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CSS - How Do I Achieve A Fixed Width Center Column, With Fluid Right/left Columns?
Hi all,
I'm trying to achieve the following: <div id="left">This column is of blue background, and stretches all the way to the left.</div> <div id="center"> THIS COLUMN IS FIXED WIDTH, 760px </div> <div id="right">This column is of red background, and stretches all the way to the right.</div> Hope that is self explanatory.. I've Googled all this but can only find solutions for fluid "center" columns with fixed width right/left columns. I'm trying to do the opposite. Could anyone let me know how I can do this? I've got some messy CSS that definitely needs to be corrected, I'm trying out different things so here's my 'trial& error' code: Code:
#left {
background-color: blue;
float: left;
margin: auto;
position: absolute;
}
#center {
background: #DFDFEB url(../images/body/top.jpg) no-repeat;
width: 760px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#right {
background-color: red;
}
Thanks in advance! Similar TutorialsI'm attempting to get a page that has a header, footer, left navigation bar with a fixed width, with a right "fluid" content section. I can get it to work by giving the main content a "margin-left" of the width of the navigation panel, and absolutely positioning the navigation. Problem is, with the navigation being absolutely positioned, it takes it out of the flow and doesn't push the container to fit its contents. I've trying playing with using floated divs, which is I'm sure the way I'll have to go, but I want the navigation bar to always be a fixed width of 175px, and I want the content section to stretch to fill the remaining space. I'd also like to make sure the content portion appears BEFORE the navigation panel in the order it appears on the HTML for SEO purposes. I'm sure it's easy using Javascript, but I'd like to do a pure CSS solution, if possible. How do I do that? Here is the link if you want to have a look: http://www.chcs-ut.com/support.php?section=technical I need a combination of this: http://bonrouge.com/3c-hf-fixed.php and this: http://bonrouge.com/3c-hf-fluid.php I need the middle column to be a fixed width and the outer two to be fluid. I also need to maintain the 100% with header and footer at top and bottom respectively. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks. I'm trying to construct a complex 3-column CSS layout. I would like the center column to be fixed-width, and the outer columns to split the remainder of the document's width. All 3 columns should be able to contain centered or floated block elements and accept mouse events. Currently, I have approached this problem two nearly-successful ways. The first was to float the outer columns, but then I have no way to make them fill out. The second was to float the outer columns, then set them both to 50% with the appropriate margin set to half the width of the center column, but then I lose mouse event support in the center column because of the margins. The relevant CSS follows: Code: html { height: 100%; width: 100%; }
body { margin: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%; }
#left {
float: left;
height: 100%;
/* 2nd attempt
width: 50%;
margin-right: 305px; */
}
#right {
float: right;
height: 100%;
/* 2nd attempt
width: 50%;
margin-left: 305px; */
}
#center {
margin: auto;
height: 100%;
width: 610px;
}
HTML-wise, the div order is #left, #right, #center. Does anyone know of a way to work around this? Hi All - I've edited the post to try and define my problem a little better. I've also updated the code so it validates. I'm trying to convert a horrendous table layout into CSS. What I need to have is the logo on the left, and the text on the right. The text needs to move with the browser resize - but it needs to stop moving when it gets to be 425px from the left margin. Currently, it keeps moving with the browser but it doesn't stop at the 425px mark. It drops to the bottom, and eventually if you make the window REALLY small, it drops below the logo. I'm sure that I have just got the code all wrong. I guess what I need to know is how do I put a fixed element next to a fluid element and eliminate the drop from happening. What am I missing. This is my current code: Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
<title>Argh</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {margin: 0px; padding: 0; background-color:#ffffff;}
#header {height: 80px; width: 100%; background-image: url(icon_bg_grad.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment:fixed;}
#nav {clear: both; height: 25px; background-image: url(icon_grad2.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">
<div style="width: 425px; float: left;">
<img src="logo.jpg" width="220" height="66" alt="logo">
</div>
<div style="float: right;">
<p>This is annoying</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="nav">
</div>
</body>
</html>
I've noticed a trend in recent CSS sites with a header, content and perhaps double footer. Each of these sections has a fixed width for the content but the backgrounds for each section are liquid and each has a unique colour. I've been trying to replicate this effect on a clients site but I just can't seem to make it work. Does anyone have any ideas? This is the technique I've been using: Code: <div id="header-fluid"> <div id="header-fixed"> <div id="header"></div> <div id="nav"></div> </div><!-- head-fixed --> </div><!-- head-fluid --> Code: <div id="content-fluid"> <div id="content-fixed"> <div id="content"></div> </div><!-- content-fixed --> </div><!-- content-fluid --> Code: <div id="footer1-fluid"> <div id="footer1-fixed"> <div id="sponsors"></div> </div><!-- footer1-fixed --> </div><!-- footer1-fluid --> Code: <div id="footer2-fluid"> <div id="footer2-fixed"> <div id="copyright"></div> </div><!-- footer2-fixed --> </div><!-- footer2-fluid --> Thanks for your time on this!! Hanek Hi, I'm attempting to apply a left and right image to a tab when hovered. The images aren't simply curved corners, but rather curved inwards corners at the top and outwards at the bottom. The tabs are all of different widths and I'd like to avoid using a class for each tab obviously. here's an image depicting what I mean: So the issue is essentially that I need the a:hover class to apply two background images - one on the left, one on the right - as one image can't deal with different sized tabs. I know that won't be possible until CSS3, but I know there must be a way to do this with today's standards. The image is of the tab on hover. Without hover, it's just the plain gray background to the left and right of it. There's probably a method for these sort of issues on A List Apart or something, but I can't find one. Anybody have anything on hand, or any suggestions? Your help is appreciated. Thanks in advance! Hi I am trying to make a table to display some stuff within a fix sized window. I want to have 5 columns of fixed width and one column that spans the rest of the remaining space. The Idea is to allow the widths of the first 5 columns to be changed by a script and having the last one adapting as needed... html Code: Original - html Code <div class="container"><table cellspacing="0"> <colgroup> <col width="40" /> <col width="220" /> <col width="120" /> <col width="65" /> <col width="40" /> </colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>A</th> <th>B</th> <th>C</th> <th>D</th> <th>E</th> <th style="width: 100%;></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td style="width: 100%;></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <div class="container"><table cellspacing="0"> <colgroup> <col width="40" /> <col width="220" /> <col width="120" /> <col width="65" /> <col width="40" /> </colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>A</th> <th>B</th> <th>C</th> <th>D</th> <th>E</th> <th style="width: 100%;></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td style="width: 100%;></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> css Code: Original - css Code div.container { height: 400px; width: 800px; overflow: scroll; } table { width: 100%; } td { border-style: solid; border-color: silver; border-width: 0px; padding: 1px 3px; } th { border-style: outset; border-color: silver; border-width: 2px; background: silver; padding: 1px 3px; }
It really does fill the entire space but the last column crushes all the other into their minimal width resulting in linebreaks between words inside the cells... Please help me Hello, I am having difficulty with the center column on the following page: http://cbo4edu.org/index2.html I want to widen the center column so that the CBO NEWS heading touches the blue line which divides the center and right column. When I try to add width to the style sheet the left column moves out of alignment. Any help is much appreciated, thanks! Hi, I'm wondering how do you make two divs next to each other, in line with each other, but have one to the left be a set width, and the one on the right be everything else that is left (changes as the user scales the browser). Here is an example: ( -100px- )( ---------everything else that is left---------- ) (more stuff can go here now) I'm having trouble having one float: left and width: 100px, the other float: right and width: 100% (I think this part is the problem). Ok, so I'm really new to this, but I've spent several hours over the last few days tinkering with things but nothing I'm doing works: In my two column CSS layout my left navigational column is stuck hanging out underneath the center column. It looks like this both in IE and Firefox. I've searched around on here and haven't found anything, but maybe I'm not using the right keywords. Any help or suggestions for this newbie greatly appreciated! My html code: 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>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content=
"text/html; charset=us-ascii" />
<title>Art</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<!-- begin header -->
<div id="header"><center><img src="logo.jpg" alt="logo" /></center></div>
<!-- end header -->
<!--begin container div - no content should be outside of the container div -->
<div id="container">
<!-- begin main content -->
<div id="center" class="column">
<br />
<img alt="Still Life" src="slc08.jpg" height="391" width="784" />
<h5>Still Life with Colour '08</h5>
</div>
<!-- end main content -->
<!--begin left nav list -->
<div id="left" class="column">
<br />
<ul class="nav">
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="about.html">About the Artist</a></li>
<li><a href="resume.html">Artist's Resume</a></li>
<li><a href="gallery.html">Gallery</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<!--end left nav list -->
<!--close content div -->
</div>
<!--begin footer information -->
<div id="footer">
<center><p class="foot">Copyright 2008</p></center>
</div>
<!-- end footer information -->
</body>
</html>
My CSS Code: Code: body{
background-color: White;
font-size: 16px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#header{
background-color:#333;
height:150px;
}
#container {
padding-left: 200px; /* LC width */
padding-right: 100px; /* RC width */
}
#left{
float:left;
width:200px;
background-color:#afeeee;
min-height:650px; /* for modern browsers */
height:auto !important; /* for modern browsers */
height:650px; /* for IE5.x and IE6 */
}
#center {
background-color:#ffffff;
min-height:650px; /* for modern browsers */
height:auto !important; /* for modern browsers */
height:650px; /* for IE5.x and IE6 */
}
#footer {
clear:both;
background-color:#48d1cc;
height:100px;
}
/*** IE6 Fix ***/
* html #left {
left: 150px; /* RC width */
}
p {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: large;
}
ul.nav {
list-style: none;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: large;
}
ul.resume {
list-style: disc;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: medium;
line-height: 1.3em;
}
#left a {
border-bottom: 1px solid #333;
border-top: 1px solid #333;
display: inline;
font-family: tahoma,verdana,sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 2.75em;
margin: 0;
margin-right: 2px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
}
#foot {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: xx-small;
}
Hello, im trying to make Fixed width 3 columns (each column have fixed width) layout 100% height with header and footer. -Well I see alot of examples around the web, but i dont see complete one and im really tired of searching, i made the Fixed width 3 comlumns layout, left and right are absolute position, and center is relative to the header -the problem is that all columns dont fill the whole height of the browser windows, the footer doesnot work good. so the whole thing is missed up, so please show 100% working example of what i need. Thanks in Advanced Samer Link he rpisolution dot com/test/ Ok, the fixed-fluid-fixed part of the layout seems to work ok in the latest firefox and IE7 but it's broken in IE6 and possibly other versions. Could you guys take a look at the css? rpisolution dot com/test/css/style.css and see if you see what is breaking it in IE6, i thought I had put a hack that was supposed to fix the issues. btw, i know the CSS is probably ugly. sorry about that. thanks The link to my page is: crowncontainer.com/dev/activity_test.php you'll have to post the www. in front, i'm a new user and can't post URL???? I have validated both the CSS and the XHTML. If you open in IE, the width starts out at 200px, which is what I've defined in CSS. If you open it in Firefox, it is wider and I don't know why? Also - when you click on the submit button, the program will return data in an AJAX call and the data will load in a div directly underneath the form. When the data is returned in IE, the width of the left nav will increase to the same width that displays in Firefox. Because of this, I have to believe that there is some buggy code that causes it to 'sort of' work in IE but not in Firefox? Can someone take a stab at this and help me? I want to keep my left nav width to 200px; Hello all, I am implementing a 2 column fixed width template. The problem is that the smaller column does not stretch to match the height of the taller column. All of the online templates I have found remedy this problem by setting a 1 px high background image to span the width of the container div. My problem is that I would like to place an image at the top and bottom of the smaller column. How can I achieve this? Currently I have 2 fixed columns and a fluid center column. When I resize the window horizontally I want the columns to stay fixed until the center column will begin to overlap the side columns, at which point I'd like the side columns to begin fluidly squashing to accommodate. Is it possible to do this? Only thing I know of is max-width, but I'm not sure if that's correct as I've never used it before. Any help would be VERY appreciated guys, as I need to know this quite soon. -Luke Hi, I have a multi-column layout where I want every column to always be the same height. Any one of the columns may be the longest on any given page, so the other columns have to automatically adjust to match that height. Usually I'd just use the faux column technique where you repeat a background image, but that won't work because of two elements on this page: 1. each column has a border all the way around it. 2. one column resizes with the page. I've read the articles on liquid layouts with faux columns, but as far as I can tell those techniques won't work if your columns have borders. Does anyone know any technique that would work here? Thanks. Hello I'm kinda new to css. (PHP programmer by day) and would like some help making something like this. stevenbarre dot com / sample.jpg I want the whole thing to stay in the browser (100% width and height) so you never get scroll bars. The top orange part should have a height in px as well as the bottom purple part. The green should have a width in px and the blue should be whatever is left over. I've done some googleing but haven't been able to find much on 100% height designs. Your help is much appreciated as well as links. hi all, right have got a problem which has been bugging me for days now. i have 4 columns in a row (inside a wapper div)which all will have different content image, text other divs/classes etc. now one of these columns will be quite fluid as it will have different text on each page meaning it will be quite long on some pages not on others. the problem i am getting is in the good browsers firefox etc its ok in IE6+. the wapper does'nt seem to see the divs in the content meaning it does not get filled, meaning that the footer flys to the top and not where it should be, i dont have a live version but heres the code: mainly thanks Dan <!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> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- #con { width:940px; height:400px; background-color:#00FFFF; } #wapper { width:940px; background-color:#006666; } #box { width:940px; background-color:#000033; height:40px; } #menu-pronuptia { width:185px; background-color:#6633CC; float:left; display:inline; } #menu-pronuptia1 { width:185px; background-color:#009900; display:inline; float:left; } #menu-pronuptia2 { width:385px; background-color:#0033CC; display:inline; float:left; clear:inherit; } #menu-pronuptia3 { width:185px; background-color:#CCCC33; display:inline; float:left; } --> </style> </head> <body> <div id="wapper"> <div id="menu-pronuptia"> <p>test</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div id="menu-pronuptia1"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div id="menu-pronuptia2"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div id="menu-pronuptia3"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div id="box"> <p><br /> </div> </body> </html> I have found many different ways of doing the 3 column fluid layout on the net... http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ThreeColumnLayouts But none of theme seem simple enough to implement 3 fluid columns where each column is a percentage. I have found a couple, but modifying the css to find my percentage needs loses the effect often times because the css code is long and complicated with many embeded divs. Isnt there an easy way to have a header at top, 3 columns (20%,60%,20% widths) each stretching the same height and a footer at the end? I thought that floating would work, but i get mixed and undesired output in IE and FF. Thanks to all that contribute. Hello, I came to this forum for help a couple months ago and was very impressed with how my questions were answered, so I hope nobody minds me coming around again. I've begun to create a stylesheet for my website that is completely fluid, rather than the 500px wide container my old stylesheet has. I've run into a couple problems that may or may not be related: 1) In my header div, I have an <h1> element and a <ul> that I'd like to be on the same line, but they're on different ones. 2) Both Firefox and Safari draw unnecessary scroll bars (both vertical and horizontal). 3) Sometimes my footer div will inch up from the bottom of the screen, where I'd hoped to leave it anchored. Here is a test html: http://www.bsuto.com/test.html and here is the css: http://www.bsuto.com/fluid.css Thanks! -Brian |
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