How to hide overflown content of floated element - css

I have 2 columns 50% width each. Inside each column I have overflown content positioned absolutely relative to body.
<div class='column left'>
<div class='inner'><h1>Pink</h1></div>
</div>
<div class='column right '>
<div class='inner'><h1>Blue</h1></div>
</div>
I need the inner divs to be hidden. How do I do that? Setting overflow:hidden on .column has no effect on inner divs. Fiddle HERE
PS. The idea is to animate the width of the columns and show the inner content. This fiddle illustrates what i am trying to achieve (but it is using vh, vw that I cannot use due to browser requirement)
html, body {
width :100%;
height: 100%;
position: relative;
}
.column {
float: left;
width: 50%;
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden; /*has no effect*/
}
.inner {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
width: 100px;
}
.left .inner {
right: 20px;
text-align: right;
}
.right .inner {
left: 20px;
text-align: left;
}

Are you simply looking for
visibility: hidden;
or
display: none;
This last one removes the element from the DOM.

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CSS - Container height same height as parent div unless parent div is smaller than container div

I currently get the parents div height with: height: inherit;, but when I scale the window down then the parent div is smaller than the container div so overflow: hidden; hides half of the container content.
Is it possible to just do this with css?
This is the code:
<div id="container">
<div class="content">
<div class="wrapper">
Content here
</div>
</div>
#container {
float: left;
height: 400px;
width: 400px;
background-color: red;
}
.content {
float: left;
height: inherit;
width: 90%;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
background-color: black;
}
.wrapper {
width: 90%;
height: 900px;
position: relative;
z-index: 99;
background-color: blue;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/orymyjto/1/
You probably use the overflow property to clear the floats, right?
Then change overflow: hidden to overflow: auto.
Set the content div min-height: 400px; (replacing height) So it will never be smaller than the container but can get larger as necessary.

Centering inside div thats both centered in a div and bigger and its parent depends on document width

I have a div inside a div, the child both being centered in its parent and bigger than the parent making it overflow equally on both sides of it. The child has another div inside it with some text.
<div class="outer">
<div class="inner">
<div class="text">
testing testing
</div>
</div>
</div>
css:
.outer
{
width: 400px;
height: 400px;
background: beige;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.inner
{
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
background: pink;
position: absolute;
left:0;right:0;
margin: auto;
}
.text
{
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 400px;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/msVVD/4/
Now, if the document width is narrowed by resizing the browser window, or in the jsfiddle case, resized by dragging the handle between "JavaScript" and "Result", the text will not stay on the same horizontal position, but "travel" to the right.
Why?
You need to set a min-width to the body (or parent container in which the absolutely positioned element is aligned according to) like so
body
{
min-width: 600px;
}
This will prevent the absolutely positioned from traveling
FIDDLE
You are not positioning the .inner element relatively to the .outer one. Add position: relative to .outer.
Changes in your CSS:
.outer
{
width: 400px;
height: 400px;
background: beige;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
}
.inner
{
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
background: pink;
position: absolute;
left:0;right:0;
margin: auto;
margin-left: -100px;
padding-left: 100px;
}
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/msVVD/7/

How to attach a div to the side of a div positioned via margin: auto 0;

I have what is a fairly common page layout where the content div is centralised on the page using margin:auto 0. The width of the div itself varies depending on available page width.
I want another div featuring a logo to 'stick' to the outside left hand side of this div (ie no gap or overlap between the two) at a fixed height. What CSS should I use for this?
something like
html:
<html>
<div id='content'>
<div id='stickything'>a</div>
</div>
</html>
css:
html {
width: 100%;
}
#content {
position: relative;
width: 100px;
height: 600px;
margin: auto;
background-color: green;
}
#stickything {
position: fixed;
width: 25px;
height: 30px;
top: 0px;
margin-left: -25px;
background-color: red;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/Kkcnn/
Use position:absolute. It must help:
.container-div{
position: relative
}
.outer-div{
position:absolute;
top: 0 (your choice)
left: -/outer div's width/
}

How do I vertically center align a position:relative element?

How do I vertically center align the parent container to the canvas which has position:relative? The parent container has a child element with position:absolute. The child element has been positioned in the center of the parent container.
Here's a snippet:
.container {
position: relative;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
background-color: red;
margin: auto;
}
.item {
position: absolute;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: blue;
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
margin: auto;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="item"></div>
</div>
One solution is to wrap your .container with two wrappers; give the first one display: table; and height: 100%; width: 100%; and the second display: table-cell; and vertical-align: middle;. Also make sure your body and html have full height.
Here's a little working demo: little link.
Another method is to apply top: 50%; to your .container and margin-top: -150px; (300px / 2 = 150px). (Note that this method requires you to know the exact height of your container, so it might not be exactly what you want, but it might as well be!). A little working demo of this latter method: another little link.
I hope that helped!

Centering an div which overflows it's parent within another centered div

I have a single column layout where the column is a centered div with a fixed width. I want to place a wider div within the column which overflows it's parents, but center it within the parent. Conceptually something like the following:
<div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; overflow:visible;" id="parent">
<div style="width: 400px; margin 0 auto;" id="child"></div>
</div>
The centering works as long as the child div is thinner than its parent, but once it gets larger, it always aligns left with the parent for some reason.
#wrapper {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 200px;
background-color: #eee;
position: relative;
height: 200px;
}
#child {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 50%;
margin: 0 0 0 -200px;
width: 400px;
background-color: #ddd;
}
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="child">Child div</div>
</div>
jsFiddle
When an element overflows his parent, it is normal behaviour that it only overflows to the right. When you, for example, have a site that is wider then the viewport, you never have to scroll left, but only to the right. This solution is based on a absolute centered div, with a negative left margin (that value is the half of his own width). So if you know the width of this element, this solution should be fine.
Tested in FF 3.6, IE7 and IE8
I made a variation of Justus' solution. Instead of relative positioning, I used a negative margin of 50% in the inner element.
#wrapper {
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 10px 0 10px;
width: 200px;
background-color: #eee;
}
#child {
margin: 0 -50%;
width: 400px;
background-color: #ddd;
}
This way you don't need to know the element sizes ahead of time.
I am not 100% sure but try giving the parent element a position set to relative and child absolute and then set top, left and width/height properties for the child div accordingly.
This is how I solve it:
http://jsfiddle.net/WPuhU/1/
Also take care of the scrollbars(they do not appear if your window view is smaller then the overflowing div). Auto centers the overflowing div.
css:
#center-3 {height:40px;background-color: #999;}
#center-1 {height:20px;top:10px;background-color: #aaa;}
/* the necesary code */
body {width:100%;margin:0;}
#center-4 {
width: 100%;
overflow:hidden;
/* remove the next 2 line for a normal flow */
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
}
#center-3 {
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 200px;
}
#center-2, #center-1 {
position: relative;
width: 400px;
}
#center-2 {
left: 50%;
}
#center-1 {
left: -50%;
}
html:
<div id="center-4">
<div id="center-3">
<div id="center-2">
<div id="center-1"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="other-stuff">Here comes the other stuff above.</div>
#parent {
position: relative;
width: 100px;
overflow: visible;
}
#child {
width: 400px;
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
}

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