CSS Transparent Bottom Interruption Effect

Question

I have two questions with my footer element:

1) I finally managed to pin it at the bottom of each page, but

2) as soon as I did this, the transparency transition effect inside the div class = sectionalblock refuses to work. If I get rid of my footer, it will continue to work. When I switch to absolute positioning, it sticks to the top of my page.

Anyone have any ideas how to do this? I know this has something to do with positioning, relative or absolute, but when I try to perform absolute positioning, it simply refuses to stick to the bottom of each page and does not adjust itself to the page size.

html { min-width: 100%; min-height: 100% } body { margin:0; padding:0; max-width:100%; overflow-y: scroll; overflow-x: hidden; /*Disable horizontal scrollbar*/ } #background /*Background image*/ { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; /* Preserve aspet ratio */ min-width: 100%; min-height: 100%; z-index: -4; opacity: .5; } * { font-family: 'Roboto', Tahoma, Arial; } header { background-color: #144762; /*VIU colours*/ padding: 30px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: -10px; } input[name=search] /*Search bar*/ { width: 300px; height: 16px; right: 20px; position: absolute; top: 255px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 2px solid #ccc; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 16px; background-color: white; background-image: url('../Images/searchicon.png'); background-position: 8px 2px; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px; z-index: 1; } #logo { float: left; top: 40px; left: 40px; position: absolute; } h1 { margin-left: 500px; color: #FFFFFF; } /*Sectional blocks*/ section { margin: 40px 23px; width: 100%; } div.sectionalblocks { float:left; display:inline-block; position:relative; z-index: -4; width: 400px; height: 400px; } div.sectionalblocks img /*Image underneath sectional blocks*/ { width:400px; height:400px; display:block; float:left; position: relative; } #articleimage /*Image underneath article*/ { position: absolute; z-index: -3; filter: brightness(80%); opacity: 0.8; } #articlepreview /*Text inside article sectional blocks*/ { position: relative; float: left; height: 400px; width: 360px; padding: 20px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; color: white; } #articlepreview h2 /*Header text inside article sectional blocks*/ { text-decoration: underline; color: white; } span.text-content /*Text inside sectional blocks*/ { float:left; position:absolute; height:400px; width:400px; font-family:"proxima nova",sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: 4px; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3); color: white; cursor: pointer; display:table; opacity:0; z-index:5; padding:0; -webkit-transition: opacity 500ms; -moz-transition: opacity 500ms; -o-transition: opacity 500ms; transition: opacity 500ms; } span.text-content span { display: table-cell; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; } span.text-content:hover { opacity:1; } iframe.likebutton { position: absolute; left: 10px; bottom: 0; z-index: 5; } div.sectionalblocks iframe { position: absolute; left: 15px; bottom: 0px; } /*Footer*/ #validator { clear: both; z-index: -1; } /*Extra test stuff*/ /*Navigation Menu, <nav>*/ #menu /*entire box*/ { list-style: none; border: 1px solid #000; background-color: #ecffec;/*#444 the Navigator nav color*/ padding: 0; position: absolute; width: 100%; left: 0; margin: 0; height: 35px; } #menu li /*text box*/ { margin-right: 3px; border: 1px solid #ecffec; position: relative; list-style: none; float: left; padding: 0; line-height: 15px; font-weight: bold; top: 16%; } #menu ul /*Actual dropdown menu*/ { position: absolute; left: 0; display: none; list-style: none; border: 1px solid #000; background-color: #ecffec; padding: 0; margin: 0; float: left; line-height: 15px; width: auto; } #menu ul li /*text inside dropdown menu*/ { float: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 15px; min-width: 150px; } #menu a:link, #menu a:visited, #menu label { display: block; font-family: 'Roboto', Tahoma; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; color: #000; padding: 5px; font-size: 15px; } #menu li:hover, #menu input:checked + label { background-color: #ffd98a; border: 1px solid #000; } #menu li:hover ul, #menu input:checked ~ ul { display: block; } #menu input { display: none; }isited, #menu label { display: block; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; color: #000; padding: 5px; } /*Contact information*/ #emergencycontact /*entire box, <aside>*/ { list-style: none; border: 1px solid #000; background-color: #ecffec; padding: 0; position: fixed;/*added this*/ width: 120px; right: 0; bottom: 0; z-index: 5; } #emergencycontact li /*text box*/ { border: 1px solid #ecffec; position: relative; float: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 15px; font-weight: bold; } #emergencycontact ul /*Actual popout window*/ { position: absolute; bottom: 27px; right:0; width: 500px; height: 300px; display: none; list-style: none; border: 1px solid #000; background-color: #ecffec; padding: 0 0 26px 0; margin: 0; float: none; line-height: 15px; overflow: scroll; font-weight: normal; overflow-y: scroll; overflow-x: hidden; /*Disable horizontal scrollbar*/ } #emergencycontact a:link, #emergencycontact a:visited { display: block; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; color: #000; padding: 5px; } #emergencycontact li:hover, #emergencycontact input:checked + label { background-color: #ffd98a; border: 1px solid #000; } #emergencycontact li:hover ul, #emergencycontact input:checked ~ ul { display: block; } #emergencycontact input { display: none; } #emergencycontact label { display: block; padding: 5px; } p.underline { text-decoration: underline; margin-left: 20px; } p.italic { font-style: italic; } .heading { text-align: center; } h4{ text-decoration: underline; } p.contactheading{ font-weight: bold; } h4, p.contactheading, p.italic, #emergencycontact p /*text inside dropdown menu*/ { float: none; margin: 0; padding: 15px; } /*Footer*/ #wrap {min-height: 100%;} #main {overflow:auto; padding-bottom: 10px;} /* must be same height as the footer */ #footer {position: relative; margin-top: -10px; /* negative value of footer height */ margin-left: 40px; height: 10px; top: 10px; clear:both;} 

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Here is a working JSFiddle demo https://jsfiddle.net/nxb8bann/4/

Answer 1

I managed to find out the problem, it was connected with z-index. Please change your css to:

 .sectionalblock:hover span{ opacity: 1; } 

and

 div.sectionalblocks { float:left; display:inline-block; position:relative; /*removed z-index width: 400px; height: 400px; } 

This was due to a negative z-index. Kuzl could not read the sectional div blocks because it was reduced due to the z-index.

Also you do not need to swim with absolute positioned elements. e.g. span.text-content.

here is the updated fiddle