Imagine a scenario where a cutout is made in an opaque background, revealing a fixed image beneath it as it scrolls. The height of the cutout adjusts dynamically to accommodate its content.
Issue: A not-so-great workaround is employed in the code! You may have noticed that the content Y within the cutout is duplicated in the HTML, although it appears only once visually.
The surprising part is—the workaround "functions". Both duplicates serve a purpose:
- Removing the first duplicate causes the remaining content Y to show up behind the image, rendering it invisible.
- Deleting the second duplicate results in the cutout collapsing to zero height, leading to an overlap between the remaining content Y and content Z.
Inquiry: Is there a more elegant solution, using just CSS, to replace this workaround?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Simulated Backdrop Image Cutout through Opaque Background</title>
<style>
.opaque-background {
background-color: black;
color: white;
}
.container {
position: relative;
}
.cutout {
background-attachment: fixed;
background-image: url(https://i.sstatic.net/RTFBR.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body class="opaque-background">
Content preceding (X)
<div class="container">
<div class="cutout">
Content between (Y)
</div>
Content between (Y)
</div>
Content following (Z)
</body>
</html>