JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by CodingGuy1984

HTML

<ul class="boxcontainer">
  <li class="containedboxes">Closable Box 1<span class='close'>&times;</span></li>
  <li class="containedboxes">Closable Box 2<span class='close'>&times;</span></li>
  <li class="containedboxes">Closable Box 3<span class='close'>&times;</span></li>
  <li class="containedboxes">Closable Box 4<span class='close'>&times;</span></li>
  <li class="containedboxes">Closable Box 5<span class=close>&times;</span></li>
</ul>

CSS

<style>


    .boxcontainer {
    list-style-type: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    }

    .containedboxes {
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    margin-top: -1px; 
    background-color: #006f9f;
    padding: 12px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 18px;
    color: black;
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    }

    .containedboxes:hover {
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    background-color: #00aed9;
    color: white;
    }

    .close {
    cursor: pointer;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    right: 0%;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    transform: translate(0%, -50%);
    }

    .close:hover {background: #bbb;
    }

</style>

JavaScript

var closebtns = document.getElementsByClassName("close");
var i;


for (i = 0; i < closebtns.length; i++) {
  closebtns[i].addEventListener("click", function() {
    this.parentElement.style.display = 'none';
  });
}