---
category: Display
created: '2020-01-10'
description: Fading long section to indicate there is more content
keywords: css fading overflow, css linear gradient
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/fading-long-section.png
title: Fading long section
---

The pattern is often used to indicate there is more content.

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="fading-long-section">
    <!-- Main content -->
    <div class="fading-long-section__content">...</div>

    <!-- The faded element -->
    <div class="fading-long-section__fading"></div>
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.fading-long-section {
    /* Used to position the faded element */
    position: relative;
}

.fading-long-section__content {
    /* Height */
    height: 100%;
    overflow-y: hidden;
}

.fading-long-section__fading {
    /* Displayed at the bottom */
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;

    /* Size */
    height: 2rem;
    width: 100%;

    /* Gradient background */
    background: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01), #fff);
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.rectangle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    margin: 0.5rem 0;
    height: var(--rectangle-height);
    width: var(--rectangle-width);
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-width: 20%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-width: 40%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-width: 60%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-width: 80%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-width: 100%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-height: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-height: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-height: 4rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-height: 20%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-height: 40%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-height: 60%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-height: 80%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-height: 100%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-width: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-width: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-width: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
.fading-long-section {
    /* Used to position the faded element */
    position: relative;

    height: 24rem;
}

.fading-long-section__content {
    /* Height */
    height: 100%;
    overflow-y: hidden;
}

.fading-long-section__fading {
    /* Displayed at the bottom */
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;

    /* Size */
    height: 2rem;
    width: 100%;

    /* Gradient background */
    background: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01), #fff);
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="fading-long-section">
    <div class="fading-long-section__content">
        <div class="lines">
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--40"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--80"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--60"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div>

            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--40"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--80"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--60"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div>

            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--40"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--80"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--60"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div>

            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--40"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--80"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--60"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div>

            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--40"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--80"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--60"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
            <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="fading-long-section__fading"></div>
</div>
```
</Playground>

## See also

-   [Create a reference using React.createRef()](https://phuoc.ng/collection/react-ref/create-a-reference-using-react-create-ref/)
-   [Customer logos marquee](https://phuoc.ng/collection/css-animation/customer-logos-marquee/)