My apologies if this too basic of a question but CSS is boggling me. I think I'm doing something that CSS is supposed to do easily but it is simply not working the way I read the documentation.
Here's my example. It's been massively simplified but the basic problem remains. I'm sure this is some core misconception on my part, I just don't know where it lies.
Here's the goal:
Here's what I get now:
Here is the HTML:
<div id="line-wrapper">
<div id="block-nice-menus-1">
<ul id="nice-menu-1">
<li><span title="Departments" class="nolink">Departments</span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="block-imageblock-40">
<img src="http://www.kallenconsulting.com/home/files/top-menu-swish.png"
alt="" />
</div>
<div id="block-imageblock-42">
<img src="http://www.kallenconsulting.com/home/files/Transparent-4x6.png"
alt="" />
</div>
</div>
And here's the CSS:
/* -- nice-menu-1 is Main Menu -- */
#line-wrapper {
background-color: #ff0000;
}
#block-nice-menus-1 {
position: relative;
float: right;
margin-right: 0px;
height: 40px;
border: none;
background: #d6b982;
}
#nice-menu-1 {
display: block;
padding: 0px 30px;
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
color: #000;
background: #d6b982;
line-height: 2.4em;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nice-menu-1 ul, #nice-menu-1 li {
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
border-color: #e11837;
}
#block-imageblock-40 {
/* top-menu-swish */
float: right;
margin: 0px;
}
#block-imageblock-42 {
/* top-menu-leading-line */
bottom: 0px;
height:6px;
width:100%;
background: #d6b982;
}
I can't get the floats right (I know, Yet Another Float Question). The main issue is that this is going to be a menu with a variable number of items, so as the menu grows, ("Departments" now, but later "Departments", "Services", "Sections", etc.) it should push to the left, reducing the length of the line I can't use a fixed length on the leading line (#block-imageblock-42). Also, the menu items will have separators, so I can't just full-width things. This needs to be done in pure CSS, no jQuery or other JS.
Here's my JSfiddle of the problem: http://jsfiddle.net/zjfsy/
UPDATE: I have modified the question to be more specific per the requests of folks trying to help. The "goal" image at the top has been updated to more accurately reflect the issue. One thing I really want to make clear is that this specific instance is not so important. I already doctored up a position:absolute fix that will hold for the short term. My desire is to understand better why this is so hard. I have three containers. I want two of them to float right and the third to expand to fill the space from the last container to the edge of the page. It seems like this is what float was supposed to do. I assume this is some base misunderstanding on my part.
Anyway. Here's more constraints:
The leading bar needs to expand to fill the empty space between the
left side and the swish.
Each of the tabs needs to have a separator that allows the background through.
The number of the tabs is variable, based on client choices -- which
can change regularly.
I can't really change the structure of the HTML, other than
modifying it with CSS.
And again, all help is very much appreciated.
here is my solution: http://jsfiddle.net/abbood/b56Vq/ (never used jsfiddle before.. so sorry if i did this wrong, or if i was supposed to fork your project)
here is the code:
<html>
<head>
<link href="betterStyle.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<ul>
<li><div></div><div>Departments</div></li>
<li><div></div><div>Services</div></li>
<li><div></div><div>Sections</div></li>
<li><div></div><div>stuff</div></li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
//betterStyle.css
#wrapper {
height: 2.5em;
background-color: #e0203b;
background-image: url('http://s11.postimage.org/a1jmymlgv/bage_Box.png');
background-position: bottom;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
ul
{
list-style-type: none;
float: right;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul li {
float: right ;
display: inline-block;
}
/* text */
ul li div:nth-child(2) {
line-height: 2.5em;
line-weight: bold;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
background-color: #d6b982;
float: right;
padding-right: 1em;
}
/* image */
ul li div:nth-child(1) {
background-image: url('http://s8.postimage.org/b2qycoatd/top_menu_swish.png');
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
float: left;
width: 53px;
height: 40px;
line-weight: bold;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
notes:
i created my own image and I linked to it using some image hosting service.
you can add as many tabs as you want (i assumed that each tab will have that image attached to it.. i wasn't sure how you wanted the final thing to look like (the right edges look too sharp).. but i'm sure you can adjust it to your liking.. when adding extra tabs the horizontal line shrinks.. i think that's what you meant when you said so as the menu grows, it should push to the left, reducing the length of the line
update:
Here is the updated answer without changing a line in the html: http://jsfiddle.net/abbood/SkxkC/ (for some reason there is a bump under the folder image in jsfiddle.. i tested it on mac chrome/safari/firefox and they worked fine.. lemme know if it isn't working perfectly for you though)
html (pretty much same.. just added a couple of tabs just for fun):
<body>
<div id="line-wrapper">
<div id="block-nice-menus-1">
<ul id="nice-menu-1">
<li><span title="Departments" class="nolink">Departments</span>
</li>
<li><span title="Departments" class="nolink">Services</span>
</li>
<li><span title="Departments" class="nolink">Classes</span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="block-imageblock-40">
<img src="http://www.kallenconsulting.com/home/files/top-menu-swish.png"
alt="" />
</div>
<div id="block-imageblock-42">
<img src="http://www.kallenconsulting.com/home/files/Transparent-4x6.png"
alt="" />
</div>
</div>
</body>
css:
/* -- nice-menu-1 is Main Menu -- */
#line-wrapper {
background-color: #ff0000; /* red */
height: 40px;
position: relative;
z-index: -2;
}
#line-wrapper div {
background-color: #ff0000; /* red */
}
#block-nice-menus-1 {
position: relative;
float: right;
margin-right: 0px;
height: 40px;
border: none;
background: #d6b982;
}
#nice-menu-1 {
display: block;
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
color: #000;
line-height: 2.4em;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-decoration: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#nice-menu-1 ul {
padding: 0;
background-color: #ff0000; /* red */
}
#nice-menu-1 ul, #nice-menu-1 li {
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
border-color: #e11837;
}
#nice-menu-1 li{
list-style-type: none;
display: inline-block;
padding: 0 2em;
background: #d6b982; /* bage */
height: 40px;
}
#block-imageblock-40 {
/* top-menu-swish */
float: right;
margin: 0px;
}
#block-imageblock-42
{
/* top-menu-leading-line */
bottom: 0px;
height:6px;
width:100%;
background-color: #d6b982 !important;
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
}
I a have also done something similar that does not use the position:relative feature for the #line-wrapper since that may cause you some problems when you implement it.
See http://jsfiddle.net/zjfsy/
#block-imageblock-42 {
/* top-menu-leading-line */
height:6px;
width:100%;
background: #d6b982;
position:absolute;
margin-top:34px;
}
#line-wrapper {
display: block;
height: 40px;
width: 100%;
background-color: #ff0000;
}
Hope this helps! (I am definitely going to vote wxactly's answer up since it is a better answer than mine since it doesn't require "hard coding" with magic number margins, etc. Definitely use his answer if you can, but now at least you have two different ways.
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I feel like an idiot because I know this a simple thing. I can't figure why the logo and tagline images aren't in the grey container together.
I also can't under why my h2 and ul are on top of my image. All help is appreciated. This what it's supposed to look like https://imgur.com/a/3Qx3ihp
and this is how it renders now https://imgur.com/a/WGyYzPr
<div id="topbar">
<img src="hw8_images/logo.png" alt="Blaine and Associates logo"><img src="hw8_images/blaine-tagline.png" alt="Blaine and Associates Inc. tagline"><img src="hw8_images/architectural-tagline.png" alt="Architectural Design and Consulting">
<ul class="nav">
<li>Contact</li>
<li>Employment</li>
<li>Projects</li>
<li>Services</li>
<li>Company</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="buildingimage"></div>
<div id="container">
<h2>Quick Links</h2>
<ul id="QL">
<li>Free Consultation
</li>
<li>Client List</li>
<li>Testimonials</li>
<li>Open Positions</li>
<li>Latest News</li>
</ul>
</div>
body {
font: normal normal normal 75%/1.3em verdana,geneva,lucida,arial,sans-serif;
text-decoration: none; background-color: #fff;
}
.topbar{
background-color: #4d4d4d;
font-color: #fff;
height: 15px;
min-width: 500px;
max-width: 950px;
}
.nav li{
font: normal normal normal 100%/2em verdana,geneva,lucida,arial,sans-serif;
text-decoration: none;
display: inline-block;
list-style: none;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
float: right;
}
h1 {
font: normal normal normal 140%/1.3em verdana,geneva,lucida,arial,sans-
serif; text-decoration: none;
}
h2 {
font: normal normal normal 120%/1.3em verdana,geneva,lucida,arial,sans-
serif;
text-decoration: none;
float: left;
position: relative;
}
footer li {
display: inline-block;
list-style-type: none;
font: normal normal normal 90%/2em verdana,geneva,lucida,arial,sans-serif;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
background-color: #4d4d4d;
font-color: #fff;
}
#container {
position: relative;
height: 300px;
width: 400px;
}
.buildingimage {
background-image: url(hw8_images/building.jpg);
float: left;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
position: absolute;
margin: .5em;
background-size:cover;
height: 7em;
min-width: 200px;
max-width: 250px
}
#QL {
list-style: circle;
float: left;
position: relative;
}
"I can't figure why the logo and tagline images aren't in the grey container together."
They are inside, but the container is not styled, as you can't find it with .topbar, because it is an id not a class.
So #topbar will do it. If you make it bigger than 15px, all elements will be displayed inside.
The H2 and ul are on top of the background-img, because it is positioned abolute. If you change it to relative, the image will float left and the H2 and ul align on the right to it.
The problem is that you added float:left to your h2 and #QL selectors. Floating elements can be dangerous if you don't understand how it works. It removes the element from standard flow and then pushes it all the way to the top and to the left or right as assigned. It only stops for other elements that are floating, or for elements that have clear set to either the same side (left or right) or both.
Check out this CSS-Tricks article for more details.
I would also recommend you do some reading about fundamental CSS concepts. CSS-Tricks has a good collection of beginner concepts. I think you may find some of them helpful.
Your .buildingimage is in position absolute, he shouldn't ! Something put into absolute allows the element to overlap to others. Put it to "relative" or delete it if you don't really need it. there is also your h2 which got a float.
I am pretty new to this. I am hoping for some help and advise keeping my divs side by side. One is a menu which works fine but now my content is overlapping and I'm not sure what I did. I should make multiple saves. any advice on positioning my divs would be crazy appreciated.
apologies if my formatting of the post is wrong. brain is fried and my website is due for class tomorrow.
body {
background-color: #35455e;
}
h1 {
text-align: center;
font-size: 400%;
color: #ecb3ff;
padding-left: 30px;
}
h2 {
text-align: center;
font-size: 300%;
color: #ecb3ff;
padding-left: 40px;
}
ul {
list-style: none;
overflow: hidden;
list-style: none;
text-align: center;
border-style: hidden;
}
a {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 125%;
padding-left: 12px;
}
a:hover {
color: #fff666;
}
a:active {
color: #9bc1ff;
}
div.header {
background-image: url("https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-
9/22089728_10212094710577763_385045730802353501_n.jpg?
oh=534f6bd3108f6f68f96cf5709e404b9f&oe=5AD4BADA");
background-size: initial;
background-repeat: repeat;
border-radius: 8px;
height: 573px;
width: 449px;
border: 10px;
box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #333333;
float: left;
position:fixed;}
div.main{
position: relative;
top: 500px;
right: 500px;
}
li {
width: 30%;
}
My HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Madison Queen's Art Portfolio: Home</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="final.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
<h1>Madison Art Portfolio</h1>
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Photography</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div><!--closing of header-->
<div class="main">
<h2>Madison Art Portfolio</h2>
</div><!--CLOSING OF MAIN-->
</div><!--CLOSING OF THE CONTAINER-->
</body>
</html>
As you are using position:fixed; in div.header and position:relative; in div.main you can change the stack of them using z-index value in CSS. if you want your header on the front side and main on the back side then add z-index:2 in div.header and z-index:1 in div.main.
it is overlapping because you have specified the fixed position to the header which is placing the header on the fixed place and anything on the page will overlap with the header. you can try position:absolute
Remove all the code from div.main. It's not required. Also remove position: fixed from the div.header block.
I have a pretty specific question: I'm building something like a simple flat table (I don't use table itself because of rounded borders issue).
I'm using unordered list here and the problem is that I can't figure out how to align items in the second column, taking into account that the content should be dynamic (e.g. changing numbers).
Here's the markup for one row:
<section class="ktbl_head">
<ul>
<li>VALUE</li>
<li>VALIDITY</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section class="ktbl_mid_wht">
<ul>
<li>500 units</li>
<li>15 days</li>
<button class="btn btn-sm getdramz pull-right">GET</button>
</ul>
</section>
And CSS:
.ktbl_head {
padding: 15px 0 0 0;
height: 100%;
background-color: #ebe7e7;
border-top-left-radius: 5px;
border-top-right-radius: 5px;
}
.ktbl_head ul li {
display: inline;
padding-right: 135px;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 300;
color: #888888;
}
.ktbl_mid_wht {
background-color: #ffffff;
height: 100%;
padding: 20px 0 0 0;
}
.ktbl_mid_wht ul li {
display: inline;
text-align: left;
padding-right: 90px;
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 400;
color: #888888;
}
Thanks for your attention!
here is my implementation on aligning the table without the table tag:
HTML
<div class="container">
<section class="ktbl_head">
<ul>
<li>VALUE</li>
<li>VALIDITY</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section class="ktbl_mid_wht">
<ul>
<li>500 units</li>
<li>15 days</li>
<button class="btn btn-sm getdramz pull-right">GET</button>
</ul>
</section>
CSS
.container {
border-radius: 10px;
border: 1px solid rgb(200,200,200);
overflow: hidden;
}
section {
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
width: 100%;
}
section:nth-child(2n+1) {
background-color: #ebe7e7;
}
section ul {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
height: 65px;
}
section ul li {
width: 45%;
line-height: 65px;
display: inline-block;
}
section ul li:first-child {
padding-left: 35px;
}
Result
Explanation
You see, in the HTML, I added a new div as a container to create the curved corner with border-radius (the overflow: hidden needs to be used so that the content is encapsulated by the container).
For the CSS, section maintains general property such as font-family. Furthermore, section:nth-child(2n+1) is used to create background-color every other element starting with 1st,3rd,5th,... element. The selectors section ul, section ul li, and section ul li:first-child are used to make the CSS selectors more semantic (it makes clean code and easy to maintain in the future). Please see the code below for the demo. Happy coding!
PLAYGROUND
Give all the li's a width in which all of the content-length will fit..
I ran into this unusual Firefox-only (as far as I know - I only checked against Safari and Chrome, and was using Firefox 3.6) CSS bug today at work, and managed to reproduce the problem with a much smaller snippet of code, here:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<style>
/*
* A small snippet of some CSS resets code from html5doctor and YUI fonts and resets
* added just to make sure it's not from weird browser padding/margin. Still happens
* if this is removed though
*/
html, body, div, span, p, ul, li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
outline: 0;
font-size: 100%;
background: transparent;
}
body {
line-height: 1;
}
li {
list-style: none;
}
body {
color: #333;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
line-height: 1.3;
}
/* Some clearfix code from HTML5 Boilerplate */
.clearfix:before, .clearfix:after {
content: "\0020";
display: block;
height: 0;
visibility: hidden;
}
.clearfix:after {
clear: both;
}
.clearfix {
zoom: 1;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div style="padding: 20px; border: solid thin black;">Hello!</div>
<div>
<ul class="clearfix">
<li style="float: left; padding: 5px; border: solid thin black;">There</li>
<li style="float: left; padding: 5px; border: solid thin black;">should</li>
<li style="float: left; padding: 5px; border: solid thin black;">be no</li>
<li style="float: left; padding: 5px; border: solid thin black;">margin</li>
<li style="float: left; padding: 5px; border: solid thin black;">above</li>
<li style="float: left; padding: 5px; border: solid thin black;">this</li>
<li style="float: left; padding: 5px; border: solid thin black;">list</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-top: 30px">Yet for some reason the 30px margin-top on this p applies to both this p as well as the above list</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here's a screenshot of what the problem looks like
So what I'd normally expect to happen here is that there's no margin between the two <div>s, or above the <ul>, and indeed, hovering over elements in Firebug will show no margin/padding coloring. But for some reason, the 30px margin-top from the <p> is being applied to both the <p>, as well as its containing <div>. My guess is that something's buggy with the clearfix (and indeed, if you use a clearing <br/>, this problem goes away), but I'm curious if anyone has insight into what exactly the problem here is. Thanks!
That's correct, you are not using the right clearfix ;-)
This one should fix the issue:
.clearfix:before,
.clearfix:after {
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
.clearfix:after {clear: both;}
.clearfix {zoom: 1;}
See:
http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/09/27/clearfix-reloaded-overflowhidden-demystified/
BUT - the elephant in the room that isn't being mentioned is a Firefox float bug which affects at least 3.6-6 (tested). A float container styled with ':after { content:"" }' (where content is empty or any type or whitespace) will duplicate the margin-top of the following element! This only appears to affect Firefox and is clearly a bug.
Simple test case:
<div class="container cf">
<div class="floater"></div>
</div>
<div class="next">
<p>Some content here!</p>
</div>
<style>
body { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.cf:after { content:""; display:block; clear:both; *zoom:1; }
.container { background:gray; }
.floater { float:left; width:46%; height:200px; margin:0 10px; background:#ddd; }
.next { background: yellow; margin: 30px 0px; }
</style>
http://jsfiddle.net/TjW6c/394/
You're not using the clearfix right. Using positioniseverything's clearfix(a.k.a. pie-clearfix) is usually my solution to all clearfixes:
.clearfix:after {
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
}
You can check it out here: http://jsfiddle.net/WVtYd/
Saw this www.workatplay.com/ website, and got fascinated on how simple and nice stuff can look. I wish to make exactly like the header above.
With the header I am reffering to this:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/619/header1o.png
And how the links + the "[workatplay.com]" logo is set up at the right.
I tried looking at the source & css/source for learning, but It doesnt seem to be there. The part where the nav-sub(the pink bar) gets colordefined(css) and splitted.
Is the whole header a background itself? Why cant i find it in the css or anywhere else to know how they have done.
How can i make a header like this?
Here you go.. http://jeaffreygilbert.com/workatplayheader.html
Preview:
CSS:
/* Resetter */
ol, ul, li, a {
background: transparent;
border: 0px;
font-size: 100%;
margin: 0px;
outline: 0px;
padding: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
ul, li {
list-style-type: none;
}
/* Body */
body {
background-image: url(http://www.workatplay.com/sites/all/themes/play/css/schemes/pink/bg-home.png);
}
/* Header */
.header {
margin: 0px auto;
position: relative;
width: 1000px;
}
.header ul li {
float: left;
}
.header ul li a {
background-position: 0% 0%;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
cursor: pointer;
display: block;
height: 80px;
text-indent: -9999px;
}
.header ul li a, ul#nav-sub {
background: transparent url(http://www.workatplay.com/sites/all/themes/play/css/schemes/pink/sprite-nav.png) no-repeat scroll 0px -160px;
}
/* Nav */
ul#nav {
height: 80px;
margin-top: 80px;
-webkit-padding-start: 40px;
display: block;
}
ul#nav li.services a {
background-position: 0px 0px;
width:115px;
}
ul#nav li.toolbox a {
background-position: -115px 0px;
width:115px;
}
ul#nav li.work a {
background-position: -224px 0px;
width: 86px;
}
ul#nav li.about a {
background-position: -310px 0px;
width: 93px;
}
ul#nav li.insights a {
background-position: -403px 0px;
width: 113px;
}
ul#nav li.home {
float: right;
}
ul#nav li.home a {
background-position: -533px 0px;
width: 200px;
}
/* Sub Nav */
ul#nav-sub {
background-position: 0px -160px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height: 40px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul#nav-sub li.contact {
float: right;
}
ul#nav-sub li.contact a {
background-position: 0px -200px;
width: 200px;
}
HTML:
<div class="header">
<ul id="nav">
<li class="home">work [at] play vancouver</li>
<li class="services">services</li>
<li class="toolbox">toolbox</li>
<li class="work">work</li>
<li class="about">about</li>
<li class="insights">insights</li>
</ul>
<ul id="nav-sub">
<li class="contact">contact work [at] play</li>
</ul>
</div>
Using Google Chrome, right click and select "Inspect Element". There is a task pane called "computed css" that will tell you exactly what the browser is displaying no matter how the css got there (default, inline, external). I use that to debug css I'm developing all the time. Other browsers may have similar features.
As to how to replicate it? The css would be rather simple. Two floated divs for each row. Inside each div would be two additional divs, one floated left and one floated right. Play with the margins until you get the spacing you like.
width: 100%;
background-color: {color you want};
margin-left: ____;
margin-right: ____;
etc
As for the logo, research css's vertical-align attribute. This, couple with font-size should give you the effect you want.
Well at workplay.com there is css file http://workplay.com/files/css/css_09edd7837a8690967d3b6d7e136222f6.css which you can locate by viewing source.
if you are using firefox then download and install Firebug Plug-in. similarly if you are using IE there is similar plug-in available from Microsoft "IE Developer Toolbar". or chrome or safari comes with Web Page Inspector tool . all are simple to use
just point with pointer from this plug-in and click on one the element for which you want to know css or HTML or JavaScript details.
here you can experiment with this by changing and see result instantly.
copy and paste the following code in your editor, the color and fonts are not the same but it look nearly likes your header
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
font : 20px Arial;
margin: 0px;
}
div#header {
background : black;
color: white;
padding-top : 25px;
}
/*The title*/
div#header h1 {
float: right;
margin-right: 100px;
border; 1px white;
font : 20px Arial;
}
div#header ul {
list-style: none;
height: 50px;
}
div#header li {
float: left;
width: 100px;
}
div#pink_area{
background: pink;
margin-top; 0px;
}
div#pink_area ul {
list-style: none;
height: 50px;
}
div#pink_area li {
float: left;
width: 45%;
line-heigth: 20px;
text-align : center;
padding : 10px
}
</style>
</head>
<div id="header">
<h1>Work <small>[at]</small> play <small><sup>TM</sup></small></h1>
<ul id="menu">
<li>services</li>
<li>toolbox</li>
<li>work</li>
<li>about</li>
<li>insigths</li>
</ul>
<div id="pink_area">
<ul>
<li>Engaging digital experiences</li>
<li>contact us</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</html>