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The display classes allow you to display HTML elements in specific positions inside other
HTML elements:

Top Left Top Middle Top Right

Left Middle Right

Bottom Left Bottom Middle Bottom Right

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Class Defines

w3-display-container Container for w3-display-classes

w3-display-topleft Displays content at the top left corner of the w3-display-container

w3-display-topright Displays content at the top right corner of the w3-display-

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w3-display-bottomright Displays content at the bottom right corner of the w3-display-
container

w3-display-left Displays content to the left (middle left) of the w3-display-

container

w3-display-right Displays content to the right (middle right) of the w3-display-

container

w3-display-middle Displays content in the middle (center) of the w3-display-

container

w3-display-topmiddle Displays content at the top middle of the w3-display-container

w3-display- Displays content at the bottom middle of the w3-display-container

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w3-display-position Displays content at a specified position in the w3-display-

container

w3-display-hover Displays content on hover inside the w3-display-container

w3-left Floats an element to the left (float: left)

w3-right Floats an element to the right (float: right)

w3-show Shows an element (display: block)

w3-hide Hides an element (display: none)

w3-mobile Adds mobile-first responsiveness to any element.

Displays elements as block elements on mobile devices

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<div class="w3-display-container w3-green" style="height:300px;">
<div class="w3-display-topleft">Top Left</div>
<div class="w3-display-topright">Top Right</div>
<div class="w3-display-bottomleft">Bottom Left</div>
<div class="w3-display-bottomright">Bottom Right</div>
<div class="w3-display-left">Left</div>
<div class="w3-display-right">Right</div>
<div class="w3-display-middle">Middle</div>
<div class="w3-display-topmiddle">Top Mid</div>
<div class="w3-display-bottommiddle">Bottom Mid</div>
</div>

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Same example as above with added padding:

Top Left Top Middle Top Right

Left Middle Right

Bottom Left Bottom Middle Bottom Right

Example

<div class="w3-display-container w3-green" style="height:300px;">

<div class="w3-padding w3-display-topleft">Top Left</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-topright">Top Right</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-bottomleft">Bottom Left</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-bottomright">Bottom Right</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-left">Left</div>
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Displaying text inside an image:

Top Left Top Mid Top Right

Left Middle Right

Bottom Left Bottom Mid Bottom Right

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<div class="w3-display-container">
<img src="img_lights.jpg" alt="Lights" style="width:100%">
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-topleft">Top Left</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-topright">Top Right</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-bottomleft">Bottom Left</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-bottomright">Bottom Right</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-topmiddle">Top Mid</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-left">Left</div>
<div class="w3-padding w3-display-right">Right</div>
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Display Hover
The w3-display-hover class displays content on hover inside a w3-display-container (goes
from hidden to shown).

Mouse over this box!

Example

<div class="w3-display-container w3-light-grey" style="height:300px;">

<div class="w3-display-topleft w3-display-hover">Top Left</div>
<div class="w3-display-topright w3-display-hover">Top Right</div>
<div class="w3-display-bottomleft w3-display-hover">Bottom Left</div>
<div class="w3-display-bottomright w3-display-hover">Bottom
Right</div>
<div class="w3-display-left w3-display-hover">Left</div>
<div class="w3-display-right w3-display-hover">Right</div>
<div class="w3-display-middle">Mouse over this box!</div>
<div class="w3-display-topmiddle w3-display-hover">Top Mid</div>
<div class="w3-display-bottommiddle w3-display-hover">Bottom

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The w3-display-hover classes can be combined with effect and animation classes to create
cool hover effects:

Example

<div class="w3-display-container w3-hover-opacity">

<img src="img_avatar.png" alt="Avatar">
<div class="w3-display-middle w3-display-hover">
<button class="w3-button w3-black">John Doe</button>
</div>
</div>

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You will learn more about animations and effects later in this tutorial.

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<div class="w3-display-container w3-card-4"

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<div class="w3-red w3-display-topleft" style="width:25%;height:40%">
</div>
<div class="w3-red w3-display-topright" style="width:60%;height:40%">
</div>
<div class="w3-red w3-display-bottomleft"
style="width:25%;height:40%"></div>
<div class="w3-red w3-display-bottomright"
style="width:60%;height:40%"></div>
</div>

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Floating Classes
The w3-left class floats an element to the left, the w3-right class floats an element to the right:

w3-left w3-right

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<div class="w3-bar w3-light-grey">
<div class="w3-left w3-red">w3-left</div>
<div class="w3-right w3-blue">w3-right</div>
</div>

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Note: Clear floats with the w3-clear class or put them inside a w3-container, like in the
example above (clears floats automatically).

Hide and Show

Force an element to be shown or hidden with the w3-show or w3-hide class.

Example

<p class="w3-show">I am shown (display: block).</p>

<p class="w3-hide">I am hidden (display: none).</p>

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These classes are often used to toggle between hiding and showing elements:

Example

Toggle hide and show

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The w3-mobile Class

The w3-mobile class adds mobile-first responsiveness to any element.

It adds display:block and width:100% to an element on screens that are less than 600px wide.

Example

<button class="w3-button w3-mobile">Link</button>

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