I'm attempting to center a div and fill in to the left and right with divs.
The center div will be text of variable length, and the sibling divs will be lines filling in the available space.
Here's what I envision it looking like:
Here's the markup:
<div class='heading'>
<div class='lines'></div>
<div class='heading-link'>
<a>Link Text</a>
</div>
<div class='lines'></div>
</div>
<div class='heading'>
<div class='lines'></div>
<div class='heading-link'>
<a>Really Long Link Text that is still centered</a>
</div>
<div class='lines'></div>
</div>
Here's the barebones css:
.lines {
display: inline-block;
border-top: 1px solid #2c2c2c;
border-bottom: 1px solid #2c2c2c;
}
.heading {
text-align: center;
display: inline-block;
}
.heading-link {
display: inline-block;
}
The key point is that the text in .heading-link is variable in length, and I would like the .lines divs to fill the remaining space to the left and right of .heading-link
I don't want to set a percentage width on .heading-link because I don't know how wide the text will be. Should I be using a table based layout? Or just inlined divs?
Solution Using CSS Tables
The following might be close to what you need.
Your HTML is good as is:
<div class='heading'>
<div class='lines'></div>
<div class='heading-link'><a>Link Text</a></div>
<div class='lines'></div>
</div>
<div class='heading'>
<div class='lines'></div>
<div class='heading-link'> <a>Really Long Link Text that
is still centered</a></div>
<div class='lines'></div>
</div>
Try the following CSS:
.heading {
text-align: center;
display: table;
margin: 30px 0; /* for demo only */
}
.lines {
display: table-cell;
width: 48%; /* the exact value is not that critical... */
border-top: 1px solid #2c2c2c;
border-bottom: 1px solid #2c2c2c;
}
.heading-link {
display: table-cell;
white-space: nowrap; /* keeps the text from wrapping... */
padding: 10px 20px; /* for demo only, as needed... */
}
How This Works
Apply display: table to the parent container .heading, and then display: table-cell to the child elements .lines and .heading-link.
I am using the table display type to take advantage of the auto-sizing features of table cells.
I am assuming that your .heading-link text will fit on one line, so I force the text to stay on a single line by using white-space: nowrap. This will force the .heading-link element to expand to contain the text. You can use padding to control the white space as needed.
For the left and right .lines elements, set the with to be something like 48%. This will keep force the left and right .lines elements to compute to the same width, half of whatever space remains after the space used up by .heading-link.
You can also specify an overall width to .heading if needed.
Demo Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/audetwebdesign/eyGdG/
Related
I'm trying to use inline-block divs to create a two-column feed (like google+ or pinterest), and for a number of reasons can't use CSS3 columns (partially because both columns should fill with the first elements, not just the first column). Ideally, I'd also like to avoid Javascript, but if that's impossible then whatever.
I've created this:
http://jsfiddle.net/JWjxP/1/
and am wondering why the div labeled '4' doesn't flow to fill the gap above it (like 3 does). I'd like for all the divs to begin at where the div above ends, with no space in between.
All the divs have the following rules (plus various heights):
.test1, .test2, .test3 {
background: white;
display: inline-block;
border: 1px solid black;
width: 50%;
float: left;
}
and the wrapper has the following rules:
.content {
background: #999;
height: 100%;
text-align: left;
}
You can accomplish this by breaking your test divs into two parent divs and applying inline-block display to those parents instead of the test divs themselves. This allows content to flow freely within the parent, and allows the divs to be positioned beside one another with no "gap" above.
HTML:
<div class="pure-u-3-4 content">
<div class="left">
<div class="test1">1</div>
<div class="test2">2</div>
<div class="test3">3</div>
</div>
<div class="right">
<div class="test3">4</div>
<div class="test1">5</div>
<div class="test2">6</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
.left, .right {
background: white;
display: inline-block;
border: 1px solid black;
width: 50%;
margin-right:-4px;
vertical-align:top;
}
.test1, .test2, .test3 {
width:100%;
}
FIDDLE: http://jsfiddle.net/JWjxP/27/
I'm trying to center a div vertically in a parent div, where text is present. Here's what I've got:
It looks a little funny because the text seems to be centered properly, but the yellow boxes aren't. This is how I'm doing it:
.btn {
background-color: #ccc;
color: #000;
width: 200px;
border: solid 1px black;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
display: table-cell;
}
.square {
background-color: #ff0;
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
display: inline-block;
}
.inner {
display: inline-block;
}
<div class="btn">
<div class="square"></div>
<div class="inner">Hello</div>
<div class="square"></div>
</div>
Should my usage of "table-cell" + vertical-align be working? I only care about html5, I'm really just targeting the latest versions of mobile safari, so don't have to worry about older browsers etc.
Here's a js fiddle of this:
http://jsfiddle.net/TrJqF/
Thanks
Set vertical-align:top on the square class. The extra space comes from space reserved for descendant text elements like j, g, y etc. that drop below the line.
jsFiddle example
Actually there is no difference between both the height. Apply yellow background color to inner class and see the difference in explicit and no height.
both square div doesn't have content and inner div have content. The css box aligning by itself based on its content. Add empty space to the square div as follows:
<div class="btn">
<div class="square"> </div>
<div class="inner">Hello</div>
<div class="square"> </div>
</div>
If you want you can add top and bottom margin 1 or 2 pixel which will show your expectation.
I've been searching for hours but I can't find a way to place 2 div's next to each other.
The below example works fine when the div's are smaller then the screen but when they are bigger then the screen they are below each other.
Also I would like the same classes for 2 pages:
1 page they both fit on the screen and I'd like to display them next to each other (not one on the left and one on the right)
the other page together they are bigger then the screen. (Sideways scrolling is no problem)
Take this example:
<style>
.wrapper
{
border:1px solid Red;
display: inline-block;
}
.left
{
float:left;
color: Green;
border:1px solid Green;
}
.right
{
float:right;
color: Blue;
border:1px solid Blue;
}
</style>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="left">
ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF
</div>
<div class="right">
ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF
</div>
<div class="clear" />
</div>
In the actual design ASDF is replaced by a big <table>.
As I said above I've been searching for hours but can find a solution so I'm sorry if this has been asked before.
The wrapper div isn't necessary for the two to be lined up, but if you have it for other reasons (like a border, background, etc.), then it does not need to be set to inline-block.
Nothing technically needs to float. inline-block has the same effect and is more appropriate. Having said that, one float is needed to make things as fluid as possible and will be mentioned in a second.
Something that makes this and other css magic involving inline-block tricky and error-prone is that the element is treated in some ways like an inline element and in other ways like a block. This is not cross-browser consistent. Generally, this means that it can have block-level styling (like border, and width), and inline-level styling. Generally people just think of it as blocks that fall horizontally, "in a line". But inline element properties from a wrapper div such as font-size and white-space come in to effect as well (which is just annoying).
Having said all of that, here is the bare-bones recipe for side-by-side block elements that exceed the browser window and are inside of a block-level wrapper:
The inner blocks need to be set to inline-block.
The outer wrapper needs to have white-space set to nowrap, just as if you wanted a long line of text to expand horizontally beyond the browser window.
The outer wrapper needs to be set to float: left; clear: both;, because otherwise the wrapper's width will not go past the window width. The alternative is to set the width of the wrapper, but if you don't know how far it will expand, the float will force the wrapper to automatically shrink or grow to the width of it's contents. The clear:both prevents the floating from affecting any surrounding elements.
So for the following HTML:
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="left">ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF</div>
<div class="right">ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF</div>
</div>
You would need the following CSS as a bare minimum:
.wrapper {
white-space: nowrap;
float:left;
clear: both;
}
.left, .right{
display: inline-block;
}
And then, for your example, you would add:
.wrapper {
border: 1px solid red;
}
.left
{
color: Green;
border:1px solid Green;
}
.right
{
color: Blue;
border:1px solid Blue;
}
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/crazytonyi/jTknm/
This is one approach that could be used, coupling white-space: nowrap in the parent .wrapper element with display: inline-block in the child .left and .right elements:
.wrapper
{
/* other stuff */
white-space: nowrap;
}
.left
{
display: inline-block;
/* other stuff */
}
.right
{
display: inline-block;
/* other stuff */
}
JS Fiddle demo.
You can do this without floating by setting the inner divs to display: inline-block and letting the outer div have white-space: nowrap:
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="left">left</div><div class="right">right</div>
</div>
.wrapper { border: 1px red solid; white-space: nowrap }
.wrapper div { display: inline-block; width: 70% } /* 2*70% = 140% of .wrapper */
See it in action.
Be careful to not leave any whitespace between closing the first and opening the second div, because that will manifest as visible space in the render.
Erm, you need to use float:left for both them to begin with. Then force overflow:show for the wrapper or perhaps use the newer CSS 3 property overflow-x:scroll. Let me know if it still doesn't work.
Okay I have tested for you. The reason why this is not working is because you haven't specified fixed widths and some other stuff. Here is the working code:
<style>
.wrapper
{
border:1px solid Red;
width:100%;
overflow-x:scroll;
}
.left
{
float:left;
width:500px;
color: Green;
border:1px solid Green;
}
.right
{
float:left;
width:500px;
color: Blue;
border:1px solid Blue;
}
</style>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="left">
ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF
</div>
<div class="right">
ASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDFASDF
</div>
<div class="clear" />
</div>
Then if you want to specify widths, either use Javascript to determine them on page load or use CSS.
Your divs need widths, try:
<div id="left"><p>Some content here...</p></div>
<div id="right"><p>Some content here...</p></div>
<style>
#left, #right { float:left; color: Green; border:1px solid Green; width:49%; }
#left { margin-right:1%; }
</style>
I need to make <div> displayed inline and hide them with "overflow: hidden" for their parent.
Width for <div> is set to 20% with "box-sizing" property, so they are exactly 20% of their parent width.
The usual method, using "float: left" doesn't help, because it makes only 5 <div> displayed in one line, and the rest of them shown in new line under the first 5 <div>.
How to make all <div> displayd inline and hide the rest of them if they are too wide to be shown inside of their parent, using "overflow: hidden"?
I have the following document structure:
<body>
<div class="column">
<div class="header">Some text</div>
<ul class="item_list">
<li class="simple">Some text<br></li>
<li class="simple">Some text<br></li>
<li class="simple">Some text<br></li>
...
</ul>
</div>
You can see what I mean here. But I've made it using javascript (setted for <div> "position: absolute" and generated "margin-left" for each elemet) and it causes great problems for future development.
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/marcuswhybrow/7YDfE/3/
Use display: inline-block and white-space: nowrap in combination:
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="inline"></div>
<div class="inline"></div>
<div class="inline"></div>
</div>
Then use the appropriate CSS:
div.wrapper {
width: 200px; /* or whatever */
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
}
div.inline {
display: inline-block;
}
The demo contains a little jQuery animation to illustrate the effect:
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/marcuswhybrow/7YDfE/3/
If the div elements are display: inline then applying white-space: nowrap; to the parent element will prevent their wrapping to new lines.
Since you have a known number of divs, have you tried using absolute positioning instead of floats, and specifying left:20% left:40%, etc.?
If you set the container div's height to a fixed value, and give all the inner elements display: inline-block, this should do the trick. inline-block will make each element align to the left, but keep it's dimensions, while the fixed height container will hide any that overflow to a new line.
This will do what you want with the addition of removing the white space between while allowing nice code formatting. The container gets font-size:0px ftw.
Markup
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="inline">Some text </div>
<div class="inline">Some sample text </div>
<div class="inline">Some Other text </div>
</div>
CSS
div.wrapper {
width: 250px; /* or whatever */
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
border: 1px solid red;
font-size:0px;
}
div.inline {
display: inline-block;
width: 80px;
height: 20px;
background-color: black;
color:white;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
border: 1px solid blue;
font-size:12px;
}
Is there a way to perform a vertical centering of a variable-sized multi-line content within a fixed-size div, with hidden overflow?
The aim would be to reproduce what you can see in Excel cells: when the content fits the container, it should be vertically centered, when it is larger, the parts that overflow should be hidden (and the content still vertically aligned), like in an Excel cell whose neighbours aren't empty.
I know how to vertically center using CSS, I know how to hide overflow when the content isn't vertically centered, but I've no idea how to do both at the same time... Is Javascript the only answer?
The trick is that CSS positioning approaches don't work with variable-sized content (my content is dynamic text), and when you use display:table-cell, it effectively disables CSS overflow control (and the container grows to accomodate the content).
This should make all the cells 65px high, and make the cells' text show up in the middle. When it's too much text, the text disappears bellow.
I believe it's what you want?
CSS:
.row {
border: solid 1px blue;
display: block;
height: 65px; /* arbitrary value */
overflow: hidden;
line-height: 65px; /* same as height */
}
.cell {
border: solid 1px #CCCCCC;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
height: 100%;
}
.cellContents {
display: inline-block;
max-height: 100%;/*would 100%; work?*/
width: 100px; /* arbitrary value */
overflow: hidden;
border: solid 1px red; /* just to see that it's centered */
line-height: 100%; /* so it does not inherit the huge line-height, and we get more than one line of text per cell */
}
HTML:
<div class="table">
<div class="row">
<span class="cell"><span class="cellContents">cell 1 1</span></span>
<span class="cell"><span class="cellContents">cell 1 2</span></span>
<span class="cell"><span class="cellContents">cell 1 3</span></span>
</div>
<div class="row">
<span class="cell"><span class="cellContents">cell 2 1</span></span>
<span class="cell"><span class="cellContents">This should make all the cells 65px high, and make the cells' text show up in the middle. When it's too much text, the text disappears bellow.</span></span>
<span class="cell"><span class="cellContents">cell 2 3</span></span>
<span class="cell"><span class="cellContents">cell 2 4</span></span>
</div>
</div>
You can try it on JSFiddle.