CSS bottom alignment with floated div - css

I have a problem about bottom alignment of a div and I don't find any solutions.
All div are contained in a main div, one is left floated and all other must be place on the right of it;
Just one of them it must be bottom aligned, but trying with position absolute and bottom tag it's placed over the floated one.
CSS:
#container {width:730px;position: relative;min-height:120px;}
#image_box {width:220px; float:left; padding-right:10px;background:#222;color:#FFF;}
#box_dx1 {width:500px;background:#666;}
#box_dx2 {width:500px;padding-top:10px;background:#999;}
#box_dx3 {width:500px;padding-top:10px;background:#CCC;}
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div id="image_box">Box Sx Image <br>Row<br>Row<br>Row<br>Row<br>Row<br>Row</div>
<div id="box_dx1">Box Dx Title</div>
<div id="box_dx2">Box Dx Description</div>
<div id="box_dx3">Box Dx Param</div>
</div>
Moreover div's heights are variable, image_box is optional(cannot exist) and text of box_dx2 could wrap under the image_box.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

If the height of box_dx1, box_dx3 and image-box is always going to be same, you could just set a min-height for box_dx2. That way, if you add more content to box_dx2 it will eventually become taller than the image and text will wrap around it. In your example it would be something like:
#box_dx2 {
width: 500px;
padding-top:10px;
background:#999;
min-height: 70px;
}
jsFiddle
However, if the height of those boxes isn't fixed, maybe the easist thing is to calculate the min-height using some jQuery.

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How to resize the width of div left to another which has float:left;?

I still have problem to well understand how the float property works in CSS. I do apologize because I know this is css basics but I really want to understand that and get a good explanation. I've created an example to show you.
Here is my page :
I just want to resize the second div at the right. When I look at it in the Chrome Developer Tools, I see that this div begins at the top left of the window and not after the red square. I'd like it to begins just after the red square to change the width properly without calculating the size of the square and doing something like
width = square size + width i want
Do you know how this it happens and how to properly resize the width of the second div ?
EDIT: the solution consists in add the float property to the second div too. The explanation is the following : floated elements are removed from the flow, so they don't stack with the non-floated elements.
You need to set float for another div too.
We generally do like below:
html
<div class="float-left">
<p>floated left</p>
</div>
<div class="float-left"><!--- to float next to previous div--->
<p>floated left</p>
</div>
css
.float-left{
float: left;
}
As per your comment:
We do clear the float values because the container contents would never been collapsed.
You need to float the second div.
Heres an example.
<div class="parent-div">
<div class="left">
</div>
<div class="left">
<p>This is the description of the image</p>
</div>
</div>
You need to set
p { display:inline; }
or
div { display:inline; }
since paragraphs and divs are block elements.
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#block-boxes
the reason is that floated elements are removed from the flow, so they don't stack with the non-floated elements. - therefore they don't "take up space" like before. This is why your text div starts at the top left of its container.
from MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/float
The float CSS property specifies that an element should be taken from the normal flow and placed along the left or right side of its container, where text and inline elements will wrap around it. A floating element is one where the computed value of float is not none.
You have to set float for both DIVs
Here is the updated code:
HTML:
<div id="main_container">
<div class="left"></div>
<div class="right">
<p>This is the description of the image <i>Random text</i>
</p>
</div>
<!--Comment below <DIV> to see the result-->
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
CSS
#main_container {
border:5px solid #000;
}
.left, .right {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
float:left;
}
.right {
background: blue;
width: calc(100% - 100px);
}
.clear {
clear:both;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
Also, just to add one more important fact related to "float" is, make sure you add "clear:both" property after "float".
Why?? Because, a common problem with float-based layouts is that the floats' container doesn't want to stretch up to accomodate the floats. If you want to add, say, a border around all floats (ie. a border around the container) you'll have to command the browsers somehow to stretch up the container all the way.
Here is the Fiddle for the same: http://jsfiddle.net/1867ud9p/7/
Hope this will help!

Center element with left aligned element inline within container

I have two <div> elements inside a container <div> and I need to align one of them on the left of the container, and the other in the center of the container while keeping them inline.
If I just float the first one left, the second one gets pushed off-center to the right.
Right now my best solution is to make the container position: relative with text-align: center and align the first element to left with position: absolute.
Perhaps there is an alternative, better way to do this, without going for absolute positions?
This is a really long shot, but i've found that applying a big negative margin-right on the left floated element will compensate on the center-offset...
try giving the floated div a margin-right: -1000px;
Is there a restriction for two div in a div? You could make 4 divs:
<div id="one">
<div id="first"></div>
<div id="two">
<div id="second"></div>
</div>
</div>
And apply float: left to #first and #two and then margin: auto the #second

Unwanted margin on float

How can i fix the unwanted margin of the "right" div.
The right floated div is margined like you can see here:
JSFIDDLE: http://jsfiddle.net/s9Ssh/1/
The effect i wanted to achieve is to keep .mid layer always centered no matter the lenght of side div's text.
HTML:
<div class="main">
<div class="left">left</div>
<div class="mid">
Vpis podjetja
|
Iskanje
</div>
<div class="right">right</div>
CSS:
.main {
text-align:center;
width:100%;
}
.left {
float:left;
}
.mid {
}
.right {
float:right;
}
Maybe this will help: http://jsfiddle.net/sbhomra/s9Ssh/4/
I have basically absolutely positioned the left and right div's and set the middle div to stay in the center by using margin:0 auto.
Edit
Fixed padding on left and right div's, so they are not too close the side of the page.
http://jsfiddle.net/s9Ssh/3/
Move the right floated element before the middle element in the markup. It appears on a new row because the middle element isn't floated (and is a block level element).
Alternatively you can also float the middle element or set it to inline/inline-block.
EDIT: Although to clarify, if you float the mid element then you have to fiddle around with css a little since it will break your text-align. :P
try to add display: inline-block; to .mid element
example fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/XSdJA/

How to add a fixed width div next to an auto width div?

I currently have a div with width:auto to fill the entire screen width but I want to put a side bar on the right hand side.
When I float the width:auto div left and fixed width div to the right it goes under instead.
I'm basically looking for something similar to what reddit have with there search bar on the right width the content auto adjusting to the page width.
Thanks
You can make it like this:
Say you have those 2 divs inside a parent container, which expands to fit the page:
<div id="container">
<div id="autowidth">text expands her...</div>
<div id="fixed">This is a fixed column</div>
</div>
In your CSS:
#container {
width:100%;
border:1px solid black;
padding-right:200px;
}
#autowidth{
width:100%;
background-color:red;
float:left;
}
#fixed{
width:200px;
background-color:green;
float:right;
margin-right:-200px;
}
Basically, the parent container holds everything together. It has a padding of 200px (the width of the right col), so that its content doesnt goes beyond that point. In turn, the right col has a margin of -200px, so that it forces the boundaries imposed by the parent padding and places itself always at the foremost right. The other div, actually, now has only the spaces provided by the parent container, constrained by its padding, so its 100% would be, in fact, (100% - (parent's padding)). You can see a working result of this here: jsfiddle.
I'm pretty sure there might be more elegant solutions out there, so bear with me.
if you want to give a background, like it were 2 cols, you can go for the classical 'faux columns' background (see example at a list apart )
You don't strictly need a container div. I did css inline for brevity.
<div style="float:right; width:14em; background-color:#CCC;">
<p>This div is fixed-width.</p>
</div>
<div style="background-color:#EEE; margin-right:14.5em;">
<p>This div is auto-width.</p>
</div>
The answer doesn't work for me, I think it's outdated. Now you have to specify box-sizing: border-box for padding to count to width, but thanks for inspiration. This is my solution.
#autowidth {
float:left;
width:100%;
padding-right:200px;
box-sizing:border-box;
}
#fixed {
float:right;
width:200px;
margin-left:-200px;
}

3 div independently relative and top aligned

How to (top) align 3 div that should be relative to a previous div (but not between them)?
I can't use floats or position:inline-block (if you set display:none on 2 divs the last one shouldn't move).
position:absolute neither because there's a relative footer underneath.
vertical-align:top doesn't work using spans - any workaround?
I tried using a wrapper but it can't work cause the height of the divs is not fixed.
The height of the wrapper gets completely ignored anyway (by the following footer) unless Im using relative children.
Any ideas?
HTML
the order is important and the wrapper is optional (to position the side divs)
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="right"></div>
<div id="middle"></div>
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>
CSS
#left {float:left}
#middle {margin:0 auto}
#right {float:right}
#footer {clear:both}
unless someone comes up with something easier
ill accept my answer in 24h

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