|
CSS - Two Columns = 100% Width
Is it possible to to set up two divisions that display next to each other and take up the entire width of page? Neither of the divisions would be static. In my example, the one division would contain an image of variable size and the second division would take up the remainder of the width of the page with text. Is this possible with CSS? I can make this work with tables, but haven't been able to manage it with CSS.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Anne. Similar Tutorialshi, I have 2columns with varying heights. and then I have a div below which spans the width of both. If the right column is taller than the left there is no problem. The underneath div falls under it by 5px. But when the left columns is taller than the right. The column underneath still falls 5px below the right column, but the div below is underneath the left column. anyone know how to get the div below to go 5px below whichever div is tallest? heres the css: PHP Code: #leftColumn { float: left; margin: 10px;; width: 300px; padding: 0; } #register { margin: 20px 0 10px 330px; border: 1px solid #ccc; width: 396px; background: #fff; } #prodBreak { margin: 0 10px; padding: 0; border-top: dashed #666 1px; border-right: solid #ccc 1px; border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #ccc 1px; background: #fff url(../images/break.gif) repeat-x; width: 720px; height: 50px; } ta, if you dont understand the explanation please let me know and ill draw a picture Hi all, I have a mysql database with a list of milkshake flavors. I want to pull those out and display them into 4 columns. No problem there. The hangup is that the width of these columns isn't going to be the same (because the list of milkshake flavors is going to be updated regularly and the display of them is dynamic as well). So, I can have it kick out 4 columns no problem and the width of these columns is based on the longest name in that column (which is what I want, so everything is OK there). The problem is that I want these 4 columns to be grouped together and centered on the page. I got it working in Firefox by making a container div and giving it a {display: table} value... works perfectly. However, that's not the case in IE. In IE, the container div is the width of the entire page and the columns are all left-aligned. Here's the page in question and my code is below. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<style type="text/css">
.mcontainer {
border: 2px solid black;
display: table;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.mcol {
border: 1px solid blue;
float: left;
padding: 0 5px;
font-size: .75em;
text-align: center;
font-family: "trebuchet ms", verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
}
.emptyspacer {
clear: both;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="mcontainer">
<div class="emptyspacer"></div>
<div class="mcol">
Almond<br>
Almond Joy<br>
Amaretto<br>
Apple<br>
Apple Pie<br>
Banana<br>
Banana Pineapple<br>
Banana Split<br>
Black & White<br>
Blackberry<br>
Blueberry<br>
Butterfinger<br>
Butterscotch<br>
California Blend<br>
Caramel<br>
<strike>Caramel Apple</strike><br>
Caribbean Rum<br>
Cheesecake<br>
Cherry<br>
Chocolate<br>
Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter<br>
</div>
<div class="mcol">
Chocolate Cherry<br>
Chocolate Covered Banana<br>
Chocolate Mint<br>
Chocolate Raspberry<br>
Cinnamon<br>
Coconut<br>
Coffee<br>
Cookie Dough<br>
Creamsicle<br>
Creme De Menthe<br>
Double Chocolate<br>
Egg Nog<br>
Grape<br>
Grapefruit<br>
Hazelnut<br>
Heath Bar<br>
Irish Cream<br>
Island Breeze<br>
Key Lime<br>
Kiwi<br>
Kiwi Strawberry<br>
</div>
<div class="mcol">
M&M<br>
Macadamia Nut<br>
Mango<br>
Mango Kiwi<br>
Mango Peach<br>
Maple Walnut<br>
Mocha<br>
Mounds<br>
<strike>Mud Pie</strike><br>
Neapolitan<br>
Nerds<br>
Orange Pineapple<br>
Oreo<br>
<strike>Oreo Green Mint</strike><br>
Peach<br>
Peanut Butter<br>
Peanut Butter & Jelly<br>
Peanut Butter Cup<br>
Pear<br>
Peppermint<br>
<strike>Peppermint Oreo</strike><br>
</div>
<div class="mcol">
Pina Colada<br>
Pineapple<br>
Pistachio<br>
Raspberry<br>
<strike>Raspberry Cheesecake</strike><br>
Reese's Pieces<br>
Root Beer<br>
Rum<br>
<strike>S'mores</strike><br>
Snickers<br>
Strawberry<br>
Strawberry Banana<br>
Strawberry Orange<br>
Swiss Chocolate<br>
Three Musketeers<br>
Toffee<br>
Vanilla<br>
Watermelon<br>
</div>
<div class="emptyspacer"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Hi i want to have a site with 3 columns a header and a footer where the height of the content and both the columns spreads to fill the page even if there is only a few lines of content. Also i wanted to have a margin round the page so that the page doesnt fill the screen horizontal. i cant seem to get it to work correctly does anyone have an example i can look at? cheers Andy 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, 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 I've run into a problem with a 3-column layout I'm making. The problem is to get the columns equally high. Previously I've just made the "illusion" of equally high columns by making a background image and repeating it in the y-direction (like this). This works fine as long as the page has a fixed with - in this case the left and right column have a fixed width but the center column is dynamic. So, how can I make all the columns look equally high? (without using tables, obviously) Btw, I can't show you an example of the page, but hopefully you'll get the picture and could point me to an article or something about the subject. EDIT: Never mind! I found an example and it worked! http://www.pixy.cz/blogg/clanky/css-3col-layout/ <-- thats the one. 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! Hello, I'm working now on div layout that contains 3 sections (header, body, footer) in one centered wrapper with border (divs with background imgs). My problem is: - divs that are in fact borders (id="l_outerborder_b" and id="r_outerborder_b") don't stretch when main container (id="body_content_text") grows. Here is a html code: Code: <!--BEGIN TEMPLATE HEADER -->
<!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>
<link href="template.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="template.js" />
</head>
<body onload="onloadprocedures()">
<div id="main_container">
<div id="template_header">
<div id="tl_outerborder"></div>
<div id="t_outerborder"></div>
<div id="tr_outerborder"></div>
<div id="l_outerborder_h"></div>
<div id="header_content">
<div id="logo"><img src="img/logo.png" alt="" /></div>
<div id="slogan"><img src="img/slogan.png" alt="Centrum zdrowia" /></div>
</div>
<div id="r_outerborder_h"></div>
</div>
<!-- END TEMPLATE HEADER -->
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE BODY -->
<div id="template_body">
<div id="l_outerborder_b"></div>
<div id="body_content">
<div id="body_content_text">
<p>TEST</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="r_outerborder_b"></div>
</div>
<!-- END TEMPLATE BODY -->
<!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE FOOTER -->
<div id="template_footer">
<div style="clear:both"></div>
<div id="l_outerborder_f"></div>
<div id="footer_content"></div>
<div id="l_outerborder_f"></div>
<div id="bl_outerborder"></div>
<div id="b_outerborder"></div>
<div id="br_outerborder"></div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!-- END TEMPLATE FOOTER -->
and CSS: Code: @charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */
body {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, "Times New Roman", Arial;
font-size:12px;
}
a:link {text-decoration: none} /* unvisited link */
a:visited {text-decoration: none} /* visited link */
a:hover {text-decoration: none} /* mouse over link */
a:active {text-decoration: none} /* selected link */
#main_container {
position:relative;
margin:auto;
width:960px;
height:auto;
}
#template_header {
float:left;
position:relative;
width:960px;
height:300px;
}
#header_content {
float:left;
position:relative;
width:900px;
height:270px;
}
#logo {
width:310px;
height:130px;
position:relative;
float:left;
top:0px;
left:0px;
}
#slogan {
width:580px;
height:100px;
position:relative;
float:left;
top:0px;
left:0px;
}
#tl_outerborder {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/tl_outerborder.png);
width:30px;
height:30px;
}
#t_outerborder {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/t_outerborder.png);
width:900px;
height:30px;
}
#tr_outerborder {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/tr_outerborder.png);
width:30px;
height:30px;
}
#l_outerborder_h {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/l_outerborder.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:30px;
height:270px;
}
#r_outerborder_h {
float:right;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/r_outerborder.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:30px;
height:270px;
}
#body_content {
float:left;
position:relative;
width:900px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#body_content_text {
float:left;
position:relative;
width:600px;
margin: auto;
overflow:hidden;
}
#l_outerborder_b {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/l_outerborder.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:30px;
height:inherit;
}
#r_outerborder_b {
float:right;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/r_outerborder.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:30px;
height:inherit;
}
#l_outerborder_f {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/l_outerborder.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:30px;
height:inherit;
}
#r_outerborder_f {
float:right;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/r_outerborder.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
width:30px;
height:inherit;
}
#template_body {
float:left;
position:relative;
width:960px;
overflow:hidden;
}
#bl_outerborder {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/bl_outerborder.png);
width:30px;
height:30px;
}
#b_outerborder {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/b_outerborder.png);
width:900px;
height:30px;
}
#br_outerborder {
float:left;
position:relative;
background-image:url(img/br_outerborder.png);
width:30px;
height:30px;
}
Thanks in advance for info how to stretch those doomed divs EDIT: Here is layout concept. URL hTTp://qsrc.pl/layout.jpg 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 ve been playing with my page and been trying to modify the width of the page (divs) according to the browswer's width. The problem is i want the navigation menu on left to be fixed width (say 200px) and the center div and the right column to be variable width. Also, i want to set a minimum width , so that the floating divs dont roll below the navigation menu. here s the link to the page. try reducing ur browser windows size . the content div rolls down under theleft nav menu. http://ccc.1asphost.com/pacemakerpr...r/cicuitlab.htm Also , i get wierd result in netscape navigator. please help I have an absolutely positioned <div> containing a block of text. I have not specified a width for this <div>. This <div> is nested within another <div> for which I have specified a width of 200px. So something like: html4strict Code: Original - html4strict Code <div style="position: relative; width: 200px;"> <div style="position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 20px; z-index: 100;"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Curabitur eu purus a tellus mollis consequat. Phasellus aliquam sapien quis mauris. </div> </div> <div style="position: relative; width: 200px;"> Since the absolutely positioned <div> is not part of the page's normal flow, I would expect that its width would expand according to its contents (and the browser window's boundries). Instead, in Firefox only, the width of the absolutely positioned <div> expands only to the width of its parent - in this case 200px. Am I doing something wrong? or is there a workaround for this? I have seen a design which I find pretty interesting where in the main site is aligned left and fixed width at say 700px wide. Yet the footer seems to span the entire screen. The header also seems to use the entire screen width but that is beign accomplished with the background image, but this footer goes all the way to end of the screen and naturally adjusts itself under all the content. Is there a way to get this effect? Hello, (please also see attached/uploaded style sheet) I'm puzzled why (in the following code) the TEST #2 table renders as required (i.e. 2 rows in 1 column, all with the same cell WIDTH) but the table in TEST #1 seems to render the table cells (i.e. 2 columns in 1 row) without a common cell WIDTH. How can I get all the cells (there are plenty more!) in table TEST #1 to all be exactly the same width (preferably 85px)? Code: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://thinet/cgi-bin/thinetStyleSheet.css"> TEST #1 <table class="menu" border=1 CELLPADDING=2> <tr> <td class="pinkButtons"><a title="Treats menu" href='http://thinet/theread/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=82'>Treats</a></td> <td class="pinkButtons"><a title="New Starters, Leavers and Transfers" href='http://thinet/theread/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=41'>Joiners etc.</a></td> </tr> </table> <P> TEST #2 <table class="menu" border=1 CELLPADDING=2> <tr><td class="pinkButtons"><a title="Treats menu" href='http://thinet/theread/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=82'>Treats</a></td></tr> <tr><td class="pinkButtons"><a title="New Starters, Leavers and Transfers" href='http://thinet/theread/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=41'>Joiners etc.</a></td></tr> </table> I don't think I've quite grasped the idea of CSS yet?!?! Any help/pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Andy Ok. Here's the problem: I have a asp.net 1.x datagrid inside a floated div and I want the datagrid to stretch the width of the div. This div is in the center of two other floated divs. Is there a way to make a table go 100% the width of its container div? Css code: Code:
/* left bar: */
#navBar{
width: 185px;
float: left;
}
/* right bar: */
#rightModulesContainer {
width: 130px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
float: right;
}
/* center content: */
#content{
padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom:0;
margin-left:4px;
margin-right:0px;
float: left;
text-align:left;
/*display: inline;*/
}
/* contained in #container: */
#dataGridContainer{
margin: 0;
padding-bottom: 10px;
min-width:360px;
}
.categoryGridStyle {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-style: normal;
color: #000000;
width:100%;
}
and here is the layout of the divs: Code: <div id="navBar">left navigation bar here (tree view)</div> <div id="rightModulesContainer">right side bar here</div> <div id="content"><div id="dataGridContainer">datagrid here</div></div> Thanks for your help in advance. I've been messing with this for a while - trying to get it to work cross browser is driving me nuts. I've tried placing the divs in containers and floating the containers, I've tried everything I can think of... I'm at the very very very begaining of a table-less design (my first, actually). The problem is, since I have decided to have a non-fixed width, when the browser is minimized, at a certain point the design breaks. See it here (please don't make fun! it's just the start): SiliconSatan.com/test.php I'd like to set a minimum width, probably on the container <div>, so at a certain point it sort of becomes like a fixed width? No smaller than a set width? [EDIT] Also, I have a question about background color mismatch, but it was not quite OT for the CSS forum: http://forums.devshed.com/web-desig...e7t-403266.html I have a header div with a background image - it's basically a pair of hands holding a banner - the arms extending to the sides of the window. I'm trying to work it so that, no matter how wide or thin the window, the arms will always extend to the sides. So when you make it smaller, the image will disappear beyond the viewing window. This happens automatically on the right-hand side, but the image is stopping it on the left. Is there a way to set a min-width, which is smaller then the image itself, so that when the window is shrunk the image starts to disappear on either side until it reaches the min-width? I'm trying to get it so the arms will disappear and stop at the hands. Or can anyone suggest an alternative solution? I tried to do it with background and header image, with the arms on the background, so when the top image moves it looks like the arms move with it. That worked great until I started using a patterned background. Full width: |---------------------------------------| |AAAAAAAAHHH BBBBBBBBBBBBBB HHHAAAAAAAAA| |---------------------------------------| Shrunk width: ------- |------------------------| -------- AAAAAAA |AHHH BBBBBBBBBBBBBB HHHA| AAAAAAAA ------- |------------------------| -------- Grey bit outside window edge. | Window side A Arms H Hands B Banner I hope that makes sense. I expect there's an easy solution but I've been trying to figure it out for several hours and could do with someone else's perspective. Thanks. I have a page with an ASP.NET Gridview on it...this Gridview is located in a child DIV inside a parent DIV. That Gridview can often go wider than the parent DIV width set. In IE6 the MAINDIV (Parent DIV) would expand to fit the expanded Gridview contained within the child DIV. In IE7 the DIV will not expand so it overlaps the DIV and looks bad. I want that MainDiv to dynamically grow with the child DIV width, like it did in IE6. Please see my code below. I want the MainDiv to remain ~800px unless it is pushed out further. Thanks for any ideas on a fix for this. Whenever I try min-width it just blows the parent DIV out to 100% screen size. Code:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
</head>
<body style="width:100%;text-align:center;background-color:#68838B" onload="loadpage();">
<form id="frmMain" runat="server">
<div id="mainDiv" style="position:relative;top:10px;width:800px;height:auto; background-color:white;border:solid 1px #666666">
<div id="contentDiv" style="text-align:left;width:797px; padding:3px 3px 3px 3px;">
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="contentBody" runat="server"></asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Internet Explorer always presents me with a challenge (partial repost). The current issue involves emulating max-width in IE using the technique described by Svend Tofte. http://www.svendtofte.com/code/max_width_in_ie/ The CSS code uses JavaScript expressions and feeds the browser's width to the style. The CSS code follows. * html #Content { height: 1%; width:expression( document.body.clientWidth > (500/12) * parseInt(document.body.currentStyle.fontSize)? "30em": "auto" ); } This implementation resizes and displays the fluid width in IE. But it does not emulate the max-width property. Basically, I need help fixing the max-width implementation on #Content. Since max-width remains a challenge in IE, the min-width remains a greater mystery. Min-width would be nice as well. The page is complex with several wrappers for other IE display issues and JavaScript functionality. Presently, these workarounds and hacks have my head spinning. The page has an overall wrapper #Container. #Content div has the max-width expression. It encases #div.bgWh, so the page could have true transparent round corners. One issue relates to how div.bgWh expands beyond #Content when the client's browser width approaches 260 pixels. These containers serve a purpose; but IE does not deal with their width in a predictable manner. Fortunately, Firefox does not have these issues. These scenarios leave me scratching my head more often than not. Overflow hidden property has worked for me in the past, but did not provide the magic bullet this time around. Please load the page and shrink you browser to around 260 pixels. Keep your eye on the round corners around the main content area. The container, div.bgWh, expands beyond #Content. Please let me know if you see any relevant patterns and if you have any useful suggestions on implementing max-width. Somebody may suggest better approaches to the IE max-width conundrum. http://neville.f2o.org/nifty_TEMP1.html Styles in Question #Content div.bgWh #Container I'm writing a modification for a bulletin board. One of the beta testers had a problem with their template... My modification uses a left & right float, with a clearing div at the bottom with a copy right. I know the problem, but my question is, why is it a problem: width="75%" will sometimes, in certain templates, make the right floating table drop down beneath the left floating menu, and it's width is 100%. When I change it to inline styling, style="width: 75%;", it works as it should. I'd really like to know why it's doing this, because I've never ran into this before. Here's a slimmed version of the HTML/CSS: Code: <div id="st0re_wrapper" style="float: left; width: 24%; clear: both;"> <table class="borderwrap iptable" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="" class="maintitle"><p>Your Menu</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 5px;" valign="middle"> <div style="margin-left: 5px;"> Sample menu item. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class="borderwrap iptable" style="float: right;" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2" width="75%"> <tr> <td colspan="" class="maintitle"><p>Sample</p></td> </tr> <tr class="row2"> <td valign="top" width="100%"> Sample content. </td> </tr> </table> The used CSS classes a Code:
.ipbtable
{
width: 100%;
}
table.ipbtable,
tr.ipbtable,
td.ipbtable
{
background: transparent;
color: #222;
font-size: 10px;
line-height: 135%;
}
.ipbtable td,
.divpad
{
padding: 5px;
}
.borderwrap,
.borderwrapm
{
background: #edede7;
border: 1px solid #91908B;
color: #55554F;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
.borderwrapm
{
margin: 5px;
}
.borderwrap h3,
.maintitle,
.maintitlecollapse
{
background: url(style_images/convention/maintitle.gif);
color: #f6f4ef;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
margin: -1px;
padding: 7px 7px 7px 12px;
}
.maintitle td
{
color: #EEEDE8;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
.maintitlecollapse
{
border: 1px solid #FFF;
}
.maintitle p,
.maintitlecollapse p,
.formsubtitle p
{
background: transparent !important;
border: 0 !important;
margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
}
st0re_wrapper is just an unused id, besides the inline styling. Code: <tr class='firstrow'> <th width=10%><strong>Rank</strong></th> <th width=40%><strong>Site</strong></th> <th width=25%><strong>In</strong></th> <th width=25%><strong>Out</strong></th> </tr> that makes it exactly the way i want, but when i switch to Code: <tr class='firstrow'> <th style='width=10%'><strong>Rank</strong></th> <th style='width=40%'><strong>Site</strong></th> <th style='width=25%'><strong>In</strong></th> <th style='width=25%'><strong>Out</strong></th> </tr> it is sized naturally. |
|||||||