The offset cannot be of any use for centering columns which aren't multiples of 2 such as col-md-3. But let's say one needs to have a single one of such columns that also has to be centered, how can it be properly done with causing minimum impact on the bootstrap behavior?
I found that by using margins the bootstrap behavior gets messed up. (a backend developer asking this question, I'm not a UI expert)
HTML:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3 centercol" style="border:1px solid black;">
This is in the middle.
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
.centercol {
margin:0 auto;
float:none;
}
See it in action: http://www.bootply.com/l7AArBXdlZ
Related
I have a little web app that I want to show 5 columns responsive equal width.
But I only want this layout for a devices with ≥992px of width.
For devices <992px of width I want to show the 5 HTML elements in one full-width row.
Equal-width columns can be broken into multiple lines, but there was a
Safari flexbox bug that prevented this from working without an
explicit flex-basis or border.
Two workarounds have been documented in a reduced test case outside
Bootstrap, though if the browser is up to date this shouldn’t be
necessary.
Source: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/layout/grid/
So, I'm a bit confused in how can I achieve this responsive behaviour that I want using Bootstrap 4.
I have this "idea", but I think will pretty ugly, what do you think about it?
Let's consider this markup
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col">Column</div>
<div class="sep"></div>
<div class="col">Column</div>
<div class="sep"></div>
<div class="col">Column</div>
<div class="sep"></div>
<div class="col">Column</div>
</div>
</div>
Then, with jQuery I can select .sep and add bootstrap4 class w-100 in the case of width <992px.
Thanks for reading and please forgive my bad english.
Maybe I don't understand the question. Why not just use the lg auto layout columns (col-lg)?
https://www.codeply.com/go/OohsSfM7Zu
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg">
</div>
<div class="col-lg">
</div>
<div class="col-lg">
</div>
<div class="col-lg">
</div>
<div class="col-lg">
</div>
</div>
The first thing to remember about Bootstrap is that rows must contain 12 columns. If you have a row with a number that doesn't go into 12 (such as 5), you should be making use of offsets.
For example, 12 / 5 is 2, with 2 left over. So you want to make use of columns that occupy a width of 2, for a total of 10 columns. From here, you would offset by 1 on the left. Considering you now have a total of 11, you've automatically also offset by 1 on the right.
This can be demonstrated in the following:
.row {
margin: 0 !important; /* Prevent scrollbars in the fiddle */
text-align: center; /* Helps illustrate the centralisation */
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-2 offset-sm-1">One</div>
<div class="col-sm-2">Two</div>
<div class="col-sm-2">Three</div>
<div class="col-sm-2">Four</div>
<div class="col-sm-2">Five</div>
</div>
If you're not happy with this offset, then you can simply make use of a custom media query such as width: calc(100% / 5) ...though this would completely violate the point of using Bootstrap; another framework might be more suitable :)
Hope this helps!
I am creating a web page and wanted to use a system similar to foundations/ bootstrap with defined columns and rows. I am happy with what I have so far, however I am not sure how I can center a column within a row, while still using a defined grid system.
I know usually the html is formatted like this:
<div class="column column-6 center">
http://codepen.io/Kiwimoose/pen/dpvEqO
Is what I have so far,
I am just not sure how the "center" tag is usually formatted in foundations. I would like to have the column in the second row centered, as well as others in the future.
Your code is OK, you just have to change the order in CSS:
.column {
position: relative;
float: left;
display: block;
}
.center {
margin:auto;
float:none;
}
Style .center class after . column class and it will work.
BTW, it is a good idea to clean up your code a little bit.
Try
<div align="center">
And then you can customize it in the css that you're doing
In Zurb foundation you can use "-offset-" and "end" class names,
for example
<div class="row">
<div class="large-6 large-offset-3 end columns">6 centered</div>
</div>
docs here
to center properly (with no headaches) with Twitter Bootstrap you can simply set empty divs as follows:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-3"></div>
<div class="col-xs-6">
centered div in all resolutions
</div>
<div class="col-xs-3"></div>
</div>
Or you can use offset too
I don't know how to make this kind of col 3 and 6 size.
Middle column has no padding, but it is not enough.
I was trying to make different sizes of col.
#media (min-width:992px){
.col-md-6 { width: 52,5641%;}
.col-md-3 { width: 23,7179%;}
}
but no success.
With Bootstrap you dont need to add media queries or your own width, just use the BS grid system (you can read more here) and let it handle all the tough work. Based on your picture a 3 column layout would use something like this:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
<div class="col-md-6">.col-md-6</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
</div>
Make sure you columns total 12 like above (3+6+3) If you need extra padding in between columns just add a nested DIV and apply the spacing you want to those.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="myclass">
this will have extra padding
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">.col-md-6</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
</div>
.myclass {
padding: 20px;
}
Updated
Based on your comment if you want column 6 to be slightly larger than it is you will either need to expand that column and "shrink" the outer 2 columns to something like this:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2">.col-md-2</div>
<div class="col-md-8">.col-md-8</div>
<div class="col-md-2">.col-md-2</div>
</div>
If that's not what you are going for then you can create your own table within bootstrap.
<div class="row">
<div class="custom-col">My custom left side</div>
<div class="custom-main">my main column</div>
<div class="custom-col">My custom right side</div>
</div>
Sizing each of the column as you need.
Maybe Bootstrap is not the best option for your problem. It works if only you can divide the screen in 12 equal parts. Rewrite this rule could break other stuff.
What about using flexboxes or other CSS framework more flexible?
I want to create little panels/dashboard for my interface. In my case I want to have two panels like so
+-------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+
| | | |
| | | |
+-------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+
Generally it is easy with Bootstrap 3.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-5">
</div>
<div class="col-md-5 pull-right">
</div>
</div>
The problem is, the gap of col-md-2, as it is the case here, is way too big. I cannot use a col-md-1 gap, because then both sides do not have an equal size.
I also tried to add padding right and left, but that had not effect, too. What can I do here?
You could add a class which modifies the width of col-md-6. The width of this class is set to 50%. A smaller gap is achieved by reducing the width like so:
.dashboard-panel-6 {
width: 45%;
}
Add this to your div elements. This way the width rule of col-md-6 gets overriden.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 dashboard-panel-6">...</div>
<div class="col-md-6 dashboard-panel-6">...</div>
</div>
You can use another div inside and give padding to that.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="inner-div">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 pull-right">
<div class="inner-div">
</div>
</div>
</div>
.inner-div{
padding: 5px;
}
I posted this here already but it is still relevant the original question.
I have had similar issues with space between columns. The root problem is that columns in bootstrap 3 and 4 use padding instead of margin. So background colors for two adjacent columns touch each other.
I found a solution that fit our problem and will most likely work for most people trying to space columns and maintain the same gutter widths as the rest of the grid system.
This was the end result we were going for
Having the gap with a drop shadow between columns was problematic. We did not want extra space between columns. We just wanted the gutters to be "transparent" so the background color of the site would appear between two white columns.
this is the markup for the two columns
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-7">
<div class="raised-block">
<h3>Facebook</h3>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-5">
<div class="raised-block">
<h3>Tweets</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.raised-block {
background-color: #fff;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: -0.625rem; // for us 0.625rem == 10px
padding-left: 0.625rem;
padding-right: 0.625rem;
}
#media (max-width: 33.9em){ // this is for our mobile layout where columns stack
.raised-block {
margin-left: -0.625rem;
}
}
.row [class^="col-"]:first-child>.raised-block {
// this is so the first column has no margin so it will not be "indented"
margin-left: -0.625rem;
}
This approach does require an inner div with negative margins just like the "row" class bootstrap uses. And this div, we called it "raised-block", must be the direct sibling of a column
This way you still get proper padding inside your columns. I have seen solutions that appear to work by creating space, but unfortunately the columns they create have extra padding on either side of the row so it ends up making the row thinner that the grid layout was designed for. If you look at the image for the desired look, this would mean the two columns together would be smaller than the one larger one on top which breaks the natural structure of the grid.
The major drawback to this approach is that it requires extra markup wrapping the content of each columns. For us this works because only specific columns needed space between them to achieve the desired look.
Hope this helps
Here's another possibility:
Live view
Edit view
You will see that it uses 2 col-md-6, each with a nested col-md-11, and you position the nested row in the second div to the right.
The suggestion from Ken has clean HTML which I like. If your left and right panels use elements with widths defined by Bootstrap though (eg wells or form elements) the column padding could cause hassles and break the layout. This nested approach might be easier in this situation.
HTML
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-11">nested row col-md-11</div>
</div><!-- end nested row -->
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-11 col-md-offset-1">nested row col-md-11</div>
</div><!-- end nested row -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
Good luck!
I have a container div, inside which I want to pack a variable number of divs of unknown (variable) height but with a given min-width. My requirements are:
If the container is wide enough to accommodate two columns, I want them to distribute themselves nicely in two columns without unnecessary whitespace.
It not, they should just go above each other.
Currently, I've given the divs width:48% margin-right:2%;float:left; which works nicely in the one-column state but when I resize the browser window, making room for two columns, every div which ends up in the left column insists on aligning itself horizontally with the bottom of the last div which went to the right:
what I have http://img602.imageshack.us/img602/5719/whatihave.png
This is how I would like them to go (no wasted space):
what I want http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6985/whatiwantu.png
I would like a pure CSS solution if possible.
Thank you! /Gustav
EDIT:
This markup illustrates my problem:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.box {
width: 48%;
min-width:550px;
margin-right:2%;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;
background:blue;
color:white;
height:180px;
float:left;
}
.tall {
height: 250px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="box">1</div>
<div class="box">2</div>
<div class="box">3</div>
<div class="box tall">4</div>
<div class="box">5</div>
<div class="box">6</div>
<div style="clear:both"/>
</body>
</html>
The .boxes are generated dynamically, and so are their heights, I just threw in one taller to illustrate.
I don't think you can achieve the desired effect with pure CSS. I've used jQuery Masonry to replicate the effect you're after and it worked really well.
I'd love to see a pure CSS solution for this but haven't seen anything come close yet.
I believe that if you have a div for each column into which you put the numbered divs you will get what you want. Something like this:
<div class="containerDiv">
<div class="column">
<div class="content">
1
</div>
<div class="content">
4
</div>
</div>
<div class="column">
<div class="content">
2
</div>
<div class="content">
3
</div>
</div>
</div>
The next step appears to be "how do I balance my columns". Some code somewhere is generating the boxes you mentioned. It is deciding on the height of each box. This code will need to generate a balanced list of boxes for each column prior to forwarding the request to the JSP for presentation. By balanced, I mean "the height of column1 is similar to the height to column2"