Extend background-color of header beyond container with css
The accepted answer seems to rely on a fixed height, which I find rare in these days of responsive sites, so building on top of the answer given by Stephen Ostermiller (thanks!) The following code worked for me and surrounds objects of a dynamic height:
.container{
background-color:#000;
padding-bottom:30px;
}
.stripe {
background-color:#000;
position: relative;
display: grid;
}
.stripe:before {
content:"";
background-color:#000;
position: absolute;
height: 100%;
width: 200vw;
left: -100vw;
z-index: -1;
}
You can use the :before
pseudo element with absolute positioning and negative z-index to extend the background color of a contained div the entire way to the edge of the page.
#container {
width: 100px;
margin: 0 auto;
background-color: #FFFFCC;
}
.stripe {
background-color:#CCFFFF;
height: 100px;
position: relative;
}
.stripe:before {
content:"";
background-color:#CCFFFF;
position: absolute;
height: 100%;
width: 4000px;
left: -2000px;
z-index: -1;
}
<div id="container">
<div>one</div>
<div class="stripe">two</div>
<div>three</div>
</div>