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CSS - Float Over Div With Height/width In Ie
I'm new to css web design and am attempting my first full layout. What I would like to do is have a hanging picture in the upper-righthand corner of the page that overlaps the header and content sections.
All is well, until I specify a width or height on the content section. Although it looks fine in Firefox, IE either: a) moves the content section down or b) squishes the content to the side (if <!--<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>--> is in the html) Here's some much-simplified code to illustrate the problem: 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" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
<link href="images/style_test.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<title>Sandbox</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
#header {
background-color: #cccccc;
border: 1px solid #564b47;
}
#content {
background-color: #c6dedf;
border: 1px solid #564b47;
width: 100%;
height: 400px;
}
#hanging {
float: right;
background-color: #ccff99;
border: 1px solid #564b47;
margin: 20px;
padding: 0;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
clear: right;
}
#footer {
background-color: #cccccc;
border: 1px solid #564b47;
clear: both;
}
</style>
<body>
<div id="hanging"><code>#hanging {<br>
float: right;<br>
background-color: #ccff99;<br>
border: 1px solid #564b47;<br>
margin: 20px;<br>
padding: 0;<br>
width: 300px;<br>
height: 300px;<br>
clear: right;<br>
}</code><p>This SHOULD overlap header & content.</p></div>
<div id="header"><code>#header {<br>
background-color: #cccccc;<br>
border: 1px solid #564b47;<br>
}</code></div>
<div id="content"><code>#content {<br>
background-color: #c6dedf;<br>
border: 1px solid #564b47;<br>
width: 100%; /* hanging doesn't like this */<br>
height: 400px; /* or this in IE*/<br>
}</code></div>
<div id="footer"><code>#footer {<br>
background-color: #cccccc;<br>
border: 1px solid #564b47;<br>
clear: both;
}</code></div>
</body>
</html>
Anyone know a work-around or how to fix this? Thanks! Similar TutorialsHi Guys, Consider the following box: PHP Code: <div style=border: 1mm black Solid; width: 148mm; height: 98mm;'> </div> 148mm + 1mm + 1mm = width of 150mm 98mm + 1mm + 1mm = width of 100mm Now why does neither firefox or ie manage to get it? Firefox is about 2mm out and ie is about 3mm out? Any ideas or is it some quirk? Charlie Hi, I have hit the "wall" in my knowledge of CSS while trying to implement a "flex-width-equal-height-sidebar-layout" style of layout as a skin/theme for a message board system and need some help. My trouble occurs when a direct link to the post is used (instead of following the menu navigation system) where the top menu information/links area (the area between the banner and the post) is chopped off... The relevant portion of the CSS seems to be the .col_wrap {margin-top: 10px; border: 0; overflow: hidden; float: left; width: 100%; position: relative; z-index: 10; clear: both;} portion of my CSS because if I take out the overflow:hidden declaration then the menu portion of the skin/theme/layout shows correctly but the sidebar the shows the part which should be hidden at the bottom and the footer completely vanishes from view! My apologies but this is the best I can do without having the ability to post pics or urls which could better explain what is wrong and frankly speaking I don't know how anyone here can help given my inability to show the problem but hopefully someone knows or has run into this problem before or can offer some resources that may be of assistance.... I have been trying to find a sloution to making a float:right layer for right navigation to have a height of 100% that is nested within a container that is a position:absolute, but everything I have googled for comes up with no help (or things that don't work.) (see attached pic) Code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
<html><head><title>The Shalom Foundation</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
text-align:center;
background-color:#666666;
margin:0 0 50px 0; /* top right bottom left */
}
p{
text-align:justify;
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-size:20px;
line-height:24px;
}
#mainBox {
position:absolute;
right:12px;
top:9px;
padding:0px;
width:733px;
text-align:left;
/* background-color:#999999; */
}
#pageHeader{
height:202px;
background:url(images/layout/header.jpg) no-repeat top left;
padding:0;
margin:0;
text-indent:-15000px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#nav{
position:absolute;
right:546px;
top:178px;
margin:0;
background:url(images/layout/menu.jpg) no-repeat top left;
padding:0;
margin:0;
width:136px;
height:302px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#contentHdr{
position:absolute;
top:178px;
right:125px;
/* background-color:#CCCCCC; */
padding:0;
margin:0;
text-align:right;
width:400px;
height:38px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#contentTop{
position:absolute;
top:220px;
right:110px;
background:url(images/layout/content_top.gif) top left;
padding:0;
margin:0;
text-indent:-15000px;
width:423px;
height:28px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#content{
float:right;
margin:20px 17px 0 0; /* top right bottom left */
background:url(images/layout/content_bg.gif) top left;
padding-left:15px;
padding-right:15px;
padding-top:0;
padding-bottom:0;
width:393px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#rightNav{
float:right;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
padding:0;
margin:0;
width:93px;
height:100%;
clear:both;
overflow:hidden;
}
#pageFooter{
float:right;
background: url(images/layout/footer_matthew5_14.gif) top left;
padding:0;
margin:0;
width:702px;
height:92px;
text-indent:-15000px;
overflow:hidden;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="mainBox">
<div id="pageHeader">The Shalom Foundation</div>
<div id="nav">Nav</div>
<div id="contentHdr"><table width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="middle"><img src="images/layout/hdr_about_us.gif"></td></tr></table></div>
<div id="rightNav"><table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td>rightNav please work</td></tr></table></div>
<div id="contentTop"></div>
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invocat nesciens te?</p></div>
<div id="contentBottom"></div>
<div id="pageFooter">pageFooter</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Is there a solution to this? Thanks in advance! Hey all, up until recently I have used the various styles and hacks using :after or clear:both; to rectify and force divs to clear. However knowing that these methods won't validate and aren't strictly proper, I've decided to ditch all those methods and try to sort floated divs out correctly. Here is the culprit; Code: <div style="height:144px; margin-bottom:10px;"> <div style="height:110px; padding:0px 0px 5px 0px;"> <div style="width:80px; height:110px; float:left;"> <div><!-- DYNAMIC IMAGE --></div> </div> <div style="width:655px; height:110px; float:left;"> <div style="padding:5px 0px 2px 10px;"><!-- DYNAMIC TEXT --></div> <div style="padding:5px 0px 2px 10px;"><!-- DYNAMIC TEXT --></div> <div style="padding:5px 0px 2px 10px;"><!-- DYNAMIC TEXT --></div> <div style="padding:5px 0px 2px 10px;"><!-- DYNAMIC DESCRIPTION --></div> </div> </div> <div style="height:29px; background-color:#D8D8D8;"> <div style="padding:7px 0px 0px 10px; margin:0px 5px 0px 0px; float:left;"><!-- DYNAMIC TEXT --></div> <div style="padding:7px 0px 0px 10px; float:left;"><!-- DYNAMIC TEXT --></div> <div style="padding:3px; float:right;"><!-- DYNAMIC TEXT --></div> </div> </div> The problem is with the contents of <!-- DYNAMIC DESCRIPTION -->. This is user entered through a HTML editor in their admin console. This can have line breaks etc. and therein is where my problem lies. I have restricted the showing of the "Description" text to 175 chars. Meaning, and providing the user enters more than 175 chars before a line break, it would rarely go on to a new line when displayed in the above page. However if a user added multiple line breaks the content would still display overlaying the bottom, and final div. Now I understand I could remove line breaks etc before rendering, but I would like not to have to do that, I would rather the "Description" div stretch to accomodate the text however it presents itself than run the risk of one day having "leaking" overlaying content. I tried the width:100%; overflow:auto; but this results in scrollbars. I don't want to use hidden either because again it rendered badly. I've also used clear:both; on the final div with no joy. Is there anything that can be done? I'm sure there is, maybe I just can't see the wood for the trees at the moment. Any suggestions would be hugely appreciated. Thanks in advance. I have a container containing two other divs. One is to be a left floating menu, and the other is to be a right floating content area. However, when I place these divs in a container that contains a background, the container won't expand as information is placed in the menu or the content area. My code looks like this. HTML: Code: <div class="blog-container"> <div class="blog-menu"> Some Random Menu </div> <div class="blog-content"> Some Random Content </div> </div> CSS: Code:
.blog-container {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
padding-top:15px;
width: 925px;
background-color: #eeeeee;
}
.blog-menu {
float: left;
width: 120px;
border: 1px solid blue;
}
.blog-content {
float: right;
width: 150px;
border: 1px solid red;
}
I really have no idea why it's doing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is the relevant HTML code: <table> <tr> <td> <div style="float:left;"> <div class="middle"><div class="r"><div class="l"> <a id="gridtitle" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="reload()"></a> </div></div></div> <div style="width: 200px;"> <a href="#" onclick="addheader()"><img border="0" src="tab_new_header.png" alt="Delete this grid"/></a> <a href="#" onclick="addfooter()"><img border="0" srctab_new_footer.png" alt="Delete this grid"/></a> </div> </div> <div style="float:right;"> <a href="#" onclick="javascript:toggleLayer('newgrid');"><img border="0" src="button_add.png" alt="Add a grid"/></a> <a href="#" onclick="deleteGrid()"><img border="0" src="button_delete.png" alt="Delete this grid"/></a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div id="gridbox3" class="gridbox" width="870px" height="600px" style="background-color:white;"></div> </td> </tr> </table> And the relevant CSS code [which just sets the background of the tab]: .l {background: url(../../datadir/client/images/billinggrid/name_sidebg1.png) 0 0 no-repeat; height: 43px;} .r {background: url(../../datadir/client/images/billinggrid/name_sidebg2.png) 100% 0 no-repeat; height: 43px;} .middle {background: url(../../datadir/client/images/billinggrid/name_sidebg.png); height: 43px;} This is the output (i can't post images?) http://i34 [.] tinypic [.] com/4hpqag [.] png The first problem I am having is that the div my gridtitle (CIBC) is in does not set its width automatically to the text width. Instaed, it spans the whole table ... Position-wise, I would like the tab with "CIBC" to be to the far left, the header and footer tabs to be right of "CIBC" but still floating left, and the + and x signs to be floating right, all on the same line. Help? Thanks in advance. Hey all... I'm doing some testing in Firefox, and I've encountered a problem. Code: <div style="background-color: #FF9801; height: 33px; width: 99px; text-align: center; display: inline; padding-top: 8px;">Help</div> My intention here is to create a box that is 99px high, 33px wide, and with the text in the middle. In IE6, this appears to be fine. However, when testing it out in FF, I don't get the spacing that I want. Here's the kicker: When I add the float element, (float: left), it comes out the way I want it to. But it does seem to add a bit of whitespace above and to the left of it. I don't want the whitespace! Can anyone help with a compromise that will work in both browsers? My CSS usage has been pretty light until up to this issue. Thanks in advance! basically i want to span an absolute div 100% height and width to cover the whole browser window.. IE fails at this.. what are some methods used to get around this? Hey all, I need an area of content, defined by a div element. I would like it to have a minimum width of 550px, and a minimum height of 500px. However occasionally not everything will fit inside the box. Occasionally the box will contain a picture or word or flash file that exceeds 550px wide. When this happens, I'd like the box to be able to stretch to become wide enough to fit the big word/picture. Likewise when there is too much text, or a picture that is too long, I'd like the box to become tall enough to contain everything. My first attempt was using min-width and min-height. The height worked great, but since divs are block elements, the width would always be 100% instead of 550px. So I then tried adding "display: inline-block;". This made the width work, but now the text didn't automatically go to the next line when it reached the right of the box; instead, the box just increased in width. So to sum it up, I need something like this to have a width and height of 550/500: <div id="test">This sentence is small</div> But this one to stretch to the size required to contain the long word: <div id="test">adsfasdfasdfadfadfasdfasdfasdfasdfadsfasdfasdfadsfasdfasdfasdfasdfad sfasdfasdfadsfasdfasdfadsfasdfasdfadsfasdfasdfasdf</div> Hi, I have a layout to build and I want to make it as accessibile as possible to the user. I therefore want to allow the user to be able to determine the site font sizes while also keeping the layout look as good as possible. The only way I have done this so far is by setting the width and height of other elements (div's mostly) using the em type. Is this ok? Or I am doing this totally wrong? Regards, Sim085 I tried to use height:auto, and put it into the main container, then I put it in the div that is floated. Nothing works in firefox for me. Ive tried searching on google but I cant find anything that works. Basically, its not just an issue with floats, in general, what is the correct way to set divs, to auto expand to cover what is inside and that works in IE, Firefox and safari, is there a way to ? Thanks in advanced. Hey all, I'm playing with an idea to include a 100% width/height log_in iframe to be displayed only if $_SESSION[uid]==''; (user not logged in) utilizing the following in a remote style.css to "show" the home page behind the iframe via opacity of 10%, while the iframe blocks access to it untill user logs in. My problem is that width:100%; height:100%; doesn't work, while pixel width & height does in the following: Code: iframe {
position:absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width:800px;/*works*/
height:800px;/*works*/
/*width:100%; doesn't work*/
/*height:100%; doesn't work*/
z-index: 100;
filter:alpha(opacity=10);
-moz-opacity:.10;
opacity:.10;
}
Hi there Has anyone encountered a bug in IE (6) of extra width, when applying css height property to a div? I set the width of div, via margin Code:
div#footer {
margin: 0px 9%;
height: 40px;
}
When height is specified, the width of the footer is 1px bigger on either side, then other elements with same margin, but no height. This does not happen in other (gecko) browsers! Anyone know a solution, (tantek won't be precise enough with %) ?? Hi, I have a page where I want to display some preformatted code inside a bordered box that has a fixed width/height with automatic scrolling. I can do this with a DIV + several css styles. However, when I generate the same file with Perl/CGI, The width/height stops working (at least not on my browser, Mozilla 1.1). Here is the file that works: Code: <html>
<head>
<style>
.textarealike{
overflow: auto;
border: 2px solid #0000FF;
color: #000000;
height: 30;
width: 350;
font-family: "Courier New";
font-size: 10pt;
padding: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="textarealike"><pre>
Some stuff
Some stuff
Some stuff</pre></div>
</body>
</html>
and here is code that doesn't: Code: <!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<style>
.textarealike{
overflow: auto;
border: 2px solid #0000FF;
color: #000000;
height: 30;
width: 350;
font-family: "Courier New";
font-size: 10pt;
padding: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="textarealike"><pre>
Some stuff
Some stuff
Some stuff</pre></div>
</body>
</html>
The only difference is the DOCTYPE header generated by the CGI script..... and I have no idea why this is: Can anyone help me out? Thanks, Frank The problem I have has arisen whilst trying to create a horizontal and a vertical navigation menu using <li> tags. It is best illustrated by the following example: Code: <div style="width:100%;height:50px;"> <ul> <li style="border:1px solid black;">Hello</li> <li>World</li> </ul> </div> <br /> <div style="width:100px;height:100%;"> <ul> <li style="border:1px solid black;">Hello</li> <li>World</li> </ul> </div> and the CSS Code:
div {
border:0;
background-color:#888888;
}
ul {
margin:0;padding:0;
}
ul li {
float:left;
list-style:none;
background-color:#CCCCCC;
height:50px;
width:100px;
}
The <div> tags are set to 50px height and 100px width respectively. When an <li> element is placed within the div with the same height or width they display the way I intended. However once a 1px border is applied to the <li>'s then in IE the border is counted as part of the width or height. In Firefox the border will add 2px to the starting height and width giving the effect of width:102px or height:52px;. This is massively frustrating as I need each <li> to have the 1px border. It looks different in each browser (I have not tested it in netscape nor opera, but I suspect they will display the same as Firefox.) Can anyone provide a fix to get get round this please? Thank you in advance. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this unless there is a trick or hack....Can u set a background images height & width in a tag? I have a logo'd masthead that I need to reduce when the user wants to print the page. I know I can just create a print-specific image but, I thought I'd ask to see if there was a way to reduce the image thru .css??? thanks! Stephen Hi to all, and thanks a million in advance for help. I have developed a simple online cms and everything is setup correctly but i am stuck at one place. I am unable to make width to 100% when b div is empty i mean a div = 50% width, b div = 50% width, how set it up that when a div is empty then b div goes to 100%width and when b div is empty then a div is 100% width. i hope got my question. because currently i have set in this way. wrapper div = 980px width, a div = 50% width, b div = 50% width, wrapper div end so when a div is empty then b div is still present and that area is empty it destroy the whole look. thanks arsslan Hi. What's em, pt, pc, px, ex, % when declaring width, height or position in CSS? It seems people use different measurement. What exactly are those? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Is there a way to expand the height and width of a DIV to the height and width of the document, not the browser window? When I set it too 100%, and scroll, the div remains the size of the original window. The DIV is for a background grey out screen, and I want it to encompass the height and width of the document and persist when scrolling. Explicitly setting height and width with pixels doesn't work, because that depends on the user's screen resolution. Any thoughts? Many thanks... Hi all, I'm trying to create a simple menu with rollover links using CSS, but while it works in IE, it stops as soon as the link text ends in Firefox. Is this because Friefox is ignoring the width and heigh commands in CSS? And is there any way to fix this? If so, how? I've got this working on Firefox Code:
.menu_item {
}
.menu_item a:link{
width: 163px;
height: 21px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-left: 20px;
background-image: url(menu_rollover_0.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color: #6A7182;
text-decoration: none;
}
.menu_item a:active{
width: 163px;
height: 21px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-left: 20px;
background-image: url(menu_rollover_0.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color: #6A7182;
text-decoration: none;
}
.menu_item a:visited{
width: 163px;
height: 21px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-left: 20px;
background-image: url(menu_rollover_0.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color: #6A7182;
text-decoration: none;
}
.menu_item a:hover{
width: 163px;
height: 21px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-left: 20px;
background-image: url(menu_rollover_1.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color: #ED1C2D;
text-decoration: none;
}
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