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I try to create a fluid layout, my sidebar is made of a list of links. I want each <li> element to be a perfect square, the problem starts when I add the text inside. It seems to be adding height to my square and what I get is a rectangle. If you examine my code the dimensions of my list objects are
32px X 43px. How can I prevent from an inside text to extend the <li> elements?
And how can I make the text appear on the bottom left side of the <li> element?
My CSS:
body{
width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.content {
width: 95%;
display: inline;
float: left;
}
.sidebar{
width: 5%;
display: inline;
float: left;
}
.sidebar ul{
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
list-style: none;
}
.sidebar li{
padding: 50%;
background-color: oldlace;
}
.sidebar a{
display: block;
font-size: 0.5em;
}
My HTML:
<body >
<h1>Hello Plunker!</h1>
<div class="sidebar">
<ul>
<li>ANALYTICS</li>
<li>STYLES</li>
<li>VOTERS</li>
<li>GET STARTED</li>
<li>UPDATE</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>Blahahhhahhhahahahahahahhahahah blahahahh bluah</p>
</div>
You could use position: relative on the li and position: absolute on the a. Using absolute will cause the a element to not affect the li's dimensions. In this way you can also position it in the corner.
http://plnkr.co/edit/kcjCl1?p=preview
.sidebar li{
padding: 50%;
position: relative;
}
.sidebar a{
display: block;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
}
Related
I'm implementing pagination, and it needs to be centered. The problem is that the links need to be displayed as block, so they need to be floated. But then, text-align: center; doesn't work on them. I could achieve it by giving the wrapper div padding of left, but every page will have a different number of pages, so that wouldn't work. Here's my code:
.pagination {
text-align: center;
}
.pagination a {
display: block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
To get the idea, what I want:
Removing floats, and using inline-block may fix your problems:
.pagination a {
- display: block;
+ display: inline-block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
- float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
(remove the lines starting with - and add the lines starting with +.)
.pagination {
text-align: center;
}
.pagination a {
+ display: inline-block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
inline-block works cross-browser, even on IE6 as long as the element is originally an inline element.
Quote from quirksmode:
An inline block is placed inline (ie. on the same line as adjacent content), but it behaves as a block.
this often can effectively replace floats:
The real use of this value is when you want to give an inline element a width. In some circumstances some browsers don't allow a width on a real inline element, but if you switch to display: inline-block you are allowed to set a width.” ( http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html#inlineblock ).
From the W3C spec:
[inline-block] causes an element to generate an inline-level block container. The inside of an inline-block is formatted as a block box, and the element itself is formatted as an atomic inline-level box.
Since many years I use an old trick I learned in some blog, I'm sorry i don't remember the name to give him credits.
Anyway to center floating elements this should work:
You need a structure like this:
.main-container {
float: left;
position: relative;
left: 50%;
}
.fixer-container {
float: left;
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
<div class="main-container">
<div class="fixer-container">
<ul class="list-of-floating-elements">
<li class="floated">Floated element</li>
<li class="floated">Floated element</li>
<li class="floated">Floated element</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
the trick is giving float left to make the containers change the width depending on the content. Than is a matter of position:relative and left 50% and -50% on the two containers.
The good thing is that this is cross browser and should work from IE7+.
Centering floats is easy. Just use the style for container:
.pagination{ display: table; margin: 0 auto; }
change the margin for floating elements:
.pagination a{ margin: 0 2px; }
or
.pagination a{ margin-left: 3px; }
.pagination a.first{ margin-left: 0; }
and leave the rest as it is.
It's the best solution for me to display things like menus or pagination.
Strengths:
cross-browser for any elements (blocks, list-items etc.)
simplicity
Weaknesses:
it works only when all floating elements are in one line (which is usually ok for menus but not for galleries).
#arnaud576875 Using inline-block elements will work great (cross-browser) in this case as pagination contains just anchors (inline), no list-items or divs:
Strengths:
works for multiline items.
Weknesses:
gaps between inline-block elements - it works the same way as a space between words. It may cause some troubles calculating the width of the container and styling margins. Gaps width isn't constant but it's browser specific (4-5px).
To get rid of this gaps I would add to arnaud576875 code (not fully tested):
.pagination{ word-spacing: -1em; }
.pagination a{ word-spacing: .1em; }
it won't work in IE6/7 on block and list-items elements
Set your container's width in px and add:
margin: 0 auto;
Reference.
Using Flex
.pagination {
text-align: center;
display:flex;
justify-content:center;
}
.pagination a {
display: block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
text-align: center;
float: none;
I think the best way is using margin instead of display.
I.e.:
.pagination a {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
Check the result and the code:
http://cssdeck.com/labs/d9d6ydif
You can also do this by changing .pagination by replacing "text-align: center" with two to three lines of css for left, transform and, depending on circumstances, position.
.pagination {
left: 50%; /* left-align your element to center */
transform: translateX(-50%); /* offset left by half the width of your element */
position: absolute; /* use or dont' use depending on element parent */
}
.pagination a {
display: block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
IE7 doesn't know inline-block.
You must add:
display:inline;
zoom: 1;
Add this to you styling
position:relative;
float: left;
left: calc(50% - *half your container length here);
*If your container width is 50px put 25px, if it is 10em put 5em.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>float object center</title>
<style type="text/css">
#warp{
width:500px;
margin:auto;
}
.ser{
width: 200px;
background-color: #ffffff;
display: block;
float: left;
margin-right: 50px;
}
.inim{
width: 120px;
margin-left: 40px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="warp">
<div class="ser">
<img class="inim" src="http://123greetingsquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/republic-day-parade-india-images-120x120.jpg">
</div>
<div class="ser">
<img class="inim" sr`enter code here`c="http://123greetingsquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/republic-day-parade-india-images-120x120.jpg">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
step 1
create two or more div's you want and give them a definite width like 100px for each then float it left or right
step 2
then warp these two div's in another div and give it the width of 200px. to this div apply margin auto.
boom it works pretty well. check the above example.
Just adding
left:15%;
into my css menu of
#menu li {
float: left;
position:relative;
left: 15%;
list-style:none;
}
did the centering trick too
What should I do to align the first 3 buttons in the center of the bar?
#navbar{
list-style-type: none;
position: relative;
top: -4px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #212121;
}
In your navigation bar you can put these three in one separate div and then align it to center
Hello friends to center a that your
menu options (nav) you only need
to use the text-aling rule: center;
,why ? Because the menu list are
formed by '' li '' or '' ul '' and we
only apply this rule to list and
ready :), greetings from mexico;)
<html>
<head>
<style>
body{
margin: 0px;
}
.navbar{
height: 60px;
background-color: #bbb;
line-height: 60px; //this will center inline elements in your navbar
}
.container{
margin-left: 5%;
margin-right: 5%;
}
.btn{
background-color: white;
padding: 10px 20px;
width: 100px;
border: none;
border-radius: 2px;
display: inline;
}
.nav{
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
}
.nav li{
display: inline;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!--Navbar-->
<nav class="navbar">
<div class="container">
<ul class="nav">
<li><button class="btn">Button1</button></li>
<li><button class="btn">Button2</button></li>
<li><a class="btn"><a> Button</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</body>
The above code should work for you. I have shown buttons using anchor tag and also button tag
I've the following:
HTML (partial):
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<div id="logo">
<img src="logo.jpg" alt="Logo" />
</div>
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
<li>Item 3</li>
<!-- how many <li>s as need -->
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
</div>
<div id="footer">
</div>
</div>
CSS:
html, body {
min-height: 100%;
}
#page {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
width: 97%;
height: 100%;
overflow-y: auto;
text-align: center;
}
#header {
position: relative;
height: auto;
min-width: 100%;
margin: 10px auto 0 auto;
display: inline-block;
overflow-x: hidden;
}
#header #logo {
float: left;
}
#header #menu ul {
list-style-type: none;
}
#header #menu ul li {
height: 2em;
line-height: 2em;
}
#content {
position: relative;
margin: 20px auto 0 auto;
width: 95%;
}
#footer {
position: relative;
margin-top: 20px;
width: 100%;
height: 260px;
}
Explaining:
There is a container div (#page). Within it there are #header, #content and #footer.
#header space is split horizontally between #logo and #menu.
The problem:
I need to position #menu at bottom of #header but yet at side of #logo. I'm not getting it without break layout. How can I do this?
When new menu items be added, they should make menu go up, not down, this is why I need to do what I said above. The fist image below illustrates how I want to do and second how it actually is (lighter parts are within the darker and yes, it is a mobile layout):
First Image:
Second Image:
And please, no JavaScript, just pure CSS.
Thanks for attention, bye.
try changing display property of the #header to table, display of the #logo and #menu to 'table-cell' and verticaly align them to the bottom - it should do what you need
#header {
position: relative;
height: auto;
min-width: 100%;
margin: 10px auto 0 auto;
display: table;
overflow-x: hidden;
}
#logo {
display:table-cell;
vertical-align:bottom;
}
#menu {display:table-cell; vertical-align:bottom;}
selector in your css #header #logo is too much because identifiers cannot duplicate so #logo is really enough
here is working example: http://jsfiddle.net/6xBvR/1/
Add position:absolute; and bottom:0px; to #header #logo:
#header #logo {
float: left;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0px;
}
Should fix your problem. You could also truncate #header #logo to just #logo.
I wouldn't use float, I'd use display:inline-block and vertical-align:bottom
#logo {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align:bottom;
}
#menu {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align:bottom;
}
But you will need to set some widths.
I alos needed to remove padding from the ul
#menu ul {margin-bottom:0px}
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/pLeUD/
i am working on this grid gallery where List items are set to width 20% so that they can be like 5 in one row using float left.
Now i am using a div with class overlay so that hen someone hovers over Li the overlayis shown.
the problem is
when i give overlay 100% width and height 100% it covers the whole screen and not just that Li.
here is my HTML code
<ul id="thumbsList">
<li>
<div class="overlay">Hello</div>
</li>
<li><div class="overlay">Hello2</div></li>
</ul>
And here is my Css
#thumbsList {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#thumbsList li {
list-style: none;
float: left;
height: 100px;
width: 20%;
background-color: gainsboro;
}
.overlay {
text-align: center;
z-index: 2;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
background-color: red;
}
Please help me fix the problem.
thanks.
You need to add position: relative to the li item, the absolute positioning in the overlay wil take this as reference.
#thumbsList li {
position: relative;
list-style: none;
float: left;
height: 100px;
width: 20%;
background-color: gainsboro;
}
Also you need to add a display: none to the overlay and a hover on li that change the display: none to display: block on the overlay, like this:
#thumbsList li:hover .overlay {
display: block;
}
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/HPJ8v/
I'm implementing pagination, and it needs to be centered. The problem is that the links need to be displayed as block, so they need to be floated. But then, text-align: center; doesn't work on them. I could achieve it by giving the wrapper div padding of left, but every page will have a different number of pages, so that wouldn't work. Here's my code:
.pagination {
text-align: center;
}
.pagination a {
display: block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
To get the idea, what I want:
Removing floats, and using inline-block may fix your problems:
.pagination a {
- display: block;
+ display: inline-block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
- float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
(remove the lines starting with - and add the lines starting with +.)
.pagination {
text-align: center;
}
.pagination a {
+ display: inline-block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
inline-block works cross-browser, even on IE6 as long as the element is originally an inline element.
Quote from quirksmode:
An inline block is placed inline (ie. on the same line as adjacent content), but it behaves as a block.
this often can effectively replace floats:
The real use of this value is when you want to give an inline element a width. In some circumstances some browsers don't allow a width on a real inline element, but if you switch to display: inline-block you are allowed to set a width.” ( http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html#inlineblock ).
From the W3C spec:
[inline-block] causes an element to generate an inline-level block container. The inside of an inline-block is formatted as a block box, and the element itself is formatted as an atomic inline-level box.
Since many years I use an old trick I learned in some blog, I'm sorry i don't remember the name to give him credits.
Anyway to center floating elements this should work:
You need a structure like this:
.main-container {
float: left;
position: relative;
left: 50%;
}
.fixer-container {
float: left;
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
<div class="main-container">
<div class="fixer-container">
<ul class="list-of-floating-elements">
<li class="floated">Floated element</li>
<li class="floated">Floated element</li>
<li class="floated">Floated element</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
the trick is giving float left to make the containers change the width depending on the content. Than is a matter of position:relative and left 50% and -50% on the two containers.
The good thing is that this is cross browser and should work from IE7+.
Centering floats is easy. Just use the style for container:
.pagination{ display: table; margin: 0 auto; }
change the margin for floating elements:
.pagination a{ margin: 0 2px; }
or
.pagination a{ margin-left: 3px; }
.pagination a.first{ margin-left: 0; }
and leave the rest as it is.
It's the best solution for me to display things like menus or pagination.
Strengths:
cross-browser for any elements (blocks, list-items etc.)
simplicity
Weaknesses:
it works only when all floating elements are in one line (which is usually ok for menus but not for galleries).
#arnaud576875 Using inline-block elements will work great (cross-browser) in this case as pagination contains just anchors (inline), no list-items or divs:
Strengths:
works for multiline items.
Weknesses:
gaps between inline-block elements - it works the same way as a space between words. It may cause some troubles calculating the width of the container and styling margins. Gaps width isn't constant but it's browser specific (4-5px).
To get rid of this gaps I would add to arnaud576875 code (not fully tested):
.pagination{ word-spacing: -1em; }
.pagination a{ word-spacing: .1em; }
it won't work in IE6/7 on block and list-items elements
Set your container's width in px and add:
margin: 0 auto;
Reference.
Using Flex
.pagination {
text-align: center;
display:flex;
justify-content:center;
}
.pagination a {
display: block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
text-align: center;
float: none;
I think the best way is using margin instead of display.
I.e.:
.pagination a {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
Check the result and the code:
http://cssdeck.com/labs/d9d6ydif
You can also do this by changing .pagination by replacing "text-align: center" with two to three lines of css for left, transform and, depending on circumstances, position.
.pagination {
left: 50%; /* left-align your element to center */
transform: translateX(-50%); /* offset left by half the width of your element */
position: absolute; /* use or dont' use depending on element parent */
}
.pagination a {
display: block;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
float: left;
margin-left: 3px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png);
}
.pagination a.last {
width: 90px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-last.png);
}
.pagination a.first {
width: 60px;
background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button-first.png);
}
<div class='pagination'>
<a class='first' href='#'>First</a>
<a href='#'>1</a>
<a href='#'>2</a>
<a href='#'>3</a>
<a class='last' href='#'>Last</a>
</div>
<!-- end: .pagination -->
IE7 doesn't know inline-block.
You must add:
display:inline;
zoom: 1;
Add this to you styling
position:relative;
float: left;
left: calc(50% - *half your container length here);
*If your container width is 50px put 25px, if it is 10em put 5em.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>float object center</title>
<style type="text/css">
#warp{
width:500px;
margin:auto;
}
.ser{
width: 200px;
background-color: #ffffff;
display: block;
float: left;
margin-right: 50px;
}
.inim{
width: 120px;
margin-left: 40px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="warp">
<div class="ser">
<img class="inim" src="http://123greetingsquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/republic-day-parade-india-images-120x120.jpg">
</div>
<div class="ser">
<img class="inim" sr`enter code here`c="http://123greetingsquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/republic-day-parade-india-images-120x120.jpg">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
step 1
create two or more div's you want and give them a definite width like 100px for each then float it left or right
step 2
then warp these two div's in another div and give it the width of 200px. to this div apply margin auto.
boom it works pretty well. check the above example.
Just adding
left:15%;
into my css menu of
#menu li {
float: left;
position:relative;
left: 15%;
list-style:none;
}
did the centering trick too