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CSS - Help Me Understand Float, Please!
Can someone please help me understand float! I want the layout as shown on the picture. What is wrong in my HTML/CSS code?
[img]picture.gif[/img] Code: <body> <div id="container"> <div id="heading">heading</div> <div id="picture"><img src="" /></div> <div id="description">description</div> <div id="b1">b1</div> <div id="b2">b2</div> <div id="b3">b3</div> <div id="foot">foot</div> </div> </body> Code:
div {
border:1px solid silver;
}
#container {
width:300px;
}
#heading {
}
#picture {
float:left;
width:200px;
height:200px;
}
#description {
float:left;
width:100px;
}
#b1 {
float:left;
width:50px;
}
#b2 {
float:left;
width:50px;
}
#b3 {
float:left;
width:50px;
}
#foot {
}
Similar Tutorialssubject isn't too good anyhow.. i have 4 cells __ __ |1 | |2 | --- --- __ __ |3| |4 | --- --- 2 and 4 are said to float right, such that 1 and 3 define the height of the page.. but.. when the contents of 2 go LONGER than the contents of 1, number 4 doesn't float right properly.. instead this happens __ __ |1 | |2 | --- | | --- | | |4| --- --- __ |3| --- do you see that? 4 tries to float right, but since it's called underneath 1, and 2 is extended, floating right relative to the page doesn't make it ACTUALLY float right any thoughts that will render this properly? (namely that cells 1 and 3 will inherit the height of 2 and 4 somehow?) 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;
}
This is my first try at css and i have been at it about a week on and off. I have tried to use examples from here and the o'reilly CSS cookbook. I want to create a two column row of pictures with a caption. I selected DIV as the tool (my css is below). The container DIV looks great. I want the div.float, however, to start a second row when a third picture is added and to continue thereafter with successive two column rows. Unfortunately, each of my rows contain only one picture. here is my css style sheet. A demonstration of the problem can be seen at: http://www.yourline-online.com/demo05/?How_to_create_pages Code: div.float {
float: left;
BORDER-RIGHT: #808080 2px solid;
PADDING-RIGHT: 2px;
BORDER-TOP: #808080 2px solid;
PADDING-LEFT: 2px;
FONT-WEIGHT: lighter;
FONT-SIZE: medium;
PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px;
MARGIN: 16px 2%;
BORDER-LEFT: #808080 2px solid;
COLOR: #000000;
PADDING-TOP: 2px;
BORDER-BOTTOM: #808080 2px solid;
HEIGHT: 200px;
WIDTH: 150px;
BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff;
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
div.float p {
text-align: center;
}
div.container {
border: 2px dashed #333;
background-color: #ffe;
}
div.spacer {
clear: both;
}
MY HTML is like this: Code: H1>How to create pages</H1> <P>The headings are used for splitting up the content file. An H1, H2 or H3 heading will dynamically split the document into new pages in the table of contents. An H4-heading is used as a heading within a page. See the following pages...<BR></P> <P></P> <DIV class=container> <DIV class=spacer></DIV> <DIV class=float><IMG height=100 alt="image 1" src="image1.gif" width=100> <P>caption 1</P></DIV> <DIV class=spacer></DIV> <DIV class=float><IMG height=100 alt="image 2" src="image2.gif" width=100> <P>caption 2</P></DIV> <DIV class=spacer> <DIV class=float><IMG height=100 alt="image 3" src="http://www.yourline-online.com/demo05/image3.gif" width=100> <P>caption 3</P></DIV> <DIV class=spacer></DIV></DIV></DIV> Hi all, I have a bit of an odd situation (prob not odd if you seen it before but I have no clue why its doing it!).... I have my webpage: http://www.houseofhawkins.com/index.html which works great in IE. the part in question is the menu tabs at the top. Within IE they keep the width I have given them.. In firefox they only go to the width of the text. They are links with the following CSS attached: div#Header #MenuSection a.MenuTab { PHP Code: filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(endColorstr='#A8DBA8', startColorstr='#A4B7A4', gradientType='0'); font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 1.3em; background-color: #BCD6BC; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #A5BEA5 #BCD6BC #BCD6BC #A5BEA5; margin: 0 5px 0 2px; height: 1.5em; width: 140px; padding: 5px 1px 1px 1px; } div#Header #MenuSection { float:left; margin-top: 30px; } here is the HTML code for that part of the page. PHP Code: <div ID="MenuSection"> <a Class="SelectedMenuTab" Title="You are currently viewing the Home page">Home</a> <a Class="MenuTab" href="" title="Curriculum Vitae for Jonathan Hawkins, Author of House of Hawkins">CV</a> <a Class="MenuTab" href="http://houseofhawkins.com/projects/index.html" title="Portfolio of Work created by Jon Hawkins">Portfolio</a> <a Class="MenuTab" href="" title="Online Photo Gallery of Jon, friends and family">Photo Gallery</a> <a Class="MenuTab" href="http://houseofhawkins.com/games.html" title="Games created by House of Hawkins">Games</a> </div> <div style="clear:left"> </div> I just dont get why firefox wont be nice and give me the width I ask for... the oddest bit is if I put float:left into the menutab part they do work! I wish to understand why its like this... I have attached the CSS and the file if that helps anyone. Thanks for the help and advice. http://www.tonglebeak.com/test.html Why in the world does IE completely mess up the hover effects on the anchor tag whenever first-letter is being applied to the tag? View the source, save and remove the first-letter section, watch hovering work in IE then, etc.., I don't care, I'd just like to know what hack can be applied to make IE work here. okay, so i was trying to accomplish the same thing as the website www.alistapart.com I wanted the same thing for the links up at the top, i achieved this by looking at this websites CSS file. this was teh relevant CSS code: PHP Code: #menu UL { BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; CLEAR: left; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px } #menu UL LI { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FLOAT: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: center } #menu UL LI A { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: x-small; BACKGROUND: #fff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; WIDTH: 118px; COLOR: #c30; LINE-HEIGHT: 2em; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LETTER-SPACING: 1px; HEIGHT: 2em; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-DECORATION: none; voice-family: inherit; } lol so it accomplishes what im looking for but i don't understand WHY it does this. Any help would be great! thanks. I'm trying to get my head round these ... A) .search input, .search .commonButton { margin-right: 7px; vertical-align: middle; } I know what the style parts do, but I don't understand what the first two lines are doing. I think the second line is saying to apply the style to all .commonButton classes within a .search class ??? Don't know about the first. -------------------------------------- B) .buttons div { white-space: nowrap; } does this mean the style is applied to any div elements within the .buttons class? Hi, I was learning CSS and it didn't quite explain what the second img does. Code:
div.img img
{
display: inline;
margin: 3px;
border: 1px solid #ffffff;
}
Also on some sites i noticed it would have more than one tag: Code:
div.img img img img img {}
or Code:
div div div div {}
if you could help, thank you I just started trying to use CSS and I wanted to use a div layout instead of a table layout. The problem I'm having is that the separate divs don't want to sit one on top of the other. They like to have gaps. What do I need to change. I have been looking everywhere. Code:
.color1 {background-color: #411063;}
.color1 a:link {color: #CC9900;}
.color1 a:visited {color: #FFFFFF;}
.color1 a:active {color: #FFFFFF;}
.color1 a:hover {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;}
.color2 {background-color: #B39FC2;}
.color2 a:link {color: #CC9900;}
.color2 a:visited {color: #FFFFFF;}
.color2 a:active {color: #FFFFFF;}
.color2 a:hover {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;}
.color3 {background-color: #E6E8EE;}
.color3 a:link {color: #CC9900;}
.color3 a:visited {color: #FFFFFF;}
.color3 a:active {color: #FFFFFF;}
.color3 a:hover {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;}
body
{
text-align: center;
}
div#document_border
{
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
padding: 2px;
width: 762px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>Print Shop Template</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="print_shop.css"></link>
</head>
<body class="color1">
<div id="document_border">
<div id="title" class="color2">
<h1>McKendree Print Shop</h1>
</div>
<div id="header" class="color1">
<a href="template.html">Links</a>
</div>
<div id="content" class="color3">
<!-- Content Start -->
<p>Template Content</p>
<!-- Content End -->
</div>
<div id="footer" class="color1">
<a href="template.html">Links</a>
</div>
<div id="footer_spacer" class="color2">
<p> </p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
HI guys I'm basically ultra confused as to why a particular div in my layout won't line up on the following page.. http://hcl.uk.com/test/instaffs/enews1/ I'm talking about the orange box on the right hand side. As you can see, in Firefox it sits right against the line above it, yet in IE 6 theres a 4 or 5 pixel gap forcing the box down. I have been through both my CSS and markup and still can't figure out why this happening.. the only thing I can think of is that it's an IE bug that I don't know about. If anyone can take a look and give me some pointers on what it might or could be that would be great. Thanks in advance for all your help. Stu Hi, I'm trying to understand background image use on digg.com. I have Firefox and web developer plugin fired up and looking at the css for the navigation. The link "all" for example has digg[dot]com/img/menu-current.gif image as background, but there's not much positioning in the css... I don't understand how they use this image portions.. Can someone explain? Thanks! Hello! I am learning CSS on my own which is an authentic crusade So i decided to start with blogs since i have one of my own and i want to give it a personal look. I decided to download some blog templates available in the web to open and see how they work, somehow i managed to understand what i wanted but there are somethings that i don't understand. I decided to stick with this blog template but i came to realize that it doesn't show correctly in IE, the side bar color doesn't show and the font size is bigger. I wonder why that happens...can someone tell me? Quote: http:// nicetobehere-btemplates.blogspot.com/ And since the code is too big to post here you can download it from here Quote: http:// btemplates.com/2009/01/16/nice-to-be-here/ I will apreciate very much if you can help me with this!! Hello, i have a very strange problem with css. I want to build a horizontal menu, like tabs. Here is the link of my site. (sorry, its in russian) http://eai.w2o.ru/default.aspx Now you can see red border around the header div. When in layout.css, I remove the border, the header div changes its position (goes down). (in IE and FF (in FF is a little better)) Can you tell me what is my mistake? How can I do the same without that border? Thank you very much! Hi, Im trying to make the orange column fixed width but it doesnt work, when I change the width of the browser window it still changes width. Here is the link: http://www.i3design.com/test/ Here is the CSS: Code:
.left { float: left; }
.right { float: right; }
.clear { clear: both; }
.center { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; }
.hidden { display: none; }
body { color: white; margin: 0; padding: 0; } /* Edited by Goldworker */
div.padded { display: block; }
div.content { width: 75%; margin: 0% 12.5%; } /* Added by Goldworker */
div.login { background-color: black; padding: 0% 12.5%; } /* Edited by Goldworker */
div.logo { background-color: grey; height: 50px; padding: 0% 12.5%; } /* Edited by Goldworker */
div.subnavigation { background-color: brown; }
div.main { color: black; background-color: orange; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; }
div.main div.body { background-color: white; min-width: 75%; }
div.main div.advertisements { width: 250px; display: inline; margin-right: 0px; }
div.footer { background-color: grey; }
Can anyone help. Also, is this well coded, or is it inefficient? James I always have trouble with floats. I'm just trying to get these two bulleted lists to display next to each other so that the page is shorter. It isn't exactly working. Close but not quite. Changing the left margin hasn't helped (even bumped it to 55, but it had no effect.) <span style="float:left;"><h4>New Listings</h4> <p>Be prepared with:</p> <ul> <li>Sales Price</li> <li>Property particulars</li> <li>Company</li> <li>Address</li> <li>Your name</li> <li>Phone number</li> </ul></span> <span style="margin-left: 15em;"><h4>Price and Property Changes</h4> <p>Please state:</p> <ul> <li>Price change or any changes</li> <li>Address</li> <li>Company</li> <li>Name</li> <li>Phone number</li> </ul></span> <span style="float:clear;"><h4>Buyer Wants</h4><span> <p>Describe your buyer's wants and needs. You will have 30 seconds to present your buyer wants.</p> I almost feel guilty about posting this question, as it has probably been answered in some form before and i just need to figure it out myself, but this is giving me some difficulty. My page displays just how I want it right now to display in Firefox. However, in IE6, it does not display correctly. The XHTML and CSS are both validated and it works perfectly in the more "standard-compliant" browser. But I'm sure there is a way to get this to work in IE as well. the site is fusiondesign.awardspace.com (new user policy will not let me use links ) the relevant XHTML: Code: <div id="container">
<div id="nav">
<a href="#" onclick="changeTab('Home','hcontent');" id="Home">Home</a>
<a href="#" onclick="changeTab('About','acontent');" id="About">About</a>
<a href="#" onclick="changeTab('Services','scontent');" id="Services">Services</a>
<a href="#" onclick="changeTab('Order','ocontent');" id="Order">Order</a>
<a href="#" onclick="changeTab('Contact','ccontent');" id="Contact">Contact</a>
<a href="#" onclick="changeTab('Links','lcontent');" id="Links">Links</a>
</div>
<div id="content">
<noscript>
I noticed you have Javascript disabled. This site will not work correctly unless you have Javascript enabled. Please enable Javascript now.
</noscript>
</div>
...
</div>
and the relevant CSS: Code:
div#container {
position:absolute;
left:50%;
top:50%;
width:760px;
height:332px;
margin-left:-380px;
margin-top:-186px;
border:#FFFFFF 1px solid;
}
div#nav {
float:left;
width:170px;
padding:0;
}
div#content {
text-align:justify;
width:558px;
padding:1em;
color:#000000;
height:300px;
overflow:auto;
/*border:#FFFFFF 1px solid;*/
}
Any direct help or a link to a solution would be greatly appreciated Hi, this bug is driving me nuts. I don't know why it happens. All I know is that it is not even consistent. Here's a screenshot of the problem: http://www.argsoccertours.com/float-problem.jpg And here's the code for that part: Code: <p>The bus will take you to your hotel, where you can leave your luggage and take a shower.</p> <p>This day we suggest the Buenos Aires City Tour. Discover one of the most amazing cities in the world. Buenos Aires is a thoroughly modern city with more than 400 years of history. Visit Florida street, one of the most surprising pedestrian streets in South America. You don't want to miss Palermo Soho, the trendiest neighborhood in Argentina, where you will find tourists from all over the Globe;<img src="images/caption10.jpg" alt="Caminito" width="300" height="300" class="floatright" /> visit Puerto Madero, the preferred area for luxury offices and restaurants; and also check out San Isidro, the most exclusive neighborhood in Buenos Aires.</p> <p>You will also get to see Argentina's historic buildings, the <em>Casa Rosada</em> (which means "Pink House" and is the President's office), the <em>Obelisco</em> (a huge tower with a lot of history), and some of the oldest, yet best mantained museums and theaters in the world.</p> <p>Finish the day with a short visit to Recoleta, the neighborhood of choice for expats in Buenos Aires to have a good time and eat at the best restaurants.</p> <h2>Thursday, March 4 - <span class="redsubtitle">Practice + Palermo Soho + Recoleta</span></h2> <p>Your team will have a practice in the morning. A complimentary transfer will be available for you and your Tour Manager will help you with any arrangements that you need.<img src="images/caption11.jpg" alt="Rugby practice" class="floatright" /></p> <p>In the afternoon you can have <em>Tapas</em> -a Spanish typical dish- in Palermo Soho, a place that is so cool you will never forget it.</p> The CSS for floatright is: Code:
.floatright {
float: right;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
}
As you can see in the code, in both cases I insert the image the same way, but the first one looks OK and the second one doesn't. This happens on IE7 (not sure about other versions of IE), but for sure it doesn't happen on FF. Anybody has any clue on what could cause this? Hey all, I'm wanting to create something like this: HEADER TITLE ___________________ TEXT HERE + - _______________________________ TEX HERE + - _______________________________ TEX HERE + - Ignore the underscores. Now I'm trying this code: Code: <div> <h2 style="display:inline;">HEADER TITLE</h2> <div style="float:right; padding:0; margin:0;"> TEXT HERE + - <br /> etc.. </div> </div> But no matter what I try the 'TEXT HERE' does not appear on the same inline and the floated div appears one line down like so: HEADER TITLE _______________________________ TEXT HERE + - _______________________________ TEXT HERE + - _______________________________ TEXT HERE + - Any suggestions on how to correct this? Thanks Basically, following link: www.projectfinalfantasy.com Works fine in FF but IE, it piles the divs under eachother, whether the float tag is applied or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Joe. Thanks for taking the time to read my question. If I use float: none; in my css the result in IE is perfect. However in Firefox it doesn't work. Is there a workaround for this? see "Past Pierced Shows" bottom left corner of page in IE the images and text line up, in Firefox, they are one under another. www.pierced.ca/pierced-events.htm Thanks for the help, Brad |
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