I have two divs with distinct gradient background and I need to create a S-Shape curve between them.
Here's the example fiddle for gradient divs: https://jsfiddle.net/JerryGoyal/rjyfc46c/2/
<div id="section1">
</div>
<div id="section2">
</div>
#section1{
height:200px;
background: linear-gradient(to bottom right, #ad3, #add);
}
#section2{
height:200px;
background: linear-gradient(to bottom right, #de350b, #0065ff);
}
There are couple of things which crossed my mind but:
- svg: don't know how to handle other gradient div.
- border-radius: failed to get truly S-like curve plus it gets ugly when I resize the screen.
- clip-path: not supported by some browsers https://caniuse.com/css-clip-path
- png image: nope! needs to be dynamic content.
any help would be appreciated!
P.S: a must read for future readers: https://css-tricks.com/creating-non-rectangular-headers/
Here is a solution using linearGradient with SVG.
.container {
width: 500px;
height: 200px;
background:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #de350b, #0065ff);
}
svg {
width:100%;
}
<div class="container">
<svg mlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox="0 0 64 64">
<defs>
<linearGradient id="grad" x1="0%" y1="0%" x2="100%" y2="100%">
<stop offset="0%" stop-color="#ad3" />
<stop offset="100%" stop-color="#add" />
</linearGradient>
</defs>
<path d='M0 10 C30 28 38 0 64 10 L64 0 L0 0 Z' fill="url(#grad)"/>
</svg>
</div>
Here is also a useful online tool to easily edit the shape (simply append the path to the url to edit ithttp://jxnblk.com/paths/?d=M0 10 C30 28 38 0 64 10 L64 0 L0 0 Z
)
Another idea with the same SVG used as a background so you can easily handle content above it:
.container {
width: 500px;
height: 200px;
background: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64" width="500" ><defs><linearGradient id="grad" x1="0%" y1="0%" x2="100%" y2="100%"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="%23ad3" /><stop offset="100%" stop-color="%23add" /></linearGradient></defs><path d="M0 10 C30 28 38 0 64 10 L64 0 L0 0 Z" fill="url(%23grad)"/></svg>'),
linear-gradient(to bottom right, #de350b, #0065ff);
display:flex;
justify-content:space-around;
align-items:center;
flex-direction:column;
color:#fff;
}
<div class="container">
<p>TOP</p>
<p>BOTTOM</p>
</div>
In case you want a pure CSS solution with no SVG involved here is one using mask
and radial-gradient:
.box {
height:200px;
position:relative;
}
.box:before,
.box:after{
content:"";
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
right:0;
height:100%;
background: linear-gradient(to bottom right, #ad3, #add);
}
.box:after {
-webkit-mask:
radial-gradient(100% 80% at top ,white 79.5%,transparent 80%) left,
radial-gradient(100% 80% at bottom,transparent 79.5%,white 80%) right;
mask:
radial-gradient(100% 80% at top ,white 79.5%,transparent 80%) left,
radial-gradient(100% 80% at bottom,transparent 79.5%,white 80%) right;
-webkit-mask-size:50.1% 100%;
-webkit-mask-repeat:no-repeat;
mask-size:50.1% 100%;
mask-repeat:no-repeat;
background:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #de350b, #0065ff);
}
<div class="box">
</div>
Adjust the different values to control the curve. The trick is to make sure both are the same and start at the same point to create a contiguous shape. You can introduce CSS variables to easily control this:
.box {
height:200px;
margin:10px;
position:relative;
}
.box:before,
.box:after{
content:"";
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
right:0;
height:100%;
background: linear-gradient(to bottom right, #ad3, #add);
}
.box:after {
-webkit-mask:
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at top ,white 79.5%,transparent 80%) left,
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at bottom,transparent 79.5%,white 80%) right;
mask:
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at top ,white 79.5%,transparent 80%) left,
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at bottom,transparent 79.5%,white 80%) right;
-webkit-mask-size:50.1% 100%;
-webkit-mask-repeat:no-repeat;
mask-size:50.1% 100%;
mask-repeat:no-repeat;
background:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #de350b, #0065ff);
}
<div class="box">
</div>
<div class="box" style="--r1:82%;--r2:97%">
</div>
<div class="box" style="--r1:126%;--r2:72%">
</div>
To make things more funny we can add a border between both gradient following the curve where we can place another gradient!
.box {
height:200px;
margin:10px;
position:relative;
background:linear-gradient(to right,blue,black);
}
.box:before,
.box:after{
content:"";
position:absolute;
left:0;
right:0;
height:calc(100% - var(--b,10px)); /*control the gap here*/
-webkit-mask:
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at var(--p1,top) ,white 79.5%,transparent 80%) var(--d1,right),
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at var(--p2,bottom),transparent 79.5%,white 80%) var(--d2,left);
mask:
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at var(--p1,top) ,white 79.5%,transparent 80%) var(--d1,right),
radial-gradient(var(--r1,100%) var(--r2,80%) at var(--p2,bottom),transparent 79.5%,white 80%) var(--d2,left);
-webkit-mask-size:50.1% 100%;
-webkit-mask-repeat:no-repeat;
mask-size:50.1% 100%;
mask-repeat:no-repeat;
}
.box:before {
top:0;
background:linear-gradient(to bottom right, #de350b, #0065ff);
}
.box:after {
bottom:0;
background: linear-gradient(to bottom right, #ad3, #add);
--p1:bottom;
--p2:top;
--d1:left;
--d2:right;
}
<div class="box">
</div>
<div class="box" style="--r1:82%;--r2:97%;--b:20px">
</div>
<div class="box" style="--r1:126%;--r2:72%;--b:5px">
</div>