I have a simple design. To the left is the navbar, to the right is the content div. I just did float left and float right and it works - unless the monitor is too wide. Then the navbar is far off to the left (like it should) but the content clings to the right. The middle is empty space. I want the content to cling next to the navbar on the left.
How can I accomplish this?
How about floating them both to the left and use percentage values to set their width..
Like below:
#sidebar,#content {float:left;}
#sidebar {width:25%;}
#content {width:75%}
Or if you want to fix the size of your sidebar and have the content fills the rest of the space you can do the following(I use it all the time):
HTML:
<div id="content"><div class="in">
CONTENT HERE
</div></div>
<div id="sidebar">
SIDEBAR HERE
</div>
CSS:
#content,#sidebar {float:left;}
#sidebar {width:300px; position:relative;/*so content won't cover it*/}
#content {width:100%; margin-right:-300px;/*sidebar's width*/}
#content .in {margin-right:300px;
/*sidebar's width or more for space between blocks*/}
There are lots of method to do that.
It depends :
if you want a fixed width layout, or a relative one.
if you want the layout to be centered or not.
etc.
A sketch of what you want or/and your actual code would help.
Anyway, if you're not aware of CSS layout, you could use a CSS framework like blueprint which is easy to use and takes care of your current problem by itself.
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How do i go about setting up a full height side bar using a responsive grid system, that is similar to bootstrap?
The issues I am running it to is the .main wrapper div collapses to the height of the .primarycol div.
I 'm using pull and push classes to adjust the visual layout so the .secondarycol div looks like its on the left hand side, even though it is after the .primarycol div in the code.
<div id="main" class="main content">
<div class="row">
<div id="primarycolumn" class="primarycol col12 col9-768 col3-768-push" role="main"></div>
<div id="secondary" class="secondarycol col12 col3-768 col9-768-pull col7-1024-pull" role="complementary"></div>
</div>
</div>
Normally the without the .secondarycol` class, the div would and look like this.
I have tried adding min-height:100% to the .main div and height:100% to the body tag, but that makes the main div height only ever be the height of the browser window and not the content.
Any suggestions on how I can remedy this would be really welcome.
This is the codepen of my base structure.
http://codepen.io/onebitrocket/pen/ZYQLMm/
I've added in the third column as well as some pages require one.
The column system is based on bootstraps, but i think it's an improved version:
The column classes are declared from smallest size to largest size.
I've also changed the class names to indicate the breakpoint size rather then xs,sm,md,lr etc..
Thanks
At least on chrome you need to set the height on the html tag too. Try it - http://jsfiddle.net/27kze60s/
html, body { height: 100%; }
Fixed, thanks to everyone for the suggestions
I've added the following to the css
height:100% to body
min-height:100% to .main
overflow:-y: auto to .secondarycol
I've updated the codepen - http://codepen.io/onebitrocket/pen/ZYQLMm/
I've messed around with a few responsive designs, and I'm curious about what CSS properties determine how float elements are positioned vertically when the overall resolution is reduced and they are scrunched together.
For example, if I have a div block with float:left and a div block with float:right, which of those end up on top when the max width of the container is reduced to the point where they can't fit inline anymore.
If you look at my fiddle, the left side element ends up on top when you reduce the width to the point where they both can't fit. Is there a property that makes it so? Does it do it in order? Is there anything I can add to the right div block that would make it above the left element when width is reduced?
http://jsfiddle.net/JXXLK/
Many thanks SO
The simplest solution to put your right div on top when the window is rescaled is to define it first in your html code:
<div class="container">
<div class="rightside">
RIDE SIDE HOMBRE!
</div>
<div class="leftside">
LEFT SIDE DUDE!
</div>
</div>
I'm not sure how this can be controlled using purely css properties.
I am trying to create header , footer and a side bar that extends throughout the content but I am having problem. I have jsfiddle. but I am unsuccessful creating sidbar that is equal and with the containt in height.
See this answer. The user suggests that you give a large bottom padding and a negative bottom padding of the same amount for the sidebar and main divs. Put a container around your sidebar and main div and hide the overflow in it.
For a full length sidebar your best bet is probably the old faux columns method. You could do this in CSS but this is probably easier for you.
Put basically you want an image with your column background's in a thin long strip. You then add this as a background image to your parent div and it acts as pretend full height columns.
eg.
.container {
background: url(your_image) repeat-y left top;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="sidebar">SIDEBAR</div>
<div class="content">CONTENT</div>
</div>
You can read more about it here - http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/
Hey now define your sidebar and content bar
width in %
as like this
live demo http://jsfiddle.net/zAYru/5/
How can I achieve the following layout? Specifically the positioning of Image and DIV
I've found that unless I set a specific width for the Div, it will just go on to the next line and take up the full width of the container. Additionally aligning it relative to the bottom of the image is giving me trouble. Currently they're both float:left
Edit: The two solutions so far work if the image is a constant width which I guess I could work with, but it's going in a Wordpress theme for an author's profile page and it's possible that images would have slightly variable widths. Is there a solution that would have the Div right next to the image (minus padding) regardless of how wide or narrow the image is? Basically having the div adjust its width to accommodate the image width.
Tested in IE7/8, Firefox, Chrome.
Live Demo #2
CSS:
#container{width:80%; padding:12px; margin:0 auto}
#top{position:relative;overflow:auto}
#top img{float:left; background:red; width:100px; height:180px}
#header{position:absolute; bottom:0; right:0}
#content{height:200px}
JS/jQuery:
$('#header').css('margin-left', $('#top img').width() + 10);
(you might want to change the + 10 for parseInt($('#top img').css('margin-right'), 10))
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div id="top">
<img src="" />
<div id="header">Some text here that should wrap to fit on row. Some text here that should wrap to fit on row. Some text here that should wrap to fit on row. Some text here that should wrap to fit on row. </div>
</div>
<div id="content">dfgdfg</div>
</div>
I'd put the header image and header div inside its own container and position the items within it using absolute positioning.
I've put together a quick sample here: http://jsfiddle.net/JjxYj/1/
Notice here that if you remove the width of the Div in the header, it will become the width of its content.
Update
To answer the updated part of the question, here's another solution that'll allow the image to be of any width whilst still positioning the header text at the bottom of its containing item: http://jsfiddle.net/JjxYj/5/
I'm experimenting with DIVs to align my page's contents:
http://labs.pieterdedecker.be/test/test.htm
As you can see, there's something wrong with the sidebar. I got the sidebar DIV to be aligned to the right of the page by doing float: right, but when the text in the sidebar stops the main area takes over the width that should be used by the sidebar.
How do I fix this?
I supose what you want to accomplish is to separate the #body div in 2 columns.
First of all it will be easier if you package main column in its own div like this:
<div id="body">
<div id="sidebar">lorem ipsum...</div>
<div id="main">lorem ipsum...</div>
</div>
and then give #main div a width.
If you need to preserve your markup, then ALL #body elements other than #sidebar must have a width.
Another solution that would work if page is static and it's content will not "grow" is to set a big-enough heigth to the sidebar...
maybe what you are looking for is equal height columns... there are some differente method to do this... just google for it or take a look at this: http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/equal-height-columns-cross-browser-css-no-hacks
You give the main area a width.