to achieve this.
This is my snippet:
body{
background-color: #DCDCDC;
}
.container {
width: 50%;
height: 7%;
background: white;
border-radius: 20px;
position: absolute;
}
.arrow {
background: green;
border-radius: 20px;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
}
.arrow:after{
content: "";
display: block;
padding-right: 100%;
}
.arrow:last-child {
right: 0;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="arrow"></div>
<div class="arrow"></div>
</div>
https://jsfiddle.net/7bxecL9m/
If you know how can I do this without entering any fixed value (jQuery use is of course valid), I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks.

There are many variables here:
Since container's height is % and circle radius is px units, one is static and the other one will resize.
The only way to preserve 1:1 with just html/css, considering the container's height % will resize circle's height as well, would be to isolate circle's div width & height to something static like px units.
Now, since you said no fixed dimensions, the only thing I can think of is to comment .arrow's 100% height, to prevent resizing other than 1:1, and nesting a div inside .arrow to restrain 1:1 with static units (ideally impacting .arrow directly would be less code but if you don't want/can't set them on that element, maybe you consider this).
If you want the circle to remain circular as the content expands, you need to dynamically adjust the height to match the width. You could use Javascript to achieve this, but your border-radius is tied to container's in px static units, since container will always be bigger something like border-radius: 50% wouldn't work for both, 50% radius of circle would never match 50% of container's (that is, if you care about radius alignment).
body {
background-color: #DCDCDC;
}
body,
html {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
width: 50%;
height: 37%;
background: white;
border-radius: 20px;
position: relative;
}
.arrow {
background: green;
border-radius: 20px;
/*height: 100%;*/
position: absolute;
overflow: hidden;
}
.bLimit {
height: 40px;
width: 40px;
line-height: 40px;
}
.arrow:after {
content: "";
display: block;
padding-right: 100%;
}
.arrow:last-child {
right: 0;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="arrow">
<div class="bLimit">button overflow</div>
</div>
<div class="arrow">
<div class="bLimit">button</div>
</div>
</div>

Why not doing a fixed width in percent for your arrow :
.arrow {
background: green;
border-radius: 20px;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
width: 10%;
}

body{
background-color: #DCDCDC;
}
.container {
width: 50%;
height: 7%;
background: white;
border-radius: 20px;
position: absolute;
}
.container:after,.container:before{
content: " ";
display: block;
padding: 4%;
z-index: 999;
top: 0;
position:absolute;
background: green;
border-radius: 50%;
}
.container:before {
left: 0;
}
.container:after{
right: 0;
}
<div class="container">
</div>
You can achieve using before and after CSS pseudo selectors. You check this Example.

There is a posibility to get this result using a image (that won't show) of the required ratio.
In this case, the ratio is 1:1 so we will use an image of 50px (but it can be any size)
.container {
width: 300px;
height: 20px;
border: solid 1px blue;
margin: 40px;
position: relative;
}
.container:nth-child(2) {
height: 40px;
}
.container:nth-child(3) {
height: 60px;
}
.arrow {
height: 100%;
background-color: red;
opacity: 0.5;
position: absolute;
border-radius: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
}
.arrow:last-child {
right: 0px;
transform: translateX(50%);
}
img {
height: 100%;
opacity: 0;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="arrow">
<img src="https://placehold.it/50x50">
</div>
<div class="arrow">
<img src="https://placehold.it/50x50">
</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="arrow">
<img src="https://placehold.it/50x50">
</div>
<div class="arrow">
<img src="https://placehold.it/50x50">
</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="arrow">
<img src="https://placehold.it/50x50">
</div>
<div class="arrow">
<img src="https://placehold.it/50x50">
</div>
</div>

Overlay the Contents of a DIV

I am trying to overlay 2 DIV's in my main parent DIV:
I want to overlay the the second div over on top of the first one. I have a problem overlaying it as I cannot keep it in the middle of the screen.
I have tried this to overlay:
The overlay works fine here, but my container is no longer center when I do this. How can I overlay and keep it center ?
div {
border: 5px solid red;
}
#first {
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
border-color: orange;
}
#second {
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
border-color: green;
}
<div id="container" class="container text-center">
<div id="first">Hi</div>
<div id="second">Hello</div>
</div>

Here is what you need to do (see width of both divs and text-align properties):
You can give them background color to see z-index works perfectly :)
#first {
text-align: center;
height: 300px;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
}
#second {
text-align: center;
height: 300px;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
}
<div id="container" class="container text-center">
<div id="first">Hi</div>
<div id="second">Hello</div>
</div>

When you position absolute, the positioned element is taken out of the document flow and positioned relative to the next highest parent element that is not the default position, i.e. not position: static;
The following will cause the absolute positioned children to stay within the containing div:
#container {
position: relative;
}

Your container's text is no longer centered because you have removed its children from the document flow. In essence, it has no content and collapses, and therefore, has no width to which to align the text.
One thing you could do is set the container to position: relative and full-width (i.e. width: 100vw), then set its children to width: 100%.
Then the inner divs will take on the width of their parent.
See this working JSFiddle.

#container {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
background-color: yellow;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
#first{
position: absolute;
}
#second{
position: absolute;
}
<div id="container" class="container">
<div id="first">Hi</div>
<div id="second">Hello</div>
</div>

Your main issue is that the divs will not have any relative width to the parent div.
Therefore the text is still technically "centered" in each corresponding div because they're inheriting text-align: center from the container div.
However, the divs' widths will automatically be as wide as they needs to be (i.e. to fit the text, in this case).
You can remedy this one of two ways:
Force the divs to be centered
Give both divs the following (extra) CSS:
left: 50%;
width: 100%;
margin-left: -50%;
This will literally center them in their parent div.
or
Force the divs to be the same size as their parent
Give both the divs the following (extra) CSS:
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
This sets the divs to span their entire parent's height and width.
In both situations, you might need to make the .container class use position: relative, in order for the child divs to have something to be absolute to.
If you're using Bootstrap, there is no need to worry about this, as .container class already has this applied.
Hope one of these solutions helps you :)

Try this style:
#first,
#second {
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, 0);
}
div {
border: 5px solid red;
}
#first {
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
border-color: orange;
}
#second {
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
border-color: green;
}
#first,
#second {
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, 0);
}
<div id="container" class="container text-center">
<div id="first">Hi</div>
<div id="second">Hello</div>
</div>

How to make a relatively positioned child to get all parent's height

I have this layout
body, html {
height: 90%;
}
#content{
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#sidebar {
position: relative;
width: 200px;
float: left;
height: 100%;
background-color: green;
}
#sidebar-content {
height: 120px;
background-color: blue;
}
#sidebar-footer {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
height: 50px;
width: 100%;
background-color: black;
}
#main {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: red;
}
#main-content {
height: 750px;
}
<div id="content">
<div id="sidebar">
<div id="sidebar-content">
</div>
<div id="sidebar-footer">
</div>
</div>
<div id="main">
<div id="main-content">
</div>
</div>
</div>
I need the sidebar to occupy all height available if it's height lower than the #main's. Setting the sidebar position to absolute solves this, but adding even more bugs, is there a solution for the relatively positioned child to get all the parent's height without specifying height of the parent in pixels?
As you can see in the fiddle, if #main exceeding the sidebar's width the sidebar is shorter, but it need to fill all the height.

CSS Flexbox does indeed solve your problem, and is the perfect answer if you don't have to support older browsers.
Basically, just adding display: flex to the container will sort this out for you.
Browsers support flexbox in a variety of ways, make sure you check the compiled CSS of that Pen to get all the browser pre-fixes and such.
Link to CodePen

You may be able to use a combination of css properties to achieve what you are looking for. The main reason you were running into trouble with the position:absolute was due to your float:left.
Have a glance through this and you may find some of the positioning and width declarations useful in your implementation:
body,
html {
height: 90%;
}
#content {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: relative;
background: lightgray;
}
#sidebar {
position: absolute;
width: 200px;
height: 100%;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: green;
z-index: 8;
}
#sidebar-content {
height: 120px;
background-color: blue;
}
#sidebar-footer {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
height: 50px;
width: 100%;
background-color: black;
}
#main {
overflow: hidden;
background-color: red;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 200px;
width: calc(100% - 200px);
height: 100%;
z-index: 10;
}
#main-content {}
<div id="content">
<div id="sidebar">
<div id="sidebar-content">
</div>
<div id="sidebar-footer">
</div>
</div>
<div id="main">
<div id="main-content">this is the main content
</div>
</div>
</div>

I guess jQuery solution will help you solve your problem :) Try this This will allow to have the #sidebar to have same height as the container. Hope this helps :) Happy coding.
jQuery:
$(document).ready(function(){
var wrapH = $('#content').outerHeight();
$('#sidebar').css("height", wrapH);
});
Edited:
JS Fiddle Link
$(document).ready(function(){
var wrapH = $('#main').outerHeight();
$('#sidebar').css("height", wrapH);
});
Just change the content to main. Hope this solves the issue. This will make the sidebar height be the same as the main height.

Adjusting parent height containing absolute children

I am working on a form that has multiple pages that I would like to scroll in/out of view. I have to use absolute positioning to force the divs (pages) to scroll in a single line; however, this causes the parent divs height to not be responsive to the children (which have varying heights based on amount of content plus dynamic content being added to them).
How can I make the parents height be responsive to the children while still allowing my pages to scroll in a single line (I have already tried float)?
Is there anyway to achieve the same effect as the jsFiddle Demo without having to use absolute positioning?
Example: jsFiddle Demo <--- How do I make the toggle button remain below the divs no matter how tall they are?
#div1{
width: 500px;
height: 110px;
background-color: blue;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
#div2{
width: 500px;
height: 110px;
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
.container {
width: 800px;
position: relative;
height: 100px;
}
<p>some content here </p>
<div class="container">
<div id="div1"></div>
<div id="div2"></div>
</div>
<button>Toggle</button>
EDIT
Updated jsFiddle to show problem better.

You inspect the height and position of the child elements and calculate the total height and apply that to the parent. Absolutely-positioned elements have their own layout context, so CSS alone cannot solve this.

The height in #div1 and #div2 is causing an overflow of the .container div:
Set the height of #div1 and #div2 to the same height as its container:
#div1{
width: 500px;
height: 100px;
background-color: blue;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
#div2{
width: 500px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
Or set the .container to overflow:hidden:
.container {
width: 800px;
position: relative;
overflow:hidden
height: 100px;
}
Updated jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/FkNa2/193/

Depending on what you want, i Updated your fiddle:
Button position is fixed at document loading, based on height of the biggest absolute element:
$(function(){
$('#container').height(Math.max($('#div1').height(),$('#div2').height()));
});
you can see the fiddle here
Button position is recomputed each time the toggle is done, you can use the complete option of one of your toggle to handle it:
$div2.toggle('slide', {
direction: 'left',
complete:function(){
$('#container').height($('#'+currentDiv).height());
}
}, 'slow');
see the fiddle here

use min-height for #div2
#div2{
width: 500px;
min-height: 100px;
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}