Cant get over this problem. I've designed a small container:
The text content inside is absolute. I'm trying to make the text container height responsive with just css no js...
I'd greatly appreciate any help :)
The small rectangle is..
.left-area {
display: inline-block;
background-color: rgb(73, 50, 76);
width: 144px;
height: 29px;
margin-top: 109px;
margin-left: 0px;
position: absolute;
}
The description is..
.app-desc {
position: absolute;
display: inline-block;
width: 78%;
padding: 17px 10px 10px 30px;
border-radius: 5px;
color: #ffffff;
font-size: medium;
}
here's the right area..
.right-area {
display: inline-block;
background-color: rgb(73, 50, 76);
width: 88%;
height: 128px;
margin-top: 10px;
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 0px;
}
Every element needs to sorta stay where it is.. for example the ratings too..
.app-rating {
position: absolute;
display: inline-block;
margin-left: -10%;
bottom: 0;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}
The position: absolute; on the text block container is positioning relative to the parent container but it's then overriding the display: inline-block rule, so the child size attributes won't be considered by the parent, because it is effectively acting alone. If the absolute was removed the parent containers fixed height will also block element from growing the containers height.
Try the following:
remove the absolute rule on the .app-desc container
remove the fixed height on the parent .right-area container and add height: 100%; to ensure the parent container reacts to the child block element
Then add a min-height: to the .right-area so the container doesn't go to short if there isn't enough content in the child
Please see example where I've tried to replicate your scenario: jsfiddle (I wasn't sure where to position the icons/buttons so they may need some tweaking)
Hope this helps, and if you want to know anymore about positioning absolute to relative parents and how they react with block elements then there's loads of documentation and examples on the W3 School site - Position Section
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Overview: I have a CSS3 pure navigation system on top of my page. I have a footer/copyright on bottom.
In the middle, I want a background image (parchment) cover, then on top of that parchment, I want a white layer for text with a left column and a right column. I can't seem to make it work using the relative position as my z-index doesn't seem to be working. If I put position "fixed", I can't use the right browser scroll anymore to go down. If I use position "absolute", then the background is right and the content on top is ok, but my navigation footer disappears. If I use position "relative", my navigation system is fine but the background doesn't show up anymore. It is ignoring the z-index....
The weird thing is I am using expression web 4 and it looks correct there...it just doesn't look correct on the web.
This is my site html to reproduce what I am seeing.
<!-- #BeginEditable "content" -->
<div id="page_content_back">
<div id="column_left">
<h1>About</h1>
<p>We are the best-Trust us</p>
</div>
<div id="column_right">
<h4>CONTACTS</h4>
</div>
</div>
<!-- #EndEditable -->
This is my css
#page_content_back {
position: relative;
background-image:url('../images/grayparchment_back.jpg');
background-size: cover;
z-index: 1;
width: 100%;
margin: auto;
padding: 0;
border-top-width: 1px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-color: #CCAA77;
}
#column_left {
position: relative;
margin: 0 50px;
padding: 0 2%;
z-index: 2;
top: 0px;
background-color: #fff;
float: left;
width: 65%;
height: 100%;
color: #393939;
}
#column_right {
position: absolute;
z-index: 3;
float: right;
right: 50px;
top: 370px;
width: 20%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 10px;
background-color: #fff;
}
Okay, the problem is your div#column_left. It has a float: left property. Floating an element takes it out of the flow, so there's nothing within the div#page_content_back to give it any height. Remove that float: left property from the inner div and you'll see the image appear behind it. From there, you can add other elements after that nested div and the image will expand to encapsulate the new element. That said, if you use float or position: absolute, you're removing the element from the flow and that background image won't respond to its presence as a result.
I have a background that covers the entire screen. Black line is end of viewport.
Main-div is just a container (dark blue) using position absolute.
Top-div (yellow) also using position absolute.
Middle-div (red) also using positon absolute.
Why? Well I want the Middle-div (red) to completely cover the screen vertically. Also only half should be visible - needs to scroll to see it.
Everything works fine, but how can I position the Footer-div (yellow) below the Middle-div (red)?
CSS code for Yellow Footer:
#footy
{
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0px;
border: 1px solid yellow;
text-align: center;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
font-size: 12px;
}
Right now it sits on the bottom, leaving too much gap above. Problem it must work on different resolutions. Setting bottom: 100px; will only work on this resolution....
Image:
You cannot position elements relative to other absolutely positioned elements unless they are children of said elements, or both children of the same element when you know the position and size of both elements.
If you make the footer a child of the middle div, you can position it absolutely within:
#footy
{
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
position: absolute;
bottom: -100px;
border: 4px solid yellow;
text-align: center;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
font-size: 12px;
}
I don't know all of your other CSS/HTML, but I guessed in a fiddle here, with some exaggeration of borders, etc for visual reference:
http://jsfiddle.net/jtbowden/NuG7T/
You can also create a wrapper around middle and footy:
http://jsfiddle.net/jtbowden/NuG7T/1/
Can you tell me the exact functioning of position attribute in css and difference in two values i.e "relative" and "absolute". Please tell me it in context of following code:
I am absolute positioned
<section id="about" data-type="background" data-speed="10" class="pages">
<article>Simple Parallax Scroll</article>
</section>
#home {
background: url(home-bg.jpg) 50% 0 repeat fixed; min-height: 1000px;
height: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 100%;
max-width: 1920px;
position: relative;
}
#home article {
height: 458px;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
top: 150px;
width: 100%;
}
#about {
background: url(about-bg.jpg) 50% 0 repeat fixed; min-height: 1000px;
height: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 100%;
max-width: 1920px;
position: relative;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 50px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
box-shadow: 0 0 50px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
}
#about article {
height: 458px;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
top: 150px;
width: 100%;
}
And may you also the proper functioning of "-webkit-box-shadow" attribute.
What is the difference:
When you use position relative you are making a div that will be relative to other divs with position absolute. Absolute will basically make the div or that element float above the document. Without having to follow the current dom or what you call it.
When you are simply using position: relative; you are not placing the div any where. But you are actually just creating a relative point for other elements if there is no relative div the position: absolute; will be following the document as relative.
From your css:
In your content, by following the CSS #home will be relative and #home article will be placed over it. Where ever you want to place it. And similarly #about article will be placed over #about.
You will not figure out what is the main idea of absolute or relative untill you write this: top: 0; this will remove all the margins from top side its similar to this margin-top: 0;. You can also try to move the div as much as you want.
Positioning simply lets you move the elements without having to follow the dom(or whatever it is). The basic difference between them is that relative will be the main place or main point from where the placement would start for children of that element. And absolute will follow any nearest parent and will get a new position.
Learn about them here:
Mozilla Developer Network: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position
W3school.com: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_positioning.asp (if you want to learn the basic).
CSS-Tricks: http://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/p/position/
W3.org: http://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/position
I want to make a div (my sidebar) stretch to the bottom of the page. I know that I need to add "height: 100%;" in order to do that.
But when I add height: 100%;, pages that have less content than the sidebar cuts the sidebar's height and then you can't see the sidebar content.
This is the index page . Everything looks exactly the way I want it to.
This is a sample page . Notice that the sidebar has been cut.
CSS:
#menu-container {
background-image: url('floral.png');
width: 300px;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
}
#menu {
background-image: url('menubg.png');
width: 220px;
margin: 0;
padding-top: 50px;
padding-left: 30px;
padding-right: 20px;
color: #e8e8e8;
height: 100%;
}
#content {
padding: 0px 0px 30px 325px;
width: 1000px;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
}
Thanks in advance!
* #Ritabrata Gautam *
The changed CSS fixed my second problem but now I'm back to the cut off sidebar on shorter pages: See here: http://www.tarawilder.com/staging/?page_id=19
I'm leaving my house now, I'll be able to respond later tonight. Thanks again for your help!
#container {
display: inline-block;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
width: 900px;
}
try this..it will give you the result you want..though there are many other mistakes in your html markup
some other areas where you need to be careful...
your container's width is 900px..which contains side menu and the large text...combined width of your side menu and the large text is far greater than your 900px width of your container..as you are not using overflow:hidden; you cant see the effect...why dont you apply overflow:auto; width:100% or something like that
BETTER CSS::
#container {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
overflow: auto;
position: absolute;
}
ACCORDING TO YOUR NEW PROBLEM :: now your body height must be more than 100% now..thats why after 100% height your side menu becomes invisible
CHANGED CSS ::
#container {
height: auto;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
}
your third problem ::
strange...you are now using width:100% for your cantainer..and your container contains side menu and large text...and side menu has width of 300px and then your having width of 1000px for large text..so naturally the overflowed part ot the text gets invisible; and also remove position:absolute; from container
now your css
#container {
height: auto;
overflow: hidden;
width: 100%;
}
#content {
padding: 0px 0px 30px 325px;
vertical-align: top;
}
NOTE:: don't delete your edited part of your question..you have already deleted the 2nd edit you made to your question earlier...it will create difficulties for future users to relate the answer with question
Make sure that your parent containers (#container, body, html) are height:100%; as well.
Personally, I would do something like this(if the rest of the site layout allows it):
Instead of creating separate backgrounds for #menu, #menu-caontainer and body i would create background on body something like this: http://cl.ly/image/3L060f2w3Z0s
that would repeat vertically on y axis, so no matter how high the body is the background would stretch/repeat to the bottom.
I'm trying to make a part of my webpage that fit the width of the browser, for this I'm using width: 100%, the problem is that it shows scrollbars and I can't use overflow-x: hidden; because it will make some of the content hidden, so how I can fix this?
#news {
list-style-type: none;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
padding: 0;
-webkit-user-select: text;
}
Because you're using position: absolute, instead of using:
width: 100%; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px
you should use:
left: 10px; right: 10px
That will make your element take the full width available, with 10px space on the left and right.
You have to remove the margins on the #news item
#news {
list-style-type: none;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
margin-right: 10px; /*REMOVE THIS*/
margin-left: 10px; /*REMOVE THIS*/
padding: 0;
-webkit-user-select: text;
}
If this doesn't work, you might have margin and padding set on the element itself. Your div - if that is what you are using - might have styles applied to it, either in your stylesheet or base browser styles. To remove those, set the margins specifically to 0 and add !important as well.
#news {
list-style-type: none;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
-webkit-user-select: text;
}
It seems that you have set the width to 100%, but there are also margins that force the width to expand beyond that.
Try googling for "css flexible ( two/three-collumn) layouts".
Here's an example,
<div id="cont">
<div id="menu"></div>
<div id="main"></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
and the css
#menu{
float:left;
height:100%;
width:200px;
}
#main{
padding-left:200px;
}
.clear{clear:both;}
The #menu div, will be aligned to the left and have a static width of 200px.
The #main div, will "begin" below #main, but because of it's 200px padding (can also be margin) its content and child elements will start - where #menu ends.
We must not set #main to a percent width, (for example 100%) because the 200 pixels of left padding will be added to that, and break the layout by adding scrollbars to the X axis.
I had a similar issue with a absolute positioned element, and I wanted to use width 100%. This is the approach I used and it solved my problem:
box-sizing=border-box
Otherwise I always had a little content and padding pushing past the scroll bar.
The answer is that you have margins set that will make the div wider than the 100%; hence the scrollbars.
If you can rid yourself of margins do it! However, often you'll want the margins. In this case, wrap the whole thing in a container div and set margins to 0 with width at 100%.