How TO - Popup
Learn how to create popups with CSS and JavaScript.
Click me to toggle the popup!
A Simple Popup!
How To Create Popups
Step 1) Add HTML:
Example
<div class="popup" onclick="myFunction()">Click me!
<span class="popuptext"
id="myPopup">Popup text...</span>
</div>
Step 2) Add CSS:
Example
/* Popup container */
.popup {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
cursor: pointer;
}
/* The actual popup (appears on top)
*/
.popup .popuptext
{
visibility: hidden;
width:
160px;
background-color: #555;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
border-radius: 6px;
padding: 8px 0;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
bottom: 125%;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -80px;
}
/* Popup arrow */
.popup .popuptext::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -5px;
border-width: 5px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #555 transparent
transparent transparent;
}
/*
Toggle this class when clicking on the popup container (hide and show the
popup) */
.popup .show {
visibility: visible;
-webkit-animation:
fadeIn 1s;
animation: fadeIn 1s
}
/* Add animation (fade in the popup) */
@-webkit-keyframes fadeIn {
from {opacity: 0;}
to {opacity: 1;}
}
@keyframes fadeIn {
from {opacity: 0;}
to {opacity:1 ;}
}
Step 3) Add JavaScript:
Example
<script>
// When the user clicks on <div>, open the popup
function
myFunction() {
var popup = document.getElementById("myPopup");
popup.classList.toggle("show");
}
</script>
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Related Pages
Tip: Tooltips are similar to popups. Go to our How To Create Tooltips Tutorial to learn about tooltips.
Tip: Modals are also similar to popups. Go to our How To Create Modals Tutorial to learn about modals.
