White space issue on side-by-side proportional-width divs - css

I currently have two side-by-side divs, each set to the width of the page so that I can scroll sideways. The right-hand div needs to peek exactly 40px over into the left side so it's visible on page-load. I've managed (with a lot of help) to get that part fine - the issue now is that there is a 40px gap between the edge of the right-hand div and the edge of the page - illustrated below:
jsFiddle
Any ideas on how to get rid of it? Thanks a lot for any help. The 'peek' area has to stay exactly 40px, so using percentages seems to be an issue. Oh, and for an example of how this would look in vertical form, here's an example.
Cheers.

You're container has 200% width and is causing the expanding problem.
You need to reduce its size. It's a bit difficult because your width are in % and your negative offset is in px.
What you could do is change the offset to percentage and take that out of the container.
You will also need to use margin-left rather than left.
This works for me in chrome inspector:
#wrapper {
width: 199%; /* change here */
position: relative;
}
#right {
float: right;
width: 50%;
background-color:cyan;
position: relative;
margin-left: -1%; /* and here */
}
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/hUyBq/
*Edit: * 1% is an example, you might want more. update the wrapper accordingly
*Edit: * Solution using JS: http://jsfiddle.net/bendog/wP4zb/

Could you fake it like this jsFiddle example?
I moved the scroll right block (<p>scroll right --></p>) outside of the wrapper (you didn't mention if that needed to be there). Then I applied the same color to the wrapper and added overflow:auto; to it.

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Learning CSS div placement , positioning

i am learning CSS, i am trying to place the div with red background just below the body, i can't seem to make it fit to the body, whenever i adjust the width it doesn't align with the body,when i tried to place it center and 100% width, it occupies 100% of the width of the page it does not align with the white background area, whenever i do 80% it does align left and does not align with the white background area. Please point me to the right direction. I'm stuck :(
the code i have so far is here: http://pastebin.com/VPMgbzQ2
Thanks in advance.
Make your footer div out of the tabs div and no need of position: absolute on it. Make following changes:
#footer
{
margin-top:80%;
height: 20px;
width:50%;
text-align:center;
background:#C00;
}
Here is fiddle.
Also it seems that you are trying to make responsive design but let me tell you that the way you are proceeding is not the right one for it. You may read Responsive Design By Ethan Marcotte for learning it.
EDIT
Make following changes:
Give height: 400px; or as required to table div.
Make your footer div out of the table div.
Either remove margin-top or change it to 5% or 10% as required in footer div.
Add min-height: 100%; to .tabs.
Check out the fiddle.
Try hardcoding the height value
#spaceheader {
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
background: #000000;
}
I see your issue now. The parent element <div class="tab"> is what's causing your issues. If I were you, I'd take the radio buttons out of the tab, make it not have a float:left on it, and this will probably fix things. You then need to remove the absolute positioning on your footer div.
Also, it looked like you put the footer div inside of the tab, when in actuality, it should be outside of all of the tabs, beneath them in the code.

How can I stop IE 7 from ignoring my width value and treating element as block when I set a padding?

Isolated test case (view in IE 7 or IE 8/9 in IE 7 mode)
Viewing this page in IE 7 is causing my width value to be ignored. If you remove the padding value, the width is properly applied, but when you add in the padding, it causes the entire page to grow, and it treats the padding almost as margin. The larger the width of the page, the larger the blank area to the right of the element. I've been unable to find which bug this is, and, more importantly, how to fix it. Has anyone seen this and does anyone know a solution?
Things I've tried so far:
zoom fix
display: inline-block (recommended for double vertical padding issue)
It isn't line-height (it's a width issue...)
Screenshot of the issue:
This div should span the entire width of the page, and no more, but you'll notice the scrollbar here:
And the result of scrolling to the right:
This should not be there.
Examining the element in the browser tools shows the width to be incorrectly the full width of the page, instead of the full width minus the padding.
Disclaimer: I'll ignore the functional requirement and your comments on the other answers and just concentrate on the concrete problem.
This IE7 specific problem is caused by using an offset (e.g. top, right, bottom or left) on a relatively positioned element. If you offsets a relatively positioned element, then it will basically still retain the whole space of its original position. Note that this doesn't happen when offsetting absolutely positioned element.
Before the left offset is been applied, the relatively positioned element is due to its width and and the right padding completely out of the viewport and hence a horizontal scollbar will be generated. After the left offset is applied on the relatively positioned element, you're basically leaving a space of the same size as the offset on the other side of the offset, still outside the viewport.
A bit sane webbrowser will during redrawing however discover that there's nothing visible outside the viewport and hence hide the scrollbar again. IE7, however, isn't that smart enough and retains the scrollbar.
After all, using left offset was technically been the wrong solution. You should in first place have used margin-left instead of left. Unlike the offset, the margin doesn't leave an empty space on the original position, but really pushes the whole element to the desired position.
So, here's how your script is been fixed:
$('#el').css({
'width': document.body.scrollWidth - 200,
'padding-right': 200,
'margin-left': (-1 * (document.body.scrollWidth - 322) / 2) - 1
});
By the way, I wonder how that float: left; makes sense in this construct wherein you apparently want to simulate a 100% width. It'll probably be for other purposes not visible in the concrete example.
You can solve this without using javascript for calculating width, and no padding, instead use position: absolute. Here's an updated fiddle. It will work in any browser
#el {
background-color: #FFFF00;
min-height: 45px;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
left:0;
right: 0;
top: 0;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/LRpHq/7/
I was having this problem with a skeleton.css implementation. Specifically, my #header was taking the width of body, which took the width of html. The remaining content had a set-width of 978px. So when the window was smaller than 978, the background of the header would only render to the width of the viewport. i.e. - if you started the render at 500 wide, that's all the wider #header would get. Dragging a wider width of the viewport had no problems, but right scroll cut the header to the size of initial viewport.
My fix: html,body { min-width:978px } /* your width may vary */
Since you seem to be fine with using Javascript, adjust your resize() function:
function resize () {
$('#el').css({'width':$(window).width(),'position':'absolute','left':'0px'});
}
Fixed the original post as it was off by miles.
edit:
Tested in a sandboxed IE7 and it works. (what can i say, i go out of my way to get something perfect, also am new around here so that bounty would really help to be very honest) to also note that it works natively in IE7, IE8 and IE9, FF3.6, Opera 10 and should work in Safari with no problem, Chrome didn't get mentioned as it's my default browser and it works, no doubt about it.
Here is the JS:
function resize () {
$('#el').trigger('resize').width('100%');
}
resize();
and the CSS:
#container {
width: 320px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
min-height: 500px;
margin: 0px auto;
}
#el {
background-color: #FFFF00;
min-height: 45px;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
}
i found solution for similar problem here. see if it can helps you too.

trying to use a negative margin in css on a list

I have been trying for an hour to get a list in a sidebar of WordPress to have a negative margin. Fooled around with margins, padding, sidebar placement in the php files... But the link images just keep disappearing behind the background.
Here's the page where I'm working: http://kirahenschel.com/
This is what I am trying to achieve:
http://emgraphics.net/kira/idea2-11.jpg
Ideally I'd also like that sidebar to be a finite height so the white boxes on the bottom spread, but I can cope with them being off to the right.
Anyone have any ideas? Neg margins are working fine on the logo, so it is just a list thing?
Thanks
If you're merely trying to get the list to be bumped to the left, why not use a CSS positioning property? Negative margins can get really wonky, and are (most likely) unneeded in this application.
#nameoflistdiv {
left: -20px;
}
You may also need to change the value of your div's position element, but this will bump your div and everything in it left, overlapping the container div.
If that doesn't answer your question, can you post the HTML and CSS you are using? The CSS code
margin-left: -20px;
really should work in this application as well, so show us what you've got.
Your negative margin is working as expected. The reason the images are getting cut off is because you have set overflow:hidden on the #main container. If you remove that property your images will appear.
#main {
background: url("images/blend.png") repeat-x scroll center top #2765CA;
clear: both;
height: 630px;
overflow: hidden; /* delete this line */
padding: 0;
}

IE forcing floating div to bottom despite fixed width container?

I've been working on http://healthimpactnews.com and I need to fix this issue asap.
For some reason, IE, and IE only, squeezes the right-hand sidebar down below the other divs even though all the div columns are floating and within a fixed width container. My browsers create a horizontal scroll bar when the are sized down, but IE just forces the div down, instead.
Anyone know why?
The div with class ct_w is 1000px width;
The first child of that (ct) is also 1000px width,
so it pushes the second child ct_c3 (the right bar) away... (down)
solution:
completely remove the width property of the div with class ct
.ct {
margin: 0px auto;
width: 1000px; /** <--- remove this **/
}
Yes, your container, "ct_w", has a width of 1000px; your left column, "ct" also has a width of 1000px. There is no room left there for your sidebar, "ct_c3". The other browsers are actually being nice by rendering the sidebar where it is. In fact, they're only doing that because you didn't clear your floats, so they don't understand the box model of ct_w.
Use a clearfix on ct_w, set the width of ct to 750px (or 749px for IE7), and make ct float left, then you will see the layout you're looking for.
Try setting the following:
.ct_w {
...
float: left;
width: 750px;
...
}
.ct_c3 {
...
float: right;
...
}
The following seems to work as well:
.ct
{
float:left;
width:750px;
}
And remove the margin part, because it is not needed when floating the toolbar next to it.

Having issues with IE7 and floated elements (of course)

I'm working on a site that has a wrapper element, with a left and right sidebar, each floated within the wrapper. The left sidebar (which contains navigation) is clearing the right sidebar and pushing it to the bottom for some reason. I've tried fixing it in about 50 different ways. I originally thought changing the size and or margin would help. It didn't. I tried the 'display:inline' fix to no avail. I've tried a ton of other tweaks but I can not get it to work. You can view the site at www.ibgs2010.org and the css is www.ibgs2010.org/css/style.css (I'm trying to use a IE7 specific stylesheet to fix it). If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it. I've burnt about 3 hours today just trying to fix this one little issue.
Looks like the problem is with the ajaxloader div - set its width to 697px (same as sidebar right) and that should fix your problem.
Try to remove the margins and paddings on your sidebar classes and have a inside wrapper with the margin and padding set to it. More failsafe this way so that margins don't increase the size of your div element. Browsers have a different way of rendering margins and paddings to elements.
Hope that helped you out.
Cheers
I think it's just that the floating content is being considered too wide to fit -- so, it's floating it down to where it will.
Instead of float, you might try position with left and right, respectively:
.content.wrapper {
position: relative; /* establish boundary for absolute positioning */
}
.sidebar.left {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
.sidebar.right {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
}
I propose you add the following:
#ajaxloader {
width: 737px;
float: left;
}
The width of 737px is derived from the 697px width plus the 40px left padding of of .sidebar.right
With this addition the IE7 and Firefox versions should look the same, give or take a pixel.
I include the yahoo reset css as the begining of every page (or css file). It really helps to level the playing field. Also with IE, always remember to specify width (even if it's 100%) and if your floating, make sure to display:inline.

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