display a grid <p> row vs a grid <div> row [duplicate] - css

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What is the default padding and/or margin for a p element (reset css)?
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And why is a grid row <p> different then a grid row <div> ???
Sorry if it's something obvious but it just doesn't make any sense to me XD
.container {
display: grid;
grid-auto-rows: 20px;
grid-auto-columns: auto;
grid-row-gap: 5px;
}
.box {
display: block;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
<div class="container">
<p class="box">test</p>
<div class="box">test</div>
<div class="box">test</div>
</div>

The largest difference between using <p> and <div> USED TO BE that you cannot nest additional elements inside <p> the way you can using <div>. However, the <p> tag seems to have become more forgiving in HTML5, making this allowable - any phrasing elements (including images and other <p> tags) work fine. The main reason to pick one over the other in MODERN DAY is 1) It marks a semantic difference, making the code more readable by others, and 2) <p> by default adds a margin above and below the paragraph, while <div> adds no additional margin.

The height of the p element is 0. I'm not exactly sure why but the grid-auto-rows rule for the grid container is causing it. Without it, the p balloons to 50px hight, including padding.
This padding is something the browser set. I like to use a css reset. They are simple CSS rules that undo the common problems these default styles cause. There are SEVERAL of these and people prefer different resets for different reasons. I rather like this one
EDIT: fixed code snippet.
.container {
display: grid;
grid-auto-rows: 20px;
grid-auto-columns: auto;
grid-row-gap: 5px;
}
.box {
display: block;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: lightgreen;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
<div class="container">
<p class="box">test</p>
<div class="box">test</div>
<div class="box">test</div>
</div>

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Equal column widths in CSS with container only as wide as children's combined width

I basically have the question as this one, except that every answer seems to think the OP wants the container .row element to grow to effectively have width: 100% (which they never state that they want, but nor have they corrected the assumption of any of the answers). This question also seems to be similar, if not the same, as mine, but has no accepted answer and the upvoted answer didn't work for me.
I'm trying to achieve sibling elements in a row where each sibling's width is the width of the widest sibling (auto-fit to its contents), but crucially where the parent row element itself does not grow to 100% of its own parent but rather grows only to the total combined width of its children.
I've tried dozens of suggestions without any success. Here's what I consider the closest I've managed:
.full-width-banner {
width: 100%;
background-color: #aaa;
padding: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.days-of-week {
display: grid;
grid-auto-columns: max-content;
}
.item {
padding: 2px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="full-width-banner">Hi there!</div>
<div class="days-of-week">
<div class="item">Monday</div>
<div class="item">Tuesday</div>
<div class="item">Wednesday</div>
<div class="item">Thurdsday</div>
<div class="item">Friday</div>
<div class="item">Saturday</div>
<div class="item">Sunday</div>
</div>
</div>
This does set all of the siblings - the days of the week - to have equal widths as required, but it stacks them rather than showing them inline. I thought adding grid-auto-flow: column; to the .days-of-week element might fix it, but whilst that does cause the days to be displayed inline, their widths revert to match their respective contents.
So, using CSS grid, how can I get the days of the week elements to all have equal widths no greater than the natural width (as prescribed by its content) of the widest element?
You need to do like below:
.full-width-banner {
background-color: #aaa;
padding: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.days-of-week {
display: inline-grid; /* inline grid */
grid-auto-columns: 1fr; /* all of them the same size */
grid-auto-flow:column; /* a column flow */
}
.item {
padding: 2px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="full-width-banner">Hi there!</div>
<div class="days-of-week">
<div class="item">Monday</div>
<div class="item">Tuesday</div>
<div class="item">Wednesday</div>
<div class="item">Thurdsday</div>
<div class="item">Friday</div>
<div class="item">Saturday</div>
<div class="item">Sunday</div>
</div>

CSS Grid - How to make items responsive

I was trying to make the 2 items (box1 and box2) responsive on small screen, but I couldn't seem to figure it out. Please help. Thanks!
<html lang="en">
<head>
<style>
body{
background: lightblue;
}
.container{
padding:10px;
display: grid;
background: lightyellow;
width:100%;
grid-gap:5px;
justify-content:center;
grid-auto-flow: column;
grid-auto-columns: 300px 100px;
}
.box1{
background: lightgray;
min-height:150px;
}
.box2{
background: lightgreen;
min-height:150px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="box box1">BOX 1</div>
<div class="box box2">BOX 2</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You've told the columns to be a fixed width...so they're naturally not responsive.
Use percentage or fractional values instead.
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
::before,
::after {
box-sizing: inherit;
}
body {
background: lightblue;
}
.container {
padding: 10px;
display: grid;
background: lightyellow;
width: 100%;
grid-gap: 5px;
justify-content: center;
grid-auto-flow: column;
grid-auto-columns: 3fr 1fr;
}
.box1 {
background: lightgray;
min-height: 150px;
}
.box2 {
background: lightgreen;
min-height: 150px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="box box1">BOX 1</div>
<div class="box box2">BOX 2</div>
</div>
grid-auto-columns: 300px 100px;
in that line above you use ABSOLUTE sizes. If you want them to be responsive use % instead of px.
something like
grid-auto-columns: 30% 10%;
Any time you use fixed pixel widths, your elements will remain at that size and not be responsive.
The quick and easy solution to this is to switch to percentage widths, which tells the element to be a proportion of its container's size. Assuming the container is itself responsive, then this will make your elements change size according to the width of the screens. You need to do this all the way through your CSS, as any fixed sizes further up the element tree could stop everything inside from responding.
However, a naive percentage figure is often not a perfect solution, because things may not look right with the same proportions at lower screen sizes. For example, a three-column layout may shrink down, but it will look very squashed on a small mobile phone screen.
There are a bunch of solutions to this, and the exact answer will depend on your page design and your preferences.
First up, consider using min-width and max-width with pixel sizes to limit the sizes of your elements. These CSS values will override the percentage if the percentage figure causes them to go above or below the max or min width that you specify. This can be helpful for preventing things from getting exessively squashed or stretched out while still responding appropriately within the desired range.
Next, you need to know about Media Queries. This is a CSS feature that allows you to specify CSS that is only applied when the browser size is within a specified range. (Media queries can do a lot more than this, but I'll leave it to you to investigate them further)
An example might help here:
#media(max-width:600px) {
.container {
grid-auto-flow: unset;
grid-auto-columns: unset;
}
}
The example above uses a media query to switch off your columns if the browser width is 600 pixels or less. For narrow browsers, a column-based layout may not be appropriate, so switching away from it at low resolutions is often a good idea.

CSS Flex Box Gallery Issue

Currently I try to create an "image gallery" with flex box.
This is what I currently have: https://jsfiddle.net/neu28Lnc/2/
The width of the images are always 50% - meaning I will always have 2 images next to each other.
Height of the page is not fixed - you should be able to scroll / add more images.
The problem I have, is that I want to remove the gaps between those images.
Like this: https://jsfiddle.net/neu28Lnc/1/ (hard coded with margins).
Usually I would use flex-direction: column; but since I have a no height, it will never wrap to a 2nd column.
Maybe some of you can help me with my issue / have a better solution.
Thanks in advance.
Syllz
You can do something with css Grid, but after all, css grid is more for grids, of course.
A grid is made of lines which supports each other. Each rectangular form drawn by those lines inevitably share a common horizontal and vertical line.
Flexbox is another option, but you have to set a height to your container so that columns wrap with the flex-direction: column.
If you have a lot of elements, and they exceed the space given by the height we have established, the container will break, with the remaining elements showing up on one side.
The best option here is Multi-column. Example
Cons:
- We can't have an item span more than 1 column.
- The items aren`t listed horizontally.
For me is the best "css only" solution.
W3C - CSS Multiple Columns
You can use masonary using grid layout. Hope this is helpful to you.
.container {
display: grid;
grid-gap: 10px;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
grid-auto-rows: 20px;
}
.image {
height: 50px;
background: #ddd;
}
.image2 {
height: 150px;
background: #abc;
}
.image3 {
height: 180px;
background: #def;
}
.image4 {
height: 30px;
background: #fad;
}
.image5 {
height: 150px;
background: #ddd;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="image img">img1</div>
<div class="image2 img">img2</div>
<div class="image3 img">img3</div>
<div class="image4 img">img4</div>
<div class="image5 img">img5</div>
<div class="image img">img1</div>
<div class="image2 img">img2</div>
<div class="image3 img">img3</div>
<div class="image4 img">img4</div>
<div class="image5 img">img5</div>
</div>

How to auto justify divs in CSS

I have a little question about CSS : I would like to do some responsive stuff with divs.
To be more precise, I would like to have a big div containing little divs inside. Those divs may vary in number, but they should all have a fixed size (for example, let's say 250px). So I would like to know if there is a way to make a kind of flex solution, so that divs are always justified, and as soon as the screen is to small to show for example 6 little divs per line, it only shows 5 divs per line.
I am pretty sure, that is not very clear, so here are two draws :
This is the first situation, the div is large enought to have 4 subdivs per line
Then, this div can't display 4 subdivs per line : so it shows 3 subdivs
Flexbox is useful here. Here's a Codepen that does what you're looking for:
https://codepen.io/ksmessy/pen/rmRbdL
As you shrink the window, the items will wrap to the next line. I separated the 3 flex properties in .flexparent with a line break so you can see what is causing this behavior.
HTML:
<div class="flexparent">
<div class="flexchild"></div>
<div class="flexchild"></div>
<div class="flexchild"></div>
<div class="flexchild"></div>
<div class="flexchild"></div>
</div>
CSS:
.flexparent {
border: 3px solid black;
width: 550px;
max-width: 100%;
padding: 10px;
box-sizing: border-box;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: flex-start;
}
.flexchild {
border: 1px solid red;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
margin: 10px;
}

Fixed width columns with fluid gutters

I know this can be done with columns, but I have to support IE.
I'm trying to get to a layout whose columns are all fixed width, with the gutters being fluid.
I couldn't get this to work with floats, so I settled on using justified inline-block items:
HTML
<div class="wrapper">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<!-- more divs... -->
</div>
CSS
.wrapper {
text-align: justify;
}
.wrapper div {
width: 100px;
display: inline-block;
}
This works wonderfully, but the last row of divs are all aligned to the left: http://jsfiddle.net/EsHh3/
The only solution I found is to add additional unnecessary divs: http://jsfiddle.net/EsHh3/1/
I feel uncomfortable about this, so I'd like to know if there are any other options.
Please don't tell me not to re-invent the wheel. I have not found any fluid grid system that supports fluid gutters.
For what you want to do, I'm afraid a CSS only solution is not available at the moment, much less if you want it to work in IE8.
Since you want to have (a) items that are in the HTML source as a list (b) a variable number of columns depending on available space (c) column spacing depending on width of container I think the solution you'll need would have to employ at least a bit of javascript.
Consider on of the frameworks proposed in the other answers. One I've worked with and could do what you want is Masonry (or the for-pay bigger brother Isotope). (There's also a non-jQuery version of Masonry). You'll have to come up with a function that when the page is resized, recalculates the desired gutter and reconfigures the framework. Something along the lines of calculating x = how many items would fit per line based on the container width and item width and then dividing the remaining space by x-1.
If you want to stick with the idea of adding extra DIV's to the markup, an alternative would be to listen to resize events, and add DIVs as needed based on the width and how many items would fit per line.
ORIGINAL ANSWER, which failed to fit all the criteria.
Since you're relying on text-align: justified the reason the last line doesn't expand to the full width is because there's no line break at the end of it. So to accomplish that we add an extra element with an wrapper:after {} rule, that is also an inline block with a width of 100% so it guaranties a line break.
See fiddle
The CSS ends up something like:
.wrapper {
text-align: justify;
width: 380px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.wrapper div {
width: 100px;
display: inline-block;
}
.wrapper:after {content: ''; width: 100%; display: inline-block; background: pink; height: 2px; overflow: hidden}
Note that the pink background is there so that you can see where the element is. You might need to play with the border/margin/padding of that extra element or the wrapper so that content that comes after wrapper doesn't gain extra margin. In chrome unfortunately there's a slight missalignment of the last row items, possibly because of the extra space between the last DIV and the fake element.
Hey I don't know why you want a fluid gutter, but I have a simple grid sample which you might want to have a look and if you want to see the css then click the SCSS on the codepen site. Also, if you are learning then this sample is very good start point for how to make your own grid. Also, to avoid yourself reinventing the wheel you might want to try different grid frameworks out there. Just google css grid frameworks.
you can try this:
.wrapper {
text-align: justify;
width: 380px;
margin: 0 auto;
moz-column-count: 3;
-moz-column-gap: 20px;
-webkit-column-count: 3;
-webkit-column-gap: 20px;
column-count: 3;
column-gap: 20px;
}
Updated URL
This is how I would go about it: http://codepen.io/jeremychurch/pen/wmtJz
.container {
display: table;
width: 100%; }
.cell {
display: table-cell; }
.content {
width: 15em;
margin: 0 auto; }
<div class="container">
<div class="cell">
<div class="content">
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell">
<div class="content">
</div>
</div>
<div class="cell">
<div class="content">
</div>
</div>
</div>

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