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CSS - Push My Floats Together?
Okay so i have this:
http://www.prxa.info/area51/ A left and right float, is there a way to push them together? I can't seem to figure out the reason that they are so far apart? Similar TutorialsSo I have a body div which has a left and right div(columns). I need to add 2 more divs inside the left div. But, these 2 divs have to unordered lists in them. I know my CSS is pretty average if not worse. My layout looks fine except for when I add 2 divs.. I have the float:left with %50 widths.. Screen shot of how my layout looks. img209.imageshack.us/img209/2913/idear.gif I did not add any clear tags to my css.. which I think might be what's causing the issue. Side note: In IE compatibility view the top of the page has a gap and so does the right of the page.. the logo and footer are both 100% width and the top div has a -negative margin to close the gap, it looks fine without compatibility view, and fine in firefox, and chrome. XHTML passed validation and so did CSS. This is before even messing with the columns. I didn't do anything with the unordered lists. Maybe i should ask how to correctly make my layout first.. Because what I've been doing is just adding new divs where I see fit, and then going back to edit the CSS till it works. Thanks for helping me out! BTW: what book would you recommend me getting.. I understand basics of CSS and I think I'm good with XHTML, I just need to get a better definition of CSS than w3schools has to offer. Thanks again. I have floating items inside of floating items. The problem is I cannot clear my floating items in the middle column because that ruins the other columns. How can I clear floats in the middle column? Do you have any better ideas to make my layout work? I have attached in image of how the layout should work. Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Title</title>
<style type="text/css">
#content {
display: block;
margin: 0 5px;
padding: 0 10px;
border-top: 1px solid #0B4867;
}
.content100 {
width: 100%;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0 .5% 0 .25%;
display: inline;
background: #ffeeee;
}
.content50 {
width: 48.75%;
display: block;
float: left;
margin: 0 .5% 0 .25%;
padding: 0px;
background: #eeffee;
}
.content33 {
width: 32.25%;
display: block;
float: left;
margin: 0 .5% 0 .25%;
padding: 0px;
background: #eeeeff;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content">
<div style="margin: 0px 215px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; display: block;">
<div class="content100">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Vivamus viverra malesuada turpis. Sed iaculis justo sed turpis. Nulla malesuada turpis sed nibh. Mauris dui quam, cursus at, sollicitudin a, auctor quis, ligula. Vivamus varius blandit velit. Sed eu nibh. Vestibulum sit amet massa. Maecenas elementum massa ac ligula. In vitae massa ut dui facilisis lacinia. Maecenas tristique pede in elit. Duis ultricies aliquam metus. Mauris neque. Nunc nec lectus eu metus rhoncus imperdiet. Etiam egestas semper nunc. Nunc pretium tincidunt felis.
</div>
<div class="content50">
<h2>Row 1, Column 1</h2>
In nec est pretium elit eleifend semper. Suspendisse potenti. Nunc bibendum sollicitudin ante. Aliquam facilisis mi quis turpis. Nullam aliquet. Sed eget urna in metus mattis luctus. Sed nunc. Maecenas est. Morbi ullamcorper eros non magna. Donec auctor, orci pretium rutrum eleifend, pede arcu pretium dui, vitae vestibulum ante odio sit amet dui. Aliquam fringilla velit sit amet magna. Proin cursus, elit quis faucibus fermentum, diam tellus rhoncus nulla, ut iaculis orci velit id metus. Pellentesque diam metus, dapibus eu, vestibulum quis, elementum id, turpis. Morbi elementum, quam non rhoncus hendrerit, metus lacus bibendum ante, vitae sodales velit est eu neque.
</div>
<div class="content50">
<h2>Row 1, Column 2</h2>
This column is not very high.
</div>
<div class="content100">
Donec sed velit mollis erat consequat ornare. Donec accumsan, sapien a posuere tristique, felis turpis tristique odio, nec accumsan velit ipsum eu tellus. Duis vel felis. Maecenas in arcu nec nisi cursus consectetuer. Ut ac felis. Mauris aliquet lectus quis nisl. Aliquam quis urna quis diam facilisis imperdiet. Curabitur sit amet eros. Curabitur purus. In arcu magna, bibendum varius, elementum non, cursus eget, nulla. Etiam vulputate velit. Sed interdum leo in ligula. Sed non justo id odio bibendum tincidunt. Sed dictum, ipsum eget blandit luctus, nisi felis rhoncus nisl, sodales imperdiet neque quam id mauris.
</div>
<div class="content33">
<h2>Row 2 Column 1</h2>
Felis turpis tristique odio, nec accumsan velit ipsum eu tellus. Duis vel felis. Maecenas in arcu nec nisi cursus consectetuer. Ut ac felis. Mauris aliquet lectus quis nisl. Aliquam quis urna quis diam facilisis imperdiet. Curabitur sit amet eros. Curabitur purus. In arcu magna, bibendum varius, elementum non, cursus eget, nulla. Etiam vulputate velit. Sed interdum leo in ligula. Sed non justo id odio bibendum tincidunt. Sed dictum, ipsum eget blandit luctus, nisi felis rhoncus nisl, sodales imperdiet neque quam id mauris.
</div>
<div class="content33">
<h2>Row 2 Column 2</h2>
This column is not as high as the previous one.
</div>
<div class="content33">
<h2>Row 2 Column 3</h2>
</div>
<div class="content100">
Nunc vel arcu. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nam luctus tellus luctus magna. Aenean tellus sapien, venenatis id, hendrerit sit amet, lacinia sed, ante. Nullam metus. Sed cursus lobortis orci. Etiam suscipit, tellus ut rutrum mollis, urna libero ultrices lectus, non hendrerit quam elit id leo. Quisque sollicitudin, mi id imperdiet sollicitudin, orci enim rutrum nibh, non adipiscing diam augue commodo nunc. Maecenas erat massa, sagittis eu, sagittis at, commodo nec, dolor. Aliquam erat volutpat. Donec nisl erat, vulputate id, dictum non, vulputate egestas, sapien. Fusce non justo eu felis imperdiet placerat. Suspendisse mattis. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Ut ac tellus eget risus varius vehicula. In ante.
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Hi! I wanted to add image to the right of the entry form. I managed to do it, but now all stuff is pushed down. Is there ant way to put form and image about 200px up? Yiou may see page he degis.lt/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=3 My problem: There's a banner at the top, but it won't push to the very top or left of the page. There's a padding on the entire page somehow, and I have no idea how to get rid of it. In addition, my nav bar will not come in direct contact with my #main div. I have no idea why, I can't figure it out. I've tried margin:0; on a lot of them, and I have nothing. No idea how this isn't working. Thanks guys! HTML: Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="layout.css"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> <img src="placeholder.jpg"> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="#">Home</a></li> <li><a href="#">Products</a></li> <li><a href="#">About</a></li> <li><a href="#">Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="#">Cart</a></li> <li><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </div> <!--Close #nav--> <div id="main"> <p>Insert Content Here</p> <p>Insert Content Here</p> <p>Insert Content Here</p> <p>Insert Content Here</p> <p>Insert Content Here</p> <p>Insert Content Here</p> <p>Insert Content Here</p> <p>Insert Content Here</p> </div> <!--Close #main--> </div> <!--Close #wrapper--> </body> </html> CSS: Code:
@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */
body {
background-color:#000;
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 1em;
}
#wrapper {
margin: 0em auto;
}
#main {
/* margin-left: 6em;*/
background-color:#333;
color:#FFF;
}
/*
NAV PORTION
*/
#nav {
margin-right: 5em;
text-shadow:#000 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;
}
#nav ul {
list-style-type:none;
display:inline;
}
#nav ul li {
display:inline;
}
#nav a {
display: inline;
color: green;
background-color: navy;
/* width: 5em;*/
padding: .2em .5em;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 1.25em;
border: .1em solid #F0F;
margin:0;
}
#nav a:hover {
background-color: blue;
color: dark green;
}
Suppose I have: Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
//**********************************************************
// This function adds another field to the form based on
// what field name is passed in.
//**********************************************************
function add_item(field) {
if(!document.getElementById) return; //Prevent older browsers from getting any further.
var field_area = document.getElementById(field + '_field');
var all_inputs = field_area.getElementsByTagName("input"); //Get all the input fields in the given area.
// Find the count of the last element of the list. It will be in the format '<field><number>'. If the
// field given in the argument is 'friend_' the last id will be 'friend_4'.
var last_item = all_inputs.length - 1;
var last = all_inputs[last_item].id;
var count = Number(last.split("_")[1]) + 1;
if(document.createElement) { //W3C Dom method.
var li = document.createElement("li");
var input = document.createElement("input");
input.id = field+count;
input.name = field+count;
input.type = "text"; //Type of field - can be any valid input type like text,file,checkbox etc.
li.appendChild(input);
field_area.appendChild(li);
} // end if(document.createElement)
else { //Older Method
field_area.innerHTML += "<li><input name='"+(field+count)+"' id='"+(field+count)+"' type='text' /></li>";
} // end else
} // end function add_item(field)
//**********************************************************
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<table>
<tr>
<td><label for="images">Images (for banner and sidebar)</label></td>
<td>
<ul id="images_field">
<li><input type="text" id="images_0" name="images_0" /></li>
</ul>
</td>
<td><input type="button" id="button" value="Add another image" onclick="add_item('images');" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<label for="misc">Misc. (anything that falls outside of the above categories)</label><br />
<textarea rows="3" cols="3" id="misc" name="misc"></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><input type="submit" id="submit" value="Submit project" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
When I click the add another image button, it will create a new form field for another image. But it keeps stacking them on top of the elements below it. I would like for everything below it to be shifted down when a new element is inserted. I tried the clearfix method but couldn't get it to work. Thoughts? Edited to say that this behavior only appears in FireFox. Hi, This is my first post, and I am grateful for any help. I am new to CSS and I have read and absorbed Simon Collison's very good book "CSS Web Development." My question is quite simple. I have a background-image associated with an ID (shown below) which successfully lays down the image but it does not push text. #mainmenu{ background-image: url(images/mainmenubg.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: top center; text-align:left; } ie, my html or php file might read: <div id="mainmenu> <p>Some text blah blah </div> and the text goes right over the image. Is there a "best way" to ensure that the text appears below the image? I can apply a height variable to the id, and then place the text below the /div, which works, but it is not flexible, ie, if I change the size of the image, I need to adjust the height value, and I am trying to avoid this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Pradhan I have a drop down menu that drops behind my flash element. is there a way to push the flash behind the menu in CSS? Hello, I've had an issue for a while where when the text on the page gets to a certain point it just overlaps the Copyright Information which I want to stay at the bottom of the page. --- (I did look at older forum posts, but with no resolve) --- In the CSS code, I have the copyright (a.k.a. .footerlinks) set with an "Absolute" Position which I know is probably "part of" or "the" problem, but if I change the Positioning the footer ends up on the top of the page or somewhere I don't want it. (** Unfortunately due to New Members not being able to post hyperlinks I am unable to give a link to the webpage or CSS page for viewing. **) But, I have included the code snippet I use for the Footer itself and the "container" and "body" code whether its needed..... body{ margin:0; text-align:center; background-color: #FFFFFF; } .container{ position: relative; width:965px; margin:0 auto 0; height: 100%; } .footerlinks{ position: absolute; top: 1140px; left: 237px; width: 551px; font-size: 75%; font-family: verdana; text-align: center; } CSS is quite new to me so be as specific as possible as to what I should be looking at changing in my code.... Your assistance is much appreciated! Thanks! Dan - I'm attempting to get it so when the main content div exceeds my min-height specifications, that it expands the div, which in turn expands the container with an absolutely positioned footer at bottom:0;. Works fine in all newer browsers with the exception of IE7. What do I need to do to get it to expand in that version? Here is the link to the page: http://www.chcs-ut.com/chcs-new.php And the stylesheet: http://www.chcs-ut.com/css/style.css Also, I would really rather not have to specify a min-height for my main content div. I'd rather just have it automatically fill to 100% of the main container that is set to 100% height and min-height, so that the footer automatically appears at the bottom of the screen if the content is not large enough to push it down there by itself. Can't seem to get it to work, though (in ANY browser) without specifying a min-height for the main content div. Problem with that is different resolutions/browsers would require a different value, so hard-coding it isn't a desireable solution. Any thoughts? EDIT: Both problems were fixed by adding "height:auto !important" to my main content container, instead of specifying a "min-height". Works across the board! Is there a way I can have a div on my page that does not expand the window area (creating scrollbars) when the browser window is too small? I ask because I have a three-column layout, but the left and right columns are merely aesthetic-- they hold no content. The center column is 1000px, which is my limit. So if a user has a screen resolution of 1024 pixels wide, I don't want the left and right columns to cause there to be scrollbars. If my far-left and far-right column divs weren't a set width, that would solve my problem-- but then I need multiple background-images, which is only compatible with Safari. I could also make the <body> have "overflow:hidden", getting rid of scrollbars altogether... but then the valuable content on the middle column would be hidden if the browser window is too small-- plus you wouldn't be able to scroll down! Any ideas? Can you guys tell me why code below does not show properly in firefox 2 when it shows up right in IE7? If I add clear:both to footer then it displays right, but should not it show it alongside the div #2 anyways? Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#">
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<style>
body {
margin:0px;
}
.container {
margin: 0 auto;
height:500px;
width:500px;
border-width:thin;
border-style:dotted;
}
.leftcontent {
float:left;
width:100px;
height:100px;
border-width:thin;
border-style:dotted;
}
.rightcontent {
float:left;
width:100px;
height:100px;
border-width:thin;
border-style:dotted;
}
.footer {
border-style:dotted;
border-width:thin;
height:100px;
width:100px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="leftcontent">
1
</div>
<div class="rightcontent">
2
</div>
<div class="footer">
3
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Hi All, I am almost tearing he little hair I have left out! I can't get the div in the middle to clear the floats. Works just lovely in FF, but that IE thing won't work!!! Grrree http://www.tuxdiscs.com/sscp7b/ Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks Hello everyone, Newbie here Can anyone show me how to CSS objects or text inline horizontally in the banner/header such as at the top of this forum? My banner/header uses large text for a logo on the left, and I would like to put a search form or something on the right side of the header. Do I have to declare the width of each? See how much newbie I am? Thanks for any help. Ken Hello, I'm currently working on a website layout that uses CSS for everything. I have a header, and two columns below that. The header works perfectly. I used float:left on both of my two columns, and they both appear side-by-side as intended. However, I want the right column to fill up the entire right side of the screen. When I try to use CSS's width: 100%; the entire right column jumps down below the left column, which is not what I want. I made a little screenshot: http://img282.echo.cx/img282/6555/tms1od.png I believe it can be done, but I'm stumped. Help is appreciated Hey, yet again I am having issues with some floated elements in IE (6 + 7). Have a look here. The product details start under the bottom of the photo of the product, and I've tried a bunch of different things to get it lined up with no joy. Here's the CSS: Code:
#features {
position:relative;
float:right;
margin:0 20px 20px 20px;
width:350px;
border:1px solid #E1DCC6;
border-top:0;
}
* html #features {
margin:0 10px 0 10px;
}
#features p, #features p strong {
font-size:10px;
margin:4px;
padding:2px;
}
#picbox {
width:350px;
height:350px;
margin:0 20px 0 20px;
float:right;
border:1px solid #E1DCC6;
border-bottom:1px dashed #E1DCC6;
}
* html #picbox {
margin:0 10px 0 10px;
}
#detail-list {
margin:10px 60px;
}
#detail-list li {
list-style:square inside;
margin:2px;
}
#buynow {
margin:5px 10px 5px 30px;
}
#priceTable {
margin:10px 40px;
border:1px solid #E1DCC6;
}
#priceTable td {
padding:4px;
}
#priceTable td.priceRight {
background-color:#E1DCC6;
font-size:14px;
font-weight:bold;
color:red;
}
#priceTable td.priceLeft {
text-align:right;
color:white;
font-weight:bold;
background-color:#B8A488;
}
.liner {
text-decoration:line-through;
}
Any insight, as per usual, is greatly appreciated. Hey, k, as per usual, all's well in FF with this site. The list to the right is forcing the paragraphs below in IE tho...I've tried a bunch of different 'clears' and what not, but can't seem to figure it out. Here's the html; Code:
<div id="homelistbox"><b>Upcoming Tradeshows:</b>
<ul class="homelist">
<li><a href="http://www.torontoinwaterboatshow.com">Toronto In-Water
Boat Show,</a> Sept 14-17 2006</li>
<li><a href="http://www.torontoboatshow.com">Toronto International Boat
Show,</a> Jan. 12-21 2007</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sportsmensshows.com/Ottawa/">Ottawa Boat, Sportsman
and Cottage Show,</a> Feb. 22-25 2007</li>
<li>See the various models of Custom Weld Boats at all these shows.
<a href="contact.php">Contact us</a> for more information about locations
at the shows.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p> Freedom Boat Sales is committed to bringing Canadian recreational enthusiasts
exciting new and pre-owned products for the water, trail, and road.</p>
<p>Flexibility, great pricing, and innovative products will keep you coming
back for all your recreational needs!</p>
<p>Please be advised that we are currently working to improve your online
experience, so your patience is greatly appreciated!</p>
<div class="clear"></div>
and the CSS; Code:
.clear {
clear:both;
margin-top:-1px;
height:1px;
overflow:hidden;
}
p {
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:8pt;
line-height:11pt;
color:#555;
text-decoration:none;
width:650px;
margin-top:5px;
padding:10px;
}
#homelistbox {
width:180px;
padding:5px;
margin:2px 10px;
border-top:1px dotted #CCC;
border-left:1px dotted #CCC;
min-height:120px;
float:right;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:8pt;
color:#255CB8;
}
.homelist li {
margin-top:5px;
padding-left:10px;
list-style:none;
}
.homelist a {
color:#FF0000;
text-decoration:underline;
}
.homelist a:hover {
color:#255CBE;
text-decoration:none;
}
i'm also having similar issues with simple image floats, as seen here. It forces the paragraph underneath in IE...boourns. Anyways, any guidance'd be greatly appreciated. Cheers. This may be a stupid question, but I recently noticed something with floats and side by side elements that confuses me. I thought you always had to specify a width when it came to floating elements along side each other, as block level elements inherit 100% width usually. But on the last 2 sites I coded, I was able to float divs without specifying a fixed width. The div boxes only took up the width of there content. Worked in FF, Chrome, Safari, IE7/8. This is great, as it saves time, but makes no sense. Am I confused? After fighting with JS to get scrolling content to work, I now have a problem with IE8/9, where a wide div bleeds outside of containing div. Works fine in FF and Chrome code and css are in http://rentz.phi.co.uk/testanimate.html Any ideas? Hi There - Am converting another design from tables, working with a CMS (Drupal) and an existing CSS / table combination that I didn't write and have no choice about. Think of the header as having three sections. The top section has logo on the left, search box on the right. Rounded corners. I'm cool with that section. Then there's a space. Created a div for the space. Love the space. Problems with the space in IE. Will go into it later. Then there's the next section. Rounded corners. Contains the entire page. On the left is a pulldown menu, about 1 cm from the top. On the right is a tabbed menu. This menu has flexible height. It needs to be right up against the bottom with the menu below it. Call this section the tabbed menu section. Third section. Immediately below that is a bar menu like the one Apple's got. Looks like a metal bar with divisions. Call this primary links. ---------- First, the space between. In IE, when you roll over the bar menu, the space disappears. Won't come back. Initially, in the second section, floated the pulldown menu left and the tabbed menu right. That worked fine, except that the tabbed menu had a width of 100% and pushed up the pulldown menu so the section was too wide. When I put it to 65%, all hell broke loose with the bar menu in the third section below it and bits of it snuck up into the second section. If I left it alone, and left the tabbed menu at 100%, when I checked over its container with firebug, it said that it was being affected by the primary links. I figured that out also because the background for that container was a really weird color that I finally found in the background of the navigation id and changed to white. Primary was overlapping it so I couldn't see it with firebug. So after fiddling with several clearing methods, I gave up and decided to try a table. Table worked fine, and the second section looks good except that there's a one pixel space between the tabbed menu and the bar menu. --------- It is my greatest wish right now to be able to float the pulldown to the left, the tabbed menu to the right and have the primary links stay below. I wish I could get the space to work and I wish for a clear understanding of it all so I can then figure out where to put the corners. Anyone who can enlighten me on this would have my undying gratitude. I've been working on this all day and the deadline's tomorrow. Code: <div id="top part" logo and searchbox </div> <div> that pesky space that disappears in IE when roll over primary links </div> <div id=navcontainer> dropdown and tabbed menu </div> <div id="navigation" class="menu> <!-- couldn't find the menu class in the css --> <div id="primary" class="clear-block"> contains barmenu - very fussy </div> </div> Here's the relevant CSS: Code:
div#navigation {
background: #fff url(../images/blue/menu-bg.png) 100% 100% repeat-x;
}
#primary {
line-height: 30px;
}
#primary ul {
padding:0;
margin:0;
list-style:none;
}
#primary li {
display:inline;
}
#primary a {
font-weight:bold;
display:block;
float:left;
padding:0px 14px 0px 14px;
margin: 0px 1px 0px 0px;
font-size: 95%;
}
#primary a {
background-position:0% 0px;
}
#primary a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
background-position:0% -42px;
}
#primary a.active {
background-position: 0% -84px;
}
#primary a {
background: url(../images/blue/menu-div.png) 100% 0 repeat-y;
color:#666666;
font-size: 120%;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
}
#primary a:hover {
color: 666666;
background: #B8B8B8;
}
#primary a.active {
color: 666666;
background: #B8B8B8;
}
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