I would like to have a webpage with two columns. The first for buttons, and the second for content.
Here's a JsFiddle :
HTML:
<div data-role="page" data-theme="b" id="home">
<div data-role="header" data-position="fixed">
<div class="home-header">
<div class="content-header" data-tap-toggle="false">
Header
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div data-role="content">
<div>
<div class="ActionsMenu">
<button>button</button>
<button>button</button>
<button>button</button>
<button>button</button>
</div>
<div id="ActionsContent">
<h3 class="ui-bar ui-bar-a ui-corner-all">Heading</h3>
<div class="ui-body">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse accumsan blandit fermentum. Pellentesque cursus mauris purus, auctor commodo mi ullamcorper nec. Donec semper mattis eros, nec condimentum ante sollicitudin quis. Etiam orci sem, porttitor ut tellus nec, blandit posuere urna. Proin a arcu non lacus pretium faucibus. Aliquam sed est porttitor, ullamcorper urna nec, vehicula lorem. Cras porttitor est lorem, non venenatis diam convallis congue.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div data-role="footer" data-position="fixed" data-tap-toggle="false">
footer
</div>
CSS:
.ActionsMenu {
width: 100%;
float: none;
}
.ActionsContent {
width: 100%;
float: none;
}
#media all and (min-width: 400px) {
.ActionsMenu {
float: left;
width: 25%;
padding-right: 50px;
}
.ActionsContent {
float: none;
margin-left: 25%;
}
}
As you can see, the content is under the buttons and not where I need it...
The page also need to be responsive and display a single column for mobiles...
DEMO
Have width prpperty defined for both the divs.
As you are going for responsive design i suggest using % widths
.MainContent .ActionsMenu {
width: 25%;
float: none;
overflow-scrolling: auto;
}
.MainContent .ActionsContent {
width: 60%;
float: right;
}
Have float element to float the content right
And You should have a id ActionsMenu in HTML not class.
<div class="ActionsMenu"> ..</div>
EDIT:
You want to align to right-http://jsfiddle.net/VT9m3/11/ add padding based on that
.ActionsContent {
float: left;
width:65%;
padding-left:20px;
}
but as your padding on the same div might break at a resoultion if the width of .ActionsMenu+.Actionscontent+padding >100% so have the Action menu in another div and have width property to it then have .ActionContent and have the padding
Please replace these css lines
.ActionsMenu {
width: 25%;
float: left;
overflow-scrolling: auto;
}
#ActionsContent {
width: 60%;
float: right;
}
You're using a class selector to select an id. Either replacing id="ActionsContent" with class="ActionsContent" or replacing .ActionsContent with #ActionsContent should make sure the styles are actually applied ;)
Related
I have to inline two divs side by side. The thing is, I can't edit HTML and they don't have a container. To make things even more complicated, the first div needs to be wider than the second one. And I have no idea how to do this and make it responsive.
This is what I have so far. But it's not responsive. To make it so, I'd have to edit it with #media and I'm really trying to avoid that. Is there a way I could make this cleaner? A way I could use flex maybe, without a container? And make it responsive too, without having it meshed together on smaller devices?
.one,
.two {
float: left;
}
.one {
width: 66.66%;
}
.two {
width: 33.33%;
}
<div class="one">content goes here</div>
<div class="two">content goes here</div>
EDIT: This is what the outline of my code looks like, with a container. Just to get you guys more information about the issue. Div with a class section-one has 5 items inside, and they need to stay inlined and responsive when the window is resized, so I don't want to mess up the code I currently have because it behaves well on smaller screens.
.container {}
.heading {
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 35px;
}
.section-one {
text-transform: uppercase;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
text-align: center;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.item {
position: relative;
flex-shrink: 0;
margin: 0 auto;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.section-left {
float: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
width: 66.66%;
margin-top: 80px;
padding-right: 80px;
}
.section-right {
float: left;
width: 33.33%;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="heading">
<h2>Lorem ipsum dolor</h2>
<p>Morbi posuere mi condimentum dui suscipit vulputate. Donec lectus diam.</p>
</div>
<!--- /.heading -->
<div class="section-one">
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
</div>
<!--- /.section-one -->
<div class="section-left">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eu sodales est. Nullam cursus id nibh mattis porta. Cras aliquet eros urna, quis imperdiet tortor placerat sed.
</div>
<!--- /.section-left -->
<div class="section-right">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eu sodales est. Nullam cursus id nibh mattis porta. Cras aliquet eros urna, quis imperdiet tortor placerat sed.
</div>
<!--- /.section-right -->
</div>
You could use CSS calc() function along-with display:inline-block instead of float to align both divs responsively without making use of media query.
But as both divs are display as inline-block and when using inline-block it adds white-space around it's block, to remove that I have used font-size:0 in body tag, so on remaining block in your design you have to assign font-size manually or else text won't be visible.
body{
font-size:0;
margin:0;
}
.one{
display:inline-block;
background:pink;
width:calc(100vw - 40vw);
font-size:16px;
}
.two{
display:inline-block;
background:pink;
width:calc(100vw - 60vw);
font-size:16px;
}
<div class="cont">
<div class="one">content goes here</div>
<div class="two">content goes here</div>
</div>
Given the fact you already use Flexbox, I suggest you do it for this too, like this.
If you don't want the container, just drop its markup and move its CSS properties to the body
Fiddle demo
Stack snippet
.container {
display: flex; /* added */
flex-wrap: wrap; /* added */
}
.heading {
flex: 0 0 100%; /* added, behaves like a block */
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 35px;
}
.section-one {
flex: 0 0 100%; /* added, behaves like a block */
text-transform: uppercase;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
text-align: center;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.item {
position: relative;
flex-shrink: 0;
margin: 0 auto;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.section-left {
flex: 1 0 66.666%; /* added, behaves like an inline-block but fill when on single line */
min-width: 400px;
text-transform: uppercase;
margin-top: 80px;
padding-right: 80px;
box-sizing: border-box; /* added, make padding be included in set width */
border: 1px dotted gray; /* demo purpose */
}
.section-right {
flex: 1 0 33.333%; /* added, behaves like an inline-block but fill when on single line */
min-width: 200px;
box-sizing: border-box; /* added, make border be included in set width */
border: 1px dotted gray; /* demo purpose */
}
<div class="container">
<div class="heading">
<h2>Lorem ipsum dolor</h2>
<p>Morbi posuere mi condimentum dui suscipit vulputate. Donec lectus diam.</p>
</div>
<!--- /.heading -->
<div class="section-one">
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
</div>
<!--- /.section-one -->
<div class="section-left">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eu sodales est. Nullam cursus id nibh mattis porta. Cras aliquet eros urna, quis imperdiet tortor placerat sed.
</div>
<!--- /.section-left -->
<div class="section-right">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eu sodales est. Nullam cursus id nibh mattis porta. Cras aliquet eros urna, quis imperdiet tortor placerat sed.
</div>
<!--- /.section-right -->
</div>
I suggest you to use a media query anyway to make your divs on top of each other on small devices, especially if you have text content. The max-width I'm giving to you is just an example
#media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
.one,
.two {
float: none;
width: 100%;
}
}
I would gladly suggest you the flex-box property, but if you don't got a container and can't modify the HTML, this will be complicated.
Here's the link anyway : https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/
With flexbox, you just have to give the property to your container :
.container {
display: flex;
}
Then you can choose the way you want to sort your elements :
.container {
flex-direction: row;
}
Again this is an example, check the link i gave you for further informations.
You need to reset box-sizing to include padding and border into width calculation.
The CSS box-sizing property is used to alter the default CSS box model used to calculate width and height of the elements.
A media query will help to pile them when boxes become too small.
Media queries are useful when you want to apply CSS styles depending on a device's general type (such as print vs. screen), specific characteristics (such as the width of the browser viewport), or environment (such as ambient light conditions). With the huge variety of internet-connected devices available today, media queries are a vital tool for building websites and apps that are robust enough to work on whatever hardware your users have.
example
.container {}
.heading {
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 35px;
}
.section-one {
text-transform: uppercase;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
text-align: center;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.item {
position: relative;
flex-shrink: 0;
margin: 0 auto;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
.section-left {
float: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
width: 66.66%;
/*margin-top: 80px; remove */
padding-right: 80px;
}
.section-right {
float: left;
width: 33.33%;
}
/* updates */
.section-left,
.section-right {
box-sizing:border-box;
}
#media all and (max-width : 599px) {
.section-left,
.section-right {
width:100%;
padding:1em;
}
}
/* let's see them */
div {
box-shadow:0 0 0 2px green;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="heading">
<h2>Lorem ipsum dolor</h2>
<p>Morbi posuere mi condimentum dui suscipit vulputate. Donec lectus diam.</p>
</div>
<!--- /.heading -->
<div class="section-one">
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
<div class="item">Praesent eu elementum.</div>
</div>
<!--- /.section-one -->
<div class="section-left">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eu sodales est. Nullam cursus id nibh mattis porta. Cras aliquet eros urna, quis imperdiet tortor placerat sed.
</div>
<!--- /.section-left -->
<div class="section-right">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum eu sodales est. Nullam cursus id nibh mattis porta. Cras aliquet eros urna, quis imperdiet tortor placerat sed.
</div>
<!--- /.section-right -->
</div>
i want to display three div tag in a parent div tag
parent div has no width and height
one inner div will be on left side with fixed width and height
2nd inner div will be in center with fixed height only and its width is between two other div tags
3rd inner div will be on right side
css
#container{}
#columnright{
float:left;
width:200px;
height: 400px;
}
#content{
margin-right:auto;
margin-left:auto;
height: 400px;
}
#columnleft{
float:right;
width:150px;
height: 400px;
}
html
<div id="container">
<div id="columnright"></div>
<div id="content"></div>
<div id="columnleft"> </div>
</div>
<style>
#columnright{
width:200px;
float:left;
}
#content{
width:200px;
float:left;
}
#columnleft{
float:left;
width:150px;
}
</style >
<div id="container">
<div id="columnright">hi</div>
<div id="content">hello</div>
<div id="columnleft">how</div>
</div>
<style>
#columnright
{
width: 200px;
height:400px;
}
#content
{
float: left;
height: 400px;
}
#columnleft
{
float: right;
width: 150px;
height: 400px;
}
</style>
<div id="container">
<div id="columnright"></div>
<div id="content"></div>
<div id="columnleft"></div>
</div>
I think the above code can help you. In the first inner div, no need to right float : left. Becoz u told that it must have fixed width and height. If u mention float property, it doesn't occupy the space.
You need to youse CSS3's calc() function to calculate the width of your content div.
See here:
JSFiddle
I also colored the divs for easier understanding. You should probably also remain your div's, because at the time your "columnright" is on the left hand side of the screen and vice versa.
This accomplishes what you're trying to do without floating anything. I also corrected your #columnright to actually be on the right side and your #columnleft to actually be on the left side. And I added background color to better illustrate what's going on.
HTML
<div id="container">
<div id="columnright"></div>
<div id="content"></div>
<div id="columnleft"> </div>
</div>
CSS
#container {
position:relative;
background-color:#E0E0E0;
}
#columnleft {
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
width:150px;
height: 400px;
background-color:#CCCCE0;
}
#columnright {
position:absolute;
top:0;
right:0;
width:200px;
height: 400px;
background-color:#E0CCCC;
}
#content {
margin-right:200px;
margin-left:150px;
height: 400px;
background-color:#CCE0CC;
}
Fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/mNnAq/
http://jsfiddle.net/hdrenollet/dsbSt/embedded/result/
If I understand you correctly, you're looking for something like this:
<head>
<title></title>
<script>
</script>
<style>
#parent{
width:100%;
}
#columnleft{
position:relative;
float:left;
border: 1px solid black;
top:0px;
width:150px;
height: 400px;
}
#content{
position:relative;
width:100%;
top:0px;
padding: 20px;
margin-left:150px;
margin-right:200px;
}
#columnright{
border: 1px solid black;
float:right;
top:0px;
width:200px;
height: 400px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="parent">
<div id="columnleft"></div>
<div id="columnright"></div>
<div id="content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean lectus sem, lobortis fermentum eleifend non, interdum at orci. Ut nec mauris vulputate, eleifend elit vitae, suscipit felis. Etiam leo ligula, pellentesque non urna sed, sagittis hendrerit nibh. Sed pharetra pellentesque nunc vitae imperdiet. orci. Nam ac nisi sed ipsum ullamcorper aliquet eget lobortis enim. Duis consequat sed arcu vel vulputate. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus mollis porttitor sapien. Duis a sodales justo. Mauris gravida aliquet nunc in scelerisque. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed vel nunc sagittis, dapibus quam eu, congue magna.</div>
</div>
</body>
You'll need to set your margin-left and margin-right of your content container to the widths of your left and right columns.
Not just a simple image next to a paragraph< but with some spaces like this
(source: gyazo.com)
So far of what I've done :
<div class="span6">
<span class="head">Header</span>
<img style="vertical-align:middle float: left;" src="img/pickaxe.png"/>
<span class="paragraph">
This is Photoshop's version of Lorem Ipsum.
Proin gravida nibh vel velit auctor aliquet.
Aenean sollicitudin, lorem quis bibendum auc
tor, nisi elit consequat ipsum, nec sagittis sem nibh i
</span>
</div>
.span8 {
width: 620px;
}
.head {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 26px;
float: left;
}
.paragraph {
font-size: 14px;
width: 300px;
}
And it looks like this
(source: gyazo.com)
Ignore the line, it's a cropper image off the web.
What am I doing wrong? how can I fix this.
Thanks!
Here is a jsfiddle for you: http://jsfiddle.net/Xxw85/
The code should look more like this:
<div class="span6">
<p>Header</p>
<div class="head">
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRgMvCRHrTA30jksWsHfDZ4GwWfjJhM8Ck2RAtA_OLeOpnGRTrEXw"/>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
This is Photoshop's version of Lorem Ipsum. Proin gravida nibh vel velit auctor aliquet. Aenean sollicitudin, lorem quis bibendum auc
tor, nisi elit consequat ipsum, nec sagittis sem nibh i
</div>
<div style="clear:both"></div>
</div>
and css:
.span6 {
width: 620px;
background-color:#efefef;
}
.head {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 26px;
float: left;
color:red;
}
.paragraph {
font-size: 14px;
width: 300px;
float:left;
}
Good luck.
Consider this fiddle. I have used div element instead of the span element inside the parent div.
<div>
<div class="head">Header</div>
<img style="vertical-align:middle float: left;" src="img/pickaxe.png"/>
</div>
And float the content to the right by adding this.
.paragraph {
float:right;}
http://jsfiddle.net/AaXTm/8/
The width of the element was less than the parent element and since you didn't use any floats or clear, the elements were visible inline.
i've been going over this one for about two days.
example
it's a fairly complicated design, so to reduce code pasted here i've recreated the main structure on this jsfiddle and included the simplified code at the end of this post:
http://jsfiddle.net/rwone/zwxpG/10/
scenario
i have a container with numerous <li>'s containing a div (containing dynamic content from a database) that initially has the property display: none.
on hovering over an image in these <li>'s however, i wish to show the div.
it is working, however the div appears to be beneath other elements in the container which has a fixed height and overflow-y: auto.
what i've tried
i have tried combinations of z-index's and absolute and relative positioning, but i haven't been able to find a solution yet.
i've isolated two causes in the code below and the jsfiddle (shown as /* comments */) but these do not work on the live test site.
question
my question is therefore, is there another way to enforce that the hover state div is shown on top of and outside of the container that is enclosing it?
it is not an ideal solution that i can fix these issues in the jsfiddle but not the live site, but i just thought i'd ask if there was another way to approach this altogether?
thank you.
html
<div id="wrapper">
<div id ="hbar_one"></div>
<div id="hbar_two"></div>
<div id="container_a">
<div id="container_b">
<ul>
<li>
hover me #1
<div id="container_c">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In fringilla porttitor ante ut varius. Fusce volutpat velit ut orci porttitor cursus. Donec est eros, tempor ac elementum et, volutpat sit amet lorem. Mauris iaculis eros nec sapien hendrerit at sodales nibh iaculis. Morbi imperdiet porta est vitae suscipit. Curabitur sit amet diam in nulla consectetur placerat. Etiam in sapien ac mi scelerisque congue eu id lectus. Proin fermentum auctor turpis vel adipiscing. Maecenas at convallis sapien.
</div>
</li>
<li>
hover me #2
<div id="container_c">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In fringilla porttitor ante ut varius. Fusce volutpat velit ut orci porttitor cursus. Donec est eros, tempor ac elementum et, volutpat sit amet lorem. Mauris iaculis eros nec sapien hendrerit at sodales nibh iaculis. Morbi imperdiet porta est vitae suscipit. Curabitur sit amet diam in nulla consectetur placerat. Etiam in sapien ac mi scelerisque congue eu id lectus. Proin fermentum auctor turpis vel adipiscing. Maecenas at convallis sapien.
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="hbar_three"></div>
<div id="hbar_four"></div>
</div>
css
#wrapper {
width: 300px;
}
#hbar_one {
background: #cc0000;
height: 50px;
}
#hbar_two {
background: #ffcc00;
height: 50px;
}
#container_b {
height: 50px;
/* cause one - on its own, this causes the undesired 'underneath' effect */
overflow-y: auto;
}
ul li {
display: inline;
/* cause two - on its own, this causes the undesired 'underneath' effect */
position: relative;
}
#container_c {
display: none;
}
ul li:hover #container_c {
background: #00AFF0;
display: block;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
position:absolute;
top: -20px;
left: 50px;
z-index: 999;
overflow: hidden;
}
#hbar_three {
background: #cccccc;
height: 50px;
}
#hbar_four {
background: #000000;
height: 50px;
}
update
in response to answer below, here is further information on the actual content that is being displayed upon hover (everything within the #container_c div). each <li> has its own unique content:
<li class=".class1 .class2">
<img src="http://path/to/image.jpg">
<div id="container_c">
<h4>title</h4>
<div id="container_c_left">
<span id="cl1">text</span>
<span id="cl2">text</span>
<span id="cl3">text</span>
</div>
<div id="container_c_right">
<span id="cr1">text</span>
<span id="cr2">text</span>
</div>
<span id="cc1">text</span>
<span id="cc2"><a class= "linkclass" href="http://path/to/link.html">link</a></span>
</div>
</li>
You only want to display one of these hover elements at a time?
Put a single DIV outside of the main body and make it hidden.
Then use javascript to adjust its position and content every time you hover over an LI.
No need to give every LI its own DIV.
Store the contents inside a data attribute
<li id=something data-some-content="Hello joe">
Then you can retrieve it with jQuery like so
$("#something").data('some-content')
Your CSS styles are correct but in your HTML you have two <div> elements with the id='container_c' and that's invalid, IDs are unique and you can't give same id to two or more elements. If you two ore more elements to be given same style then try class='container_c' and in the CSS change the #container_c to .container_c
Check this fiddle for the fixed version
http://jsfiddle.net/DeepakKamat/zwxpG/13/
the solution was a mixture of #NoPyGod's jquery suggestion and to have a better understanding of how absolute and relative positioning work.
basically, when absolute and relative positioning are applied to a div, this position is relative to the position of the last element that had absolute or relative positioning defined and is a 'container' of the div you are working with.
to escape from the 'container' that had overflow: auto and a fixed height and width, i had to remove erroneous positioning back till a parent div that was not constrained by overflow and height and width restraints that were impacting on the hover state div.
a working jsfiddle is here:
http://jsfiddle.net/rwone/eeaAr/
i also implemented #Deepak Kamat's suggestion to only have one id per page and change the rest of the div's to be identified by classes.
i subsequently read the article below that made more sense to me this time and after working in this context:
http://css-tricks.com/the-difference-between-id-and-class/
thank you to all for your assistance!
html
<div id="wrapper">
<div id ="hbar_one"></div>
<div id="hbar_two"></div>
<div id="container_a">
<div id="container_b">
<div class="class1 class2 magic" data-unique-content=".hidden_db_data_div">
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/g/50/50/">
<div class="hidden_db_data_div">
some amazing html
</div>
</div>
<div class="class1 class2 magic" data-unique-content=".hidden_db_data_div">
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/g/50/50/">
<div class="hidden_db_data_div">
more amazing html
</div>
</div>
<div class="class1 class2 magic" data-unique-content=".hidden_db_data_div">
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/g/50/50/">
<div class="hidden_db_data_div">
even more amazing html
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="hbar_three"></div>
<div id="hbar_four"></div>
</div>
css
#wrapper {
width: 300px;
}
#hbar_one {
background: #cc0000;
height: 50px;
}
#hbar_two {
background: #ffcc00;
height: 50px;
}
#container_b {
height: 100px;
overflow-y: auto;
}
.hidden_db_data_div {
display: none;
background: #00AFF0;
width: 120px;
height: 150px;
color: red;
position:absolute;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 999;
}
img {
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
}
.magic {
display: inline;
}
#container_a { position:relative; }
#hbar_three {
background: #cccccc;
height: 50px;
}
#hbar_four {
background: #000000;
height: 50px;
}
script
$(".magic").hover(
function () {
$(this)
.find('.hidden_db_data_div')
.css({'left':$(this).position().left+20 + "px", 'top':'-20px'})
.fadeIn(200);
},
function() {
$(this)
.find('.hidden_db_data_div')
.fadeOut(100);
}
);
like in the title i can't put some text centered vertically near a div with CSS, i searched on google and on stackoverflow so i decided to make a question here.
This is an example of what i need done with Paint:
I tried display table cell and box solutions but it works only without the floating div on top left.
When the text is longer than the blue div it should go under the div just like a normal text with a floating div.
I'm searching an only CSS solution, it can be done or not?
I am not completely sure if that is possible, but here is my best attempt at it, at least works for the first 2 examples.
<div class="wrap">
<div class="invisible"></div>
<img src="http://placehold.it/140x100">
<p>Lorem ipsum.</p>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="invisible"></div>
<img src="http://placehold.it/140x100">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur viverra, nibh in molestie sodales, risus turpis vehicula tellus, vitae lobortis ligula tortor in enim.</p>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<div class="invisible"></div>
<img src="http://placehold.it/140x100">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur viverra, nibh in molestie sodales, risus turpis vehicula tellus, vitae lobortis ligula tortor in enim. Proin venenatis arcu id enim rutrum eget condimentum urna venenatis. Suspendisse at tortor nisi, in tempus ligula. Maecenas nisl felis, bibendum ut luctus nec, bibendum sit amet erat.</p>
</div>
CSS:
.wrap {
width:500px;
border:1px solid red;
margin:10px;
}
.wrap:before {
content:'';
display:inline-block;
height:100%;
vertical-align:middle;
margin-left:-0.25em; /* adjusts spacing */
}
p {
display:inline-block;
vertical-align:middle;
width:350px;
}
img {
float:left;
}
.invisible {
height:100px;
display:inline-block;
vertical-align:middle;
}
A fiddle.
This is possible with pure CSS.
body {
background: url("http://img08.deviantart.net/b5aa/i/2015/140/7/c/chalkboard_by_lorelinde-d8u2phm.jpg") no-repeat;
}
.container {
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
font-family: "Chalkduster", "Baskerville";
font-size: 18px;
padding: 0 10px;
width: 550px;
}
#user_portrait {
border-radius: 13px;
border: 3px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
float: left;
margin: 0 20px 0 0;
max-height: 300px;
max-width: 300px;
filter: sepia(50%);
}
#overview_text {
letter-spacing: 1px;
line-height: 1.3rem;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
white-space: pre-line;
}
<body>
<p class="container">
<img id="user_portrait" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/704337993293815810/PmkKs6yw.jpg">
<span id="overview_text">“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
“My father held a gun to his head, and my father assured the bandleader that either his signature or his brains would be on the contract.”
“There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”
</span>
</p>
</body>
The key point is to put both image and text into non-inline parent tag and make them float.
This is impossible with css only. (i would be happy to be proved wrong.)