How to overlay one div over another div

Question

I need assistance with overlaying one individual div over another individual div.

My code looks like this:

Answer 1

Here follows a simple solution 100% based on CSS. The "secret" is to use the display: inline-block in the wrapper element. The vertical-align: bottom in the image is a hack to overcome the 4px padding that some browsers add after the element.

Advice: if the element before the wrapper is inline they can end up nested. In this case you can "wrap the wrapper" inside a container with display: block - usually a good and old div.

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

.hover {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    background-color: rgba(0, 188, 212, 0);
    transition: background-color 0.5s;
}

.hover:hover {
    background-color: rgba(0, 188, 212, 0.8);
    // You can tweak with other background properties too (ie: background-image)...
}

img {
    vertical-align: bottom;
}