Fix the alignment of two child divs - css

The project is to create a micro-blogging website similar to Twitter. I chose to name the site Chirper (how clever of me). Each post is structured by a parent div, an avatar div and a content div. The avatar and content divs are displayed inline, but they are not aligned properly. Any help is appreciated.
HTML:
<div class="chirp">
<div class="chirp_avatar_region">
<img src="img/avatar/default.png" alt="Avatar" width="64" height="64">
</div>
<div class="chirp_content">
<p>
USER
<span class="timeStamp">2013-11-22 16:43:59</span>
</p>
<p>
COMMENT
</p>
<p>
ReChirp!
</p>
</div>
The div's aren't aligned how I want them to be (level and 100% of the parent).
I can't post images, so here is a link to an imgur page: http://imgur.com/Mn9mE5q
Relevant CSS:
body {
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
color: #000;
background-color: #666;
font-size: 1em;
}
/* Containers */
div {
margin-top: auto;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
margin-bottom: 10px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 3px;
border-color: #000;
padding: 10px;
}
div.pane {
width: 70%;
background-color: 0099FF;
}
div.chirp {
border-width: 1px;
margin-bottom: -1px;
width: 80%;
padding: 5px;
}
div.chirp_avatar_region {
display: inline-block;
width: 10%;
height: 100%;
text-align: center;
/*border-style: none;*/
}
div.chirp_content {
display: inline-block;
width: 80%;
height: 100%;
/*border-style: none;*/
}
div.chirp_avatar_region > img, div.chirp_content > p {
margin-top: 0;
vertical-align: middle;
}

You can either float your inner divs then clear the float following the container
or
use vertical-align:top to position your divs at the top of the container

Not entirely sure, but what I think is happening is that by defining position:inline-block, it's putting them on the same line, and making the line-height the height of the chirp_content container. In a sense anyway.
Set to vertical-align:top; and it should solve it.
Ex.
.chirp_content, .chirp_avatar_region{ vertical-align:top; }
JS Fiddle

Give to the avatar_region a float: left, and remove its width: and height: setting. Remove the chirp_content div, it circumvents the inlining.

Related

5 divs in one row, can't align them in one line

I'm quite new on web development. I'm struggling with this question for a while. Now I post my question(s) here.
The souce code is as linked: Source Code
The HTML:
<div id="wrap">
<div id="main" class="clearfix">
<ul class="ranklist" id = "ranklist">
<li class="ranklistitem font-size-0">
<div class="itemnumber divinline"> <span class="helper"></span>1</div>
<div class="userprofile divinline"><img class="profileimg" src=""/></div>
<div class="nameandcredit divinline">
<div class="username">SteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteveSteve</div>
<div class="credit">I'm description</div>
</div>
<div class="ranktitle divinline">Total:</div>
<div class="usercredit divinline">1000</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
The CSS:
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
html {
background: #aaaaaa;
}
body {
-webkit-user-select: none; /* Chrome/Safari */
-moz-user-select: none; /* Firefox */
-ms-user-select: none; /* IE10+ */
font-family: "PingHei", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", Arial, "Microsoft YaHei";
font-weight: lighter;
}
#wrap {
min-height: 100%;
}
#main {
overflow-y: auto;
padding-bottom: 55px;
}
div, ul, p {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
color: #ffd8d0;
}
.rewarddes
{
margin-top:10px;
display:block;
color:#ffdcc5;
overflow:hidden;
font-size:87.5%;
}
.ranklistitem {
height: 60px;
border-bottom: solid 1px #faa559;
font-size:87.5%;
}
.font-size-0 {
}
.divinline {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
.helper {
display: inline-block;
height: 100%;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.itemnumber {
line-height: 60px;
height: 60px;
background:#aa8800;
width: 6%;
text-align: right;
padding-right: 5px;
}
.userprofile {
line-height: 60px;
height: 60px;
width: 14%;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
background:#228845;
}
.profileimg {
height: 36px;
width: 36px;
vertical-align: middle;
border-top-left-radius: 50%;
border-top-right-radius: 50%;
border-bottom-left-radius: 50%;
border-bottom-right-radius: 50%;
border: solid 2px #fff;
}
.nameandcredit {
height: 60px;
width: 45%;
padding-left: 5px;
background:#342389
}
.username {
height: 55%;
text-align: left;
vertical-align:bottom;
overflow:hidden;
}
.credit {
height: 25%;
font-size: 66.7%;
text-align: left;
overflow:hidden;
color:#fdff6e;
}
.username:before, .credit:after {
content:'';
height:100%;
vertical-align:middle;
display:inline-block;
}
.iconaward {
vertical-align: middle;
height: 20px;
width: 14px;
}
.ranktitle {
line-height: 60px;
height: 60px;
width: 15%;
background:#cd8912;
text-align: right;
padding-right: 0.125em;
}
.usercredit {
line-height: 60px;
height: 60px;
background:#ff0000;
width: 20%;
text-align: right;
padding-right: 0.5em;
}
I have 2 questions based on the linked(or above) code.
The 5 container div's width was set as:
.itemnumber 6%, .userprofile 14%, .nameandcredit 45%, .ranktitle 15%, .usercredit 20%. So in total they are 100%. But as you see, the last one .usercredit is not in the same line and there're margins between each div, which is not what I want.
for the .username, I have set overflow:hidden, but as you see, when there's a large string, the .username was totally disappeared. If there're spaces in the string, it will only hide the overflow part and show the front part. I want to know what's the problem?
I know it's a little bit messed up of a lot code here. But my question is as listed as above. Thanks in advance for any kind suggestion.
For the spacing, you have two problems:
Implicit spaces between inline-block elements, and
Defining widths for elements with padding.
Regarding username overflow, you have one issue:
Default word wrapping behavior is to wrap the whole word to the next line. You need to change that behavior.
Let's take a look at each of them:
Implicit Spaces
The problem is that your divs have a display: inline-block; style. Elements displayed as an inline-block have any white-space between them converted to a single space.
See the "Fighting the Space Between Inline Block Elements" article on CSS Tricks for more information on how to overcome this.
One fix, for instance, is to have the li element that is wrapping the divs to have a 0 font-size, and reset a non-zero font size to its children, e.g. in your CSS:
.font-size-0 {
font-size: 0;
}
.font-size-0 > * {
font-size: 12px;
}
Any of the links outlined in the link above would work; for example, removing spaces and newlines between your closing tag and opening tag would do the same thing, without forcing you to set and reset the font-size.
Widths for elements with padding
In CSS, a width is defined by default for an element to include only its content area (box-sizing: content-box; by default) and not the padding. Set the box-sizing to border-box and you'll be all set.
E.g.
.font-size-0 > div {
box-sizing: border-size;
}
Properly wrapping a single word without spaces
See this StackOverflow answer to see how to address the issue. You will basically need to add this to your .username rule:
.username {
...
word-wrap:break-word;
}
Final Result jsFiddle

Displaying 1 text box and 3 images on the same row

Was wondering if i can display 1 text box and 3 images on the same row? All the images are the same size. If possible aswell i'd ideally like a some text underneath each image aswell?
heres the code:
<div class="row">
<div class="side-bar">
<h3> Recent Work </h3>
<p>Here's some of my latest work, covering web design, branding and identity.</p>
View the Portfolio →
</div>
<div class="recent-wrap">
<img src="img/body-metrix.png">
<img src="img/body-metrix-logo.png">
<img src="img/market.png">
</div>
</div>
.row {
display: inline;
float: left;
}
.side-bar {
padding: 10px;
background-color: #f3f3f3;
height: 200px;
width: 250px;
}
.side-bar h3 {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 19px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.side-bar p {
font-size: 14px;
}
.side-bar a {
font-size: 13px;
}
.recent-wrap img {
max-width: 225px;
min-height: 125px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #000000;
margin-right: 20px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
Ive searched the internet but no luck as yet.
thanks in advance.
There are a number of ways to do this, one example is to float the two child elements:
.side-bar, .recent-wrap {
float: left;
}
This will only work if there is enough room on the parent element for the .side-bar and .recent-wrap to sit next to each other.
Example: http://jsbin.com/poxox/1/edit
CSS:
.row {
width: 250px
}
http://jsfiddle.net/3DCSd/
Here Is a working Fiddle
.row {
display: inline-block; /* changed to inline-block, you don't need
inline and float */
}
.recent-wrap a { /*changed to a , since your images are wrapped in <a> */
max-width: 225px;
min-height: 125px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #000000;
margin-right: 20px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
The rest of the CSS stayed the same
and HTML I just added the text box
<div class="row">
<div class="side-bar">
<h3> Recent Work </h3>
<p>Here's some of my latest work, covering web design, branding and identity.</p>
View the Portfolio →
</div>
<div class="recent-wrap">
<input type="text" id="ss" />
<img src="img/body-metrix.png"/>
<img src="img/body-metrix-logo.png"/>
<img src="img/market.png"/>
</div>
</div>
Try this:
.side-bar {
padding: 10px;
background-color: #f3f3f3;
height: 200px;
width: 250px;
float: left; /* added */
}
.recent-wrap {
margin-left: 270px; /* added (padding + width) of side-bar */
}
Working Fiddle
This approach let the second container stay in line with the first container even if the window size is small.
Here is the sample with textboxes below image: example

Vertically align inline object without height or width

Given the following html:
<div class="body">
<div class="banner">
<div class="name">
<h2>
<a href="http://www.example.com">
<span class="bold">Test Link</span><br/>
</a>
</h2>
</div>
<div class="title">
<h3>A Connections Learning Partner Program</h3>
<p>Quality online learning for high school students in Oakland County and surrounding counties.
</p>
</div>
<div class="link">
Learn More
</div>
</div>
</div>
How can I vertically align .link a (the button) within .link without giving a height or width? Like this...
Here's my fiddle
Here is one way that you can do it. Your HTML is good, no need to change anything.
For the CSS:
.body { width: 920px; }
.banner {
background-color: #454545;
border-bottom: 3px solid #F9F9F9;
height: 100px;
margin: 0 0 5px;
padding: 0;
display: table;
}
.banner > div {
outline: 1px dotted yellow; /* optional to show cell edges... */
display: table-cell;
}
.banner .name {
width: 25%;
vertical-align: top;
padding-top: 25px; /* control top white space */
text-align: center;
}
.banner .name h2 {
color: #F9F9F9;
max-height: 55px;
text-transform: uppercase;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.banner .title {
width: 50%;
vertical-align: top;
padding-top: 25px;
}
.banner .title h3 {
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 15px;
margin: 0px 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
}
.banner .title p {
font-size: 12px;
max-height: 35px;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.banner .link {
width: 25%;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: left; /* set to left, center or right as needed */
}
.banner .link a {
margin-left: 25px; /* controls left offset */
background-color: #FA9800;
border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
cursor: pointer;
display: inline-block; /* use inline-block if you want to center element */
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
height: 23px;
line-height: 23px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
width: 100px;
}
See the fiddle at: http://jsfiddle.net/audetwebdesign/jsG8F/
How This Works
The trick is to use display: table on your .banner container and then display: table-cell on your child div elements, and set the % widths to 25%, 50%, 25% respectively for .name, .title, .link.
You can then use vertical-align and text-align to control vertical and horizontal placement of the various text blocks.
I added comments related to using padding-top to control white space from the top of the banner.
For the .link a element, you can adjust the left margin (or right) as needed.
These CSS rules offer you a lot of fine control over the placement of the various elements within the banner.
Backwards Compatibility
The display: table-cell property is backwards compatible back to IE8.
Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/display
If the size of the element and banner are fixed, use margin-top to offset the element.
Marc Audet was very close but I ended up going a slightly different route.
I gave .link a a fixed top margin and made margin-left: auto; and margin-right: auto; and that did the trick.
Here is the fiddle for reference.

Centering two divs in a div: one of fixed width and the other of variable width/height

I have a situation where I have one div of fixed width, containing an image pulled from Twitter, and another div of variable width containing user text of variable length. What I want to achieve is something like the following:
I can do this well enough with a single div that has background-image and padding-left. But I want to be able to apply border-radius to the img element, which simply won't be possible with a background-image.
If I do text-align: center on the outer div, it gets me halfway there. Here's a DEMO and a screenshot:
But this obviously isn't fully what I want.
How can I accomplish this?
Ask and you shall receive — a simplified jsFiddle example:
As an added bonus, the text is vertically centered too!
HTML:
<div class="logo">
<div class="logo-container">
<img src="http://img.tweetimag.es/i/appsumo_b.png" />
</div>
<div class="logo-name">
AppSumo is a really really long title that continues down the page
</div>
</div>
CSS:
.logo {
background-color: #eee;
display: table-cell;
height: 100px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 600px;
}
.logo-container {
background-color: #fff;
border-radius: 10px;
left: 10px;
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
width: 75px;
}
.logo-name {
font: bold 28px/115% Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
padding-left: 85px;
}
Would it be something like this?
http://jsfiddle.net/uPPTM/6/
.logo {
width:80%;
margin:auto;
background-color: red;
}
.logo-container {
border: 1px solid gold;
width:73px;
height: 73px;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align:middle;
}
.logo-name {
display: inline-block;
}
You can float the image container (or image itself without the container) to the left, clearing anything the left... and then float the text to the left, clearing anything to the right.
.logo-container{
float:left;
clear:left;
}
.logo-name{
float:left;
clear:right;
}
You can adjust the distance of the text using margins.
.logo-name{
float:left;
clear:right;
margin-top:10px;
margin-left:5px;
}
Use absolute positioning with a left position to push the title text past the image.
http://jsfiddle.net/uPPTM/9/
.logo { width: 50px; }
.title {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 50px;
font-size: 32px;
text-align: center;
}
img {
border: 1px solid gray;
border-radius: 15px;
}
<div class="logo">
<div class="logo-container">
<img src="http://img.tweetimag.es/i/appsumo_b.png">
</div>
<div class="logo-name">AppSumo</div>
</div>

Image in paragraph not working as it should

If I put an image inside a paragraph tag without aligning works fine. If I align it image goes outside paragraph. Problem is that Image is MUCH larger than text.
<div id="main-paper-bg">
<div id="content">
<h1>After School Program</h1>
<p><img class="left-only" src="images/bgi/after-school/main-img.jpg" width="450" height="630" alt="Main Img" align="left">Coming Soon</p>
</div>
</div>
And CSS
#main-paper-bg {
width: 740px;
padding: 30px;
display: block;
float: left;
margin-bottom: 40px;
}
#content {
background: black;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
padding-right: 30px;
padding-left: 30px;
border: 1px solid #999;
}
p {
line-height: 160%;
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 30px;
font-size: 12pt;
}
img.left-only {
border: none;
margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;
padding: 0;
}
You have a close-parentheses in your styles that may be breaking things: "background: black);"
you don't need align="left" in your <img> tag.
The align attribute is also deprecated: use css to set width height, align and other features. In this case, you don't need to align it left, since the default value for text-align is already left.
like so: http://jsfiddle.net/SebastianPataneMasuelli/equ8p/1/

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