Problems adding a top margin for a complicated fluid layout - css

First, check out a working example of the layout I have:
http://jsfiddle.net/EPC8c/2/
What I'm trying to do is adding a top margin to this. Since I have most of this built on 100% height, things get a little weird when trying this: http://jsfiddle.net/EPC8c/1/ (fixed link)
The fluid layout now leaves the footer being pushed down past 0 or 100% of the page. This is probably working as intended, but I'm trying to find a solution to not cause this.
Any help with this would be amazing.
HTML
<div id="container">
<header></header>
<div id="content"></div>
<footer></footer>
</div>
CSS
html, body {
background: #ff3333;
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
#container {
position:relative;
background: #FFF;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 200px;
min-height:100%;
}
header {
height: 60px;
background: #888;
}
#content {
background: #FFF;
min-height: 200px;
padding-bottom: 60px; /*FOOTER HEIGHT*/
}
footer {
position:absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 200px;
height: 60px;
background: blue;
}

Here's a solution, courtesy of this question: CSS 100% height with padding/margin
JSFiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/EPC8c/5/
HTML:
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="container">
<header></header>
<div id="content">
</div>
<footer></footer>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
#wrapper {
display: block;
position:absolute;
height:auto;
bottom:0;
top:0;
left:0;
right:0;
margin-top:20px;
}

It's admittedly not the best solution and it relies on percentage margins, but one route would be to wrap it all in an absolutely positioned div with a percentage upper padding and a negative (equal) percentage bottom padding. Like this:
http://jsfiddle.net/EPC8c/3/
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="container">
<header></header>
<div id="content">
</div>
<footer></footer>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
#wrapper {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 90%;
padding-top: 10%;
padding-bottom: -10%;
}

Related

How to make footer stick to bottom despite size of content?

I have this CSS code:
#main-wrapper {min-height: 300px;}
#main {}
.clearfix:after {content:".";display:block;height:0;clear:both;visibility:hidden;}
I tried : clear:both; bottom:0; position:fixed; width:100%; for footer ..
but it works only in short content display .. when a content of a page is too long, then I have to scroll page down over footer ..
please help
see the example code here
HTML
<div id="main-wrapper">
<div id="content"> content of any length</div>
<div id="footer">Footer</div>
</div>
CSS
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
#content {
margin-bottom: 30px;/*same as footer height*/
}
#footer{
position: fixed;
bottom:0;
height: 30px;
background: #eee;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
}
A simpler a neater way to do this:
HTML
<div id="main-wrapper">
<div id="content">Main content</div>
<footer>Footer content</footer>
</div>
CSS
#content {
min-height: 50vh; /*adjust to find the one that suits your content*/
}

Centered div with fixed width, fixed position sidebars

I want to create a layout of 3 columns. The center has a fixed width (e.g. 500px). The sidebars need to have a fixed position, so that their content remains always visible. This content has to be floated close to the middle column.
Here is what I came up with so far. Unfortunately, I couldn't fix the sidebars. The code is replicated below.
HTML:
<div class="wrap">
<div id="pixelLeft">
<div id="pixelLeftContent">
Column 1 has to be fixed, with liquid width.
It's content needs to be floated to left;
</div>
</div>
<div id="bannerCenter">
</div>
<div id="pixelRight">
<div id="pixelRightContent">
Column 2 has to be fixed, with liquid width.
It's content needs to be floated to right;
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
CSS:
*{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#bannerCenter {
background:#ddd;
width: 500px;
float:left;
height: 1000px;
}
#pixelLeft {
background:#999;
width: calc(50% - 250px);
float:left;
}
#pixedLeftContent {
width: 50%;
float:right;
}
#pixelRight {
background:#999;
width: calc(50% - 250px);
float:right;
}
#pixelRightContent {
width: 50%;
float:left;
}
#pixelLeft, #pixelRight {
height: 400px;
}
Try something like this, i dont think css supports % and px together... it may solve your problem..
Modify Your css like this:
#pixelLeft{
width: 50%;
float:left;
position: relative;
}
#pixelLeftContent{
background:#999;
float: right;
margin-right: 250px;
}

Keeping a DIV at bottom-center of its parent DIV

My HTML structure is basically this -
<div id="header">
<div class="container">
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="container">
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<div class="container">
</div>
</div>
Ignore any elements except <div id="header">
I want to align <div class="container"> inside <div id="header"> at exactly bottom center. I'm using the following CSS code-
#header{ width:1062px; height:326px; background-color:#110000; text-align:center; position:relative; }
#header .container{ width:940px; height:262px; background-color:#220000; margin:0px auto; position:absolute; bottom:0px; }
There are height differences between the parent (#header) and child (#header .container) DIVs. Removing position:absolute; from the child centers it but it sticks to the parent's top instead of bottom. Keeping position:absolute; sticks it at the bottom but aligns it to the left.
How do I align it both center AND bottom at the same time?
I tried all the solution above but it didn't work when you resize the browser window. This solution is mostly to be applied when you don't know the element's width. Or if the width is changed on resize.
After making some research I tried the following and it worked perfectly on all screen sizes.
#somelement {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
bottom: 0px;
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%)
}
I shared this for anyone still facing this issue.
try in this way:
#header .container{
width: 940px;
height: 262px;
background-color: #220000;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0 ;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -470px;
}
try this
#header .container {
width: 940px;
height: 262px;
background-color: #220000;
margin: 0px auto;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0px;
left: 61px;
}
use this:
#header{
width:1062px; height:262px; background-color:#110000; text-align:center;
position:relative;text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;padding-top:64px;
}
#header .container{
width:940px;
height:262px;
background-color:#999000;
margin:0px auto;
bottom:0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
}
Here the jsfiddle
UPDATE:
As DenisVuyka said in comment, i should add that the above sample was as answer to this particular question with fixed height for DIV.
If you want that height of DIV don't break up things then for example you should use padding-top:10%; in the #header and height:100% in #header .container CSS.
#header{
width:462px; height:262px; background-color:#110000; text-align:center;
position:relative;text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;padding-top:10%;
}
#header .container{
width:300px;
height:100%;
background-color:#999000;
margin:0px auto;
bottom:0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
}
Here is a demo: http://jsfiddle.net/d6ct6/ .
I was trying to get this to work in my project as well. I've edited this jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/d6ct6/
<div id="header">
<div class="container">
</div>
</div>
#header {
height:100vh;
background-color:#110000;
position:relative;
}
#header .container{
width:300px;
height:40px;
background-color:#999000;
bottom:0px;
position:absolute;
left:calc((100% - 300px)/2);
}
But I've found this only works when the width of .container is fixed.
If the width of .container is not fixed you would need javascript to find it's width and then change that width in the calc.
When the widths are responsive, use this:
HTML
<div id="header">
<div id="container">
</div>
</div>
CSS
#header {
height:100vh;
background-color:#110000;
position:relative;
}
#container{
width:300px;
height:40px;
background-color:#999000;
bottom:0px;
position:absolute;
}
JS
$(document).ready(function () {
var parentWidth = $('#header').width();
var trapWidth = $('#container').width();
var deadCenter = (parentWidth - trapWidth);
var deadHalf = Number( deadCenter / 2 );
$('#container').css("right", deadHalf);
});
In case you care more about having the inside div aligned in the center and can manually set the vertical alignment.
DEMO Height I used was first div height - second div height.
#header .container{ width:940px; height:262px; background-color:red; margin:0 auto; position:relative; top: 64px; }
I would take advantage of CSS table display properties and do the following:
#header {
width:1062px;
height:326px;
background-color:#110000;
text-align:center;
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
#header .container {
width:900px;
height:262px;
background-color:#cccccc;
color: white;
display: inline-block;
}
Set the #header block to display: table-cell and set vertical-align: bottom to align the child's bottom edge to the bottom edge of the parent.
The child .container element had display: inline-block and this will allow it to respond the text-align: center property of the parent.
This will work regardless of the width of the child .container.
Demo fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/audetwebdesign/p9CxE/
This same problem was bedevilling me for an hour or so, until I realised I could add an intermediary div; this separated the vertical alignment issue from the centering.
.dparent {
border: 1px solid red;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
position: absolute;
}
.dchild {
border: 1px solid blue;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
bottom: 0px;
position: relative;
}
.dmid {
border: 1px solid green;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
<div class="dparent">
<div class="dmid">
<div class="dchild"></div>
</div>
</div>
Do the vertical alignment first, with an absolute position and the 0 bottom. Then do the centering with margin-left and margin-right set to auto.
You might try this solution for any concerned width:
width:100%;
position:absolute;
bottom: 5px;
left:50%;
margin-left:-50%;
Good luck!

3 row CSS div design

I am trying to make 3 div's in row design. Where the header and footer have fixed height.
The center div expands to fill the empty space. I have tried but the closest I got is the code below. Still having problems with the center div which expands over the footer div.
html:
<div id='container'>
<div id='rowOne'>row 1</div>
<div id='rowTwo'>row 2</div>
<div id='rowThree'>row 3</div>
</div>
css:
#rowOne {
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
background: green;
}
#rowTwo {
width: 100%;
background: limegreen;
height:100%;
overflow:hidden;
}
#rowThree {
width: 100%;
position: fixed;
clear: both;
background: green;
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
left:0;
height:50px;
}
#container {
height: 100%;
}
Three Row pure CSS
I know this post is getting on a bit, but despite claims to the contrary, you can do this very simply with CSS. No need for JavaScript, jQuery, CSS 3 hacks etc.
Here's a couple of jsf's that show fixed header and footer and dynamic body div.
This first one shows fixed pixel height header and footer and dynamic body EXACTLY as you wanted in your image
http://jsfiddle.net/LBQ7K/
<body>
<div class="header"><p>Header</p></div>
<div class="cssBody"><p>Hello World</p></div>
<div class="footer"><p>Footer</p></div>
</body>
html, body, {
height: 100%;
}
.header {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
height: 50px;
width: 100%;
background: #f00;
}
.footer {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
height: 50px;
width: 100%;
background: #00f;
}
.cssBody {
position: absolute;
top: 50px;
bottom: 50px;
width: 100%;
background: #0f0;
}
The second shows you can use the same technique to have dynamic headers & footers.
http://jsfiddle.net/reqXJ/
<body>
<div class="header"><p>Header</p></div>
<div class="cssBody"><p>Hello World</p></div>
<div class="footer"><p>Footer</p></div>
</body>
html, body, {
height: 100%;
}
.header {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
height: 15%;
width: 100%;
background: #f00;
}
.footer {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
height: 15%;
width: 100%;
background: #00f;
}
.cssBody {
position: absolute;
top: 15%;
bottom: 15%;
width: 100%;
background: #0f0;
}
This is a very common problem, one of the solutions that worked for me is from the following website:
http://ryanfait.com/sticky-footer/
with the code:
http://ryanfait.com/sticky-footer/layout.css
and another popular choice:
http://www.cssstickyfooter.com/
If this does not meet your needs, let us know, we can help more.
Seems like you are try to do a sticky footer, well... you will need a few hacks:
HTML:
<div id='container'>
<div class="header">
<h1>Sticky Footer!</h1>
</div>
<div id='rowOne'>row 1</div>
<div id='rowTwo'>row 2</div>
<div id='rowThree'>row 3</div>
<div class="push"></div>
</div>
<div id='footer'></div>
CSS
.container {
min-height: 100%;
height: auto !important;height: 100%;
/* the bottom margin is the negative value of the footer's height */
margin: 0 auto -142px;
}
.footer, .push{
height: 142px; /* .push must be the same height as .footer */
}
Note: Replace the footer and push height for your fixed height and don't forget to insert the push div after the rows in the container.
You can fake this by absolutely positioning the rows, and adding padding to top and bottom for the middle row. You cannot do this like you were doing with tables
#container { position:relative; height:800px } // needs height
#rowOne, #rowTwo, #rowThree { position:absolute }
#rowOne { top:0; left:0 }
#rowThree { bottom:0; left:0 }
#rowTwo { left:0; top:0; padding:50px 0; } // top and bottom padding 50px
could this line of code help?
DEMO
Try this:
#container{
...
position:relative;
}
#content{
min-height: xxx;
}
This should exactly do what you want:
html code:
<div id="header">
header
</div>
<div id='container'>
<div id='rowOne'>one</div>
<div id='rowTwo'>two</div>
<div id='rowThree'>three</div>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
<div id="footer">
footer
</div>
CSS code:
.clearfix {
clear: both;
}
#header, #footer {
background-color: red;
}
#container {
width: 100%;
}
#rowOne {
width: 25%;
background: green;
float: left;
}
#rowTwo {
width: 55%;
height: 100px;
background: limegreen;
float: left;
}
#rowThree {
width: 20%;
background: green;
float: left;
}​
You can also test it on jsFiddle
Have you tried looking at a CSS framework? They come with default classes you can use to set up something like that within a few short minutes. They also help producing cleaner html and interfaces that you can easily redesign at a later time.
http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/index.html
I hope you are looking like this :- DEMO
CSS
#container {
height: 100%;
}
#rowOne {
height: 50px;
background: green;
position:fixed;
left:0;
right:0;
}
#rowTwo {
background: limegreen;
min-height:500px;
position:absolute;
left:0;
right:0;
top:50px;
}
#rowThree {
position: fixed;
background: green;
bottom:0;
left:0;
right:0;
height:50px;
}
HTML
<div id='container'>
<div id='rowOne'>row 1</div>
<div id='rowTwo'>row 2</div>
<div id='rowThree'>row 3</div>
</div>
In response to your comment on jedrus07's answer:
all this sollutions expand the center div behind the footer div. I want a solution with each div having only his own space.
The only way to do that is with CSS 3 calc(). If you don't need to support very many browsers, that's an option, and here's a demo of it in action:
http://jsfiddle.net/5QGgZ/3/
(Use Chrome or Safari.)
HTML:
<html>
<body>
<div id='container'>
<div id='rowOne'>row 1</div>
<div id='rowTwo'>row 2</div>
<div id='rowThree'>row 3</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
html, body, #container {
height: 100%;
}
#rowOne {
height: 50px;
background: #f00;
}
#rowTwo {
height: -webkit-calc(100% - 100px);
background: #0f0;
}
#rowThree {
height: 50px;
background: #00f;
}
If you want wider browser support, you're going to have to go with a sticky footer solution like the ones jedrus07 mentioned, or Tom Sarduy's answer.
One way would be using Jquery to set the minimum height of the middle div to be the height of the screen, minus the height of the other two divs (100px)
something like this should work:
$(document).ready(function() {
var screenHeight = $(document).height() - 100px;
$('#rowTwo').css('min-height' , screenHeight);
});

I have 3 divs in one row, how do I get the middle div to stay an exact width while the left and right div shrink in as the screen resizes smaller?

I have 3 divs in one row
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="middle"></div>
<div id="right"></div>
here's how its layed out
I need the middle div to stay a fix width, but the left and right divs to shrink in as the screen gets smaller, heres an example
how would I write out the css?
this is how I have it so far, and by the way the 3 divs are wrapped in another div#mid
#mid {
max-width: 100%;
min-height: 395px;
max-height: 395px;
position: relative;
background-color: #F00;
display: block;
}
#left {
min-width:35%;
min-height: 395px;
max-height: 395px;
background-color: #00F;
position:relative;
float: left;
}
#middle {
min-width:30%;
min-height: 395px;
max-height: 395px;
background-color: #3F0;
position:relative;
float: left;
}
#right {
min-width:35%;
min-height: 395px;
max-height: 395px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
background-color: #0FF;
position:relative;
float: left;
}
if anyone can help me out id really appreciate it, thanks in advance!
Here I've answered this question, you can do it like this : My Fiddle
<div class="container">
<div class="first"></div>
<div class="static"></div>
<div class="third"></div>
</div>​
CSS
.container {
display:-webkit-box;
-webkit-box-orient:horizontal;
-webkit-box-align:stretch;
display:-moz-box;
-moz-box-orient:horizontal;
-moz-box-align:stretch;
display:box;
box-orient:horizontal;
box-align:stretch;
color: #ffffff;
}
div {
height: auto;
}
.first {
background-color: #546547;
}
.static {
background-color: #154d67;
width: 300px;
}
.third {
background-color: #c00000;
}
.first, .third {
-webkit-box-flex:1.0;
-moz-box-flex:1.0;
box-flex:1.0;
}
​
Its very simple give fixed width to the middle div like width:300px...Hope this will be useful...
Very Simple.
Float the three divs.
Set the display property to 'inline-block'.
Set the width attribute of middle div.
Set max width attribute of the left & right div.
Here is the HTML markup I have tested with:
<body>
<div id="left">LEFT CONTENT ... LEFT CONTENT ... LEFT CONTENT ... LEFT CONTENT</div>
<div id="middle"></div>
<div id="right">
RIGHT CONTENT ... RIGHT CONTENT ... RIGHT CONTENT ... RIGHT CONTENT
</div>
</body>
Here is a sample CSS:
#right,
#left {
background-color:green;
float:left;
display:inline-block;
max-width:20%;
min-height:20px;
}
​#middle {
width: 60%;
float:left;
display:inline-block;
background-color:blue;
min-height:20px;
}​
And here is the implementation: http://jsfiddle.net/3yEv3/

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