datalist items need to float - css

I have the following code which is created with a datalist control:
http://jsfiddle.net/vmE2E/1/
But i am unable to float the to ULs side by side with padding in between.
Please can you help?
edit: added code
<span style="display:inline-block;background-color:Transparent;border-color:#404040;border-style:None;" id="DataList1"><span style="color:Transparent;background-color:Transparent;">
<ul class="latest-posts">
<li>
<a href="http://www.site.co.uk/blog/post/using-jquery.aspx">
using jquery<br>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</span><br><span style="color:Transparent;background-color:Transparent;">
<ul class="latest-posts">
<li>
<a href="http://www.test.co.uk/First-Blog-Post.aspx">
First Blog Post<br>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</span></span>
css
ul.latest-posts
{
width:500px;
border:1px solid black;
}
ul li.latest-posts
{
float:left;
}

That is some unusual/unnecessary use of markup (inline block span, span used as containers for block elements, etc). Simply removing that <br> will put your sections next to one another (but not because they float but because they are span, meaning they stay inline)

see fiddle for code and demo
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/vmE2E/2/
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/vmE2E/2/embedded/result/

Related

CSS after selector in nav

I try use after selector in my CSS code, but is not well centered.
I use Bootstrap. When I set after selector on li not a, content moves down.
This is my HTML code:
<nav class="navbar">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2">
<img src="/images/logo3.png" class="img-responsive">
</div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li>Home</li>
<li>Prices</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li>Projects</li>
<li>Logout</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
And this is CSS code:
.navbar-nav li a::after {
content: "|" black;
}
.navbar-nav li:last-child a::after {
content: " ";
}
Here's working fiddle for you - jsFiddle -
FYI : need to expand the result section enough for your menu items to align on a single row.
PS : And I'm just hoping that you use my suggestion number 2 there ( the best would the third, but it depends on what kind of menu you need ). Using pseudo class to get those separators in your menu isn't a good practice. It could save the amount of HTML codes, but that's more like it when you use additional li between those menu items.
EXPLANATION
Your CSS was almost there, but you made a mistake.
content: "|" black;
You can't use CSS shorthand on the content attribute. And you need to give the ::after pseudo class padding-left to make it center-aligned.
Try above jsFiddle Hope this helps.
This is a comment, but I think it's the right answer so ^^
This seems very overcomplex. You should simply use display:inline on your ul's and then use padding for spacing between the list items. You can then float left and right the two individual lists respectively to get the positioning :).

Span - 100% width of Parent

I have the following structure within a bootstrap document -
<div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6>
<ul class="stdULGrey st_tabs_ul">
<li class="st_li_first st_li_active">
<a href="#view_1" class="st_tab st_tab_first st_tab_active">
<span class="icoMore icoA"></span>
<span class="tabText">WANT TO KNOW MORE?</span></a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#view_2" class="st_tab">
<span class="icoWhereTo icoA"></span>
<span class="tabText">WHERE TO FIND US?</span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
The span element - icoMore contains a background image - which I'd like to respond to the full width of thebootstrap parent - I have tried the following code -
.icoMore{background:url(../img/logos%20and%20icons/Wanttoknow_Icon_Off.png) no-repeat; min-width:100%; min-height:auto; display:block; }
But it displays at zero width and height - can anyone advise a solution?
Add display: block to span. It should be enough.
You'll need to add any character into your <span>, even a space, like:
<span> </span>
Check this fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/dimaspante/5j6vt0mk/

CSS - Navigation Links Side Menu

I have a links navigation that drops down on hover (which works fine) then slides right on hover of the li ul li element.
HTML:
<div id="main-links">
<div id="main-links-content">
<ul class="topnav">
<li><a class="link active" href="index.php">Aberdeen Taxis</a></li>
<li><a class="link" href="#!">About Us</a>
<ul class="dropdown">
<li>Who are we?
<ul>
<li>Meet the team</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Why use us?
<ul>
<li>Health & Safety Policy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Our commitment to the environment
<ul>
<li>Environmental Policy</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="link" href="#!">Our Services</a></li>
<li><a class="link" href="#!">Our Tours</a></li>
<li><a class="link" href="#!">Our Fares</a></li>
<li>Online Booking
<ul class="dropdown">
<li>Cash Booking</li>
<li>Account Booking</li>
<li>Credit Card Booking
<ul>
<li>HTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="link" href="#!">Contact Details</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
The JSFiddle link: http://jsfiddle.net/mrnaysilva/3Ucd4/
I believe the problem is here (but I may be wrong):-
#main-links-content ul ul ul {
left: 100%;
position: absolute;
top: 80px;
width: 180px;
max-width: 200px;
}
Basically I have set a width and top position. What I want to happen is that the width is set to auto, but when I set this to auto it doesn't set a width according to the paragraph text that's inside it. Also, because I have set a top position, it is always displaying the side menu on the bottom li, where as I want this to display to the right of the li element that is hovered.
i.e. If I hover over About Us and then hover over Who are we?.. Meet the team should display to the right of Who are we?.
I'm just unsure how I can achieve this.
The problem
The main problem that isn't working is the position: relative; of the sub <li> elements.
This is because you use display: table-row;
As stated in the specs:
The effect of 'position:relative' on table-row-group,
table-header-group, table-footer-group, table-row, table-column-group,
table-column, table-cell, and table-caption elements is undefined.
source: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#propdef-position
How to solve this?
Well you can just use an element inside the table-row that will have the position: relative; property:
<li>
<div class="dropdownWrap">
Our commitment to the environment
<ul>
<li>
Environmental Policy
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
Where the css of the .dopdownWrap is:
.dropdownWrap
{
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: relative;
}
jsFiddle
Note that i only did this with the "About us" tab.
Some notes about the javascript
You can just find the direct child element with the > selector. This way you don't have to exclude elements with the .not() function. More info here
Instead of defining .slideUp() and .slideDown() seperately, you can define them in one line ( this is because your speed of the animation is the same) with slideToggle.
Some notes about the css + html
If you're assigning classes and IDs to your elements you might as well use them in your css. For example: you never call the class .dropdown in your css. There are more of these IDs and classes that are never used.
Hope this helped you!
Edit
The jQuery UI function slide will function as this, because it will only play the mouseout function when the mousein function has completed. Normally you could cancel the previous animation with .stop(). But seems that jQuery UI slide doesn't support this. So i suggest you to just use plain jQuery for this:
$("#main-links-content li ul li").hover(function () {
$(this).find(' > div > ul').stop(true).animate({left: "100%"}, 300)
}, function () {
$(this).find(' > div > ul').stop(true).animate({left: ""}, 300);
});
Here a great article for this: http://www.learningjquery.com/2009/02/slide-elements-in-different-directions/
I also added the .stop() function to the dropdown menu to fix any delay bugs.
jsFiddle
You may want to look at css transition, as it basically acts the same as you did now.
Here an css transition example: jsFiddle
The first slideToggle is not done in css as it easier and 'better' in jQuery(With css there wouldn't be a dynamic height, which would result in delay in animation).

Can't get Share Button aligned!

I'm trying to align the share, like and tweet button horizontally but I can't get the share button right. I tried adding vertical align top, changing the height and display:inline but it always remains more or less 10px belowe the others. What should I do to get them all aligned?
<div style='vertical-align: top;'>
<a expr:share_url='data:post.url' name='fb_share'/>
<a class='twitter-share-button' data-count='horizontal' data-lang='es' data-related=':' data-via='' expr:data-text='data:post.title' expr:data-url='data:post.url' href='http://twitter.com/share' rel='nofollow'/>
<iframe allowTransparency='true' expr:src='"http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=" + data:post.url + "&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=100&action=like&font=arial&colorscheme=light"' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:110px; height:20px;'/>
</div>
<script src='http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share' type='text/javascript'>
</script>
<script src='http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' type='text/javascript'>
</script>
Thanks
An easier method than styling these elements individually, is to sandwich them inside <li> tags--allowing you to position the parent <ul> easily, and also float the <li> tags (creating the 'inline' effect you're after.)
jsFiddle didn't like the facebook APIs, so I used 3 twitter buttons instead; the code looks like:
<ul class="social_network">
<li>
Tweet
</li>
<li>
Tweet
</li>
<li>
Tweet
</li>
</ul>
With some very simple CSS (including a subtle outline so you can see the boundaries of the <li> elements:
.social_network {
position : relative;
list-style-type : none;
}
.social_network li {
float : left;
border : 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.1);
padding : 6px;
margin : 2px;
}
You can find an example of the above here: http://jsfiddle.net/kgFaW/
This should put you in the right direction. Let me know if you run into any issues with the Facebook APIs.
to do display:inline you can wrap each control into list like this:
<ul><li>
<a class=....../>
</li> <li> <a expr....../> </li></ul>
Also, add: list-style-type:none;
To make your controls stick to the right side of the screen,
do:
position:absolute;
right:0;

CSS Background Image link

Linking a background image with CSS is giving me so me issues. They seem pretty simple but I can't quite get around them:
I have list items for my main menu:
<div id="menuContainer">
<ul id="menu">
<li id="home" title="Home" alt="Home">Home</li>
<li id="current" title="Current Students" alt="Current Students">Current Students</li>
<li id="prospective" title="Prospective Students" alt="Prospective Students">Prospective Students</li>
<li id="facultyStaff" title="Faculty & Staff" alt="Faculty & Staff">Faculty & Staff</li>
<li id="visitors" title="Visitors" alt="Visitors">Visitors</li>
</ul>
my css sets the li to inline-block and gives defines the id's with a size and background image accordingly. I had to use zoom: 1; and *display: inline; for IE to work and everything shows up fine in IE for that now.
When I use text-indent: -9999px; to remove the text and leave the image, Chrome and Firefox works fine with this. However, in IE the whole li shifts the number of pixels listed.
Finally, In Chrome the entire image is the link, in IE and Firefox only the text is the link so with no text the menu has no function.
Any ideas?
You are using syntactically incorrect HTML. You can't wrap an <a> around a <li>. While fixing this may not necessarily make your problem go away, it will probably ensure that every browser behaves the same way.
You're not very clear about what you want to achieve, and what your menu looks like. If you want the whole area of the <li> to become clickable, you're probably best off giving the <a> a display: inline-block and fixed dimensions.
If you need more detailed answers, you may want to give us an online example.
First well form the html, then try your css again.
<ul id="menu">
<li id="home" title="Home" alt="Home">Home</li>
<li id="current" title="Current Students" alt="Current Students"> Current Students</li>
<li id="prospective" title="Prospective Students" alt="Prospective Students">Prospective Students</li>
<li id="facultyStaff" title="Faculty & Staff" alt="Faculty & Staff">Faculty & Staff</li>
<li id="visitors" title="Visitors" alt="Visitors"> Visitors</li>
</ul>
it's better to use line-height instead of text-indent. you need to use image replacement technique. like this
<ul id="menu">
<li><span>Home</span></li>
</ul>
and CSS
ul#menu li a { width: 100px; height: 20px; background: url(../images/myimage.gif) no-repeat 0 0; }
ul#menu li span { line-height: 200px; display: block; }

Resources