Header position offset not following top margin of container - html

Here I have a header with position: fixed. As it does not go with the normal flow of the window, a margin for the body is set to the height of the header (here 100px). Now, the body starts right after the bottom of the header.
The main div in the body has a margin-top of 50px. But, the header grasps that margin, and it's not shown. If I set a border on the body, then the margin is shown. I don't know what is the relation of that top margin with the border of the body.
This can be solved if I add 50px more to the margin-top of the main div. But I want to know what's happening here.
body {
background-color: white;
margin-top: 100px;
/* border: 1px solid black; */
}
header {
background-color: black;
height: 100px;
position: fixed;
z-index: 1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
main {
background-color: gray;
margin-top: 50px;
width: 100%;
height: 100vh;
}
<header></header>
<main></main>

Adding a border adjusts the display of the layout because the <body> and the <main> margins overlap without the border (since it's just whitespace), but with the border rendered, the two margins must be separate. Thus, without the border, the total margin is 100px, and with the border, the total margin is 150px.
See demo below. (I've also added a button to hide the <header> since it's position is fixed, so it isn't relevant to the situation.
const body = document.querySelector("body");
const header = document.querySelector("header");
const a = document.createElement("div");
const b1 = document.createElement("button");
b1.textContent = "Toggle body border";
b1.addEventListener("click", () => {
if (body.style.border !== "1px solid red") {
body.style.border = "1px solid red";
} else {
body.style.border = "none";
}
});
const b2 = document.createElement("button");
b2.textContent = "Toggle body margin";
b2.addEventListener("click", () => {
if (body.style.marginTop !== "0px") {
body.style.marginTop = "0px";
} else {
body.style.marginTop = "100px";
}
});
const b3 = document.createElement("button");
b3.textContent = "Toggle header visibility";
b3.addEventListener("click", () => {
if (header.style.display !== "none") {
header.style.display = "none";
} else {
header.style.display = "block";
}
});
a.appendChild(b1);
a.appendChild(b2);
a.appendChild(b3);
a.style.position = "fixed";
a.style.top = "0";
a.style.zIndex = "2";
document.body.appendChild(a);
body {
background-color: white;
margin-top: 100px;
}
header {
background-color: black;
height: 100px;
position: fixed;
z-index: 1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
main {
background-color: gray;
margin-top: 50px;
width: 100%;
height: 100vh;
}
<header></header>
<main></main>

Related

Contain fixed element within container

Having a flex layout with top, left, middle and right.
Middle is divided into main and foot.
Within the main I want to have fixed elements, kind of like an MDI, as well as static elements.
If one scroll the fixed element should stay in same position of view. But, it should be contained within the main element if it is moved above or to the left of main. As in: not overlap the top, left, right etc.
THIS:
Colors and margins added to make a visual representation of the layout
NOT THIS:
Below is a simplified sample with a container within a container.
If one select the fixed positioning for the sub "window" it stay in place on scrolling, but it overlaps the parent if moved outside.
I can use absolute and reposition it on scroll by using JavaScript, but wondered if there was a pure CSS / layout way to get the same result.
function set_style_pos (e) {
moveable.style.position = e.target.value;
}
function halt (e) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
}
const drag = {
el: null,
ex: 0,
ey: 0,
xs: 0,
ys: 0,
move: function (e) {
halt(e);
drag.el.style.marginLeft = (e.clientX - drag.sx + drag.ex) + 'px';
drag.el.style.marginTop = (e.clientY - drag.sy + drag.ey) + 'px';
},
end: function (e) {
halt(e);
window.removeEventListener('mouseup', drag.end);
window.removeEventListener('mousemove', drag.move);
},
start: function (e) {
let cs;
halt(e);
window.addEventListener('mouseup', drag.end);
window.addEventListener('mousemove', drag.move);
drag.el = e.target;
cs = getComputedStyle(drag.el);
drag.ex = parseInt(cs.getPropertyValue('margin-left')) || 0;
drag.ey = parseInt(cs.getPropertyValue('margin-top')) || 0;
drag.sx = e.clientX;
drag.sy = e.clientY;
},
check: function (e) {
let t = e.target;
if (t.dataset.moveable == "1")
drag.start(e);
}
};
document.addEventListener('mousedown', drag.check);
document.addEventListener('change', set_style_pos);
lines.textContent = "scroll me\n".repeat(100);
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
margin: 0;
height: 100vh;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
color: #444;
font: 14px sans-serif;
}
label {
cursor: pointer;
}
.outer {
display: flex;
padding: 20px;
background: goldenrod;
flex-grow: 1;
overflow: hidden;
}
.inner {
position: relative;
overflow: scroll;
background: gray;
flex-grow: 1;
}
.box {
position: absolute;
width: 140px;
height: 150px;
background: silver;
box-shadow: 0 0 3px red;
cursor: move;
margin-left: 90px;
margin-top: -5px;
padding: 20px;
}
.box div {
font-weight: 700;
pointer-events: none;
text-align: center;
}
<div class="outer">
<div class="inner">
<div class="box" id="moveable" data-moveable="1">
<div>Move Me</div><br />
<label><input type="radio" name="p" value="absolute" checked />absolute</label><br />
<label><input type="radio" name="p" value="fixed" />fixed</label>
</div>
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</div>
</div>
Just use z-index.
Example:
function set_style_pos (e) {
moveable.style.position = e.target.value;
}
function halt (e) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
}
const drag = {
el: null,
ex: 0,
ey: 0,
xs: 0,
ys: 0,
move: function (e) {
halt(e);
drag.el.style.marginLeft = (e.clientX - drag.sx + drag.ex) + 'px';
drag.el.style.marginTop = (e.clientY - drag.sy + drag.ey) + 'px';
},
end: function (e) {
halt(e);
window.removeEventListener('mouseup', drag.end);
window.removeEventListener('mousemove', drag.move);
},
start: function (e) {
let cs;
halt(e);
window.addEventListener('mouseup', drag.end);
window.addEventListener('mousemove', drag.move);
drag.el = e.target;
cs = getComputedStyle(drag.el);
drag.ex = parseInt(cs.getPropertyValue('margin-left')) || 0;
drag.ey = parseInt(cs.getPropertyValue('margin-top')) || 0;
drag.sx = e.clientX;
drag.sy = e.clientY;
},
check: function (e) {
let t = e.target;
if (t.dataset.moveable == "1")
drag.start(e);
}
};
document.addEventListener('mousedown', drag.check);
document.addEventListener('change', set_style_pos);
lines.textContent = "scroll me\n".repeat(100);
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
margin: 0;
height: 100vh;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
color: #444;
font: 14px sans-serif;
}
label {
cursor: pointer;
}
.outer {
display: flex;
padding: 20px;
background: goldenrod;
/*flex-grow:1; Disable to control the height for presentaion*/
height:200px !important;
overflow:hidden; /*to hide scrollme lines*/
}
.inner {
position: relative;
overflow: scroll;
background: gray;
flex-grow: 1;
}
.box {
position: absolute;
width: 140px;
height: 150px;
background: silver;
box-shadow: 0 0 3px red;
cursor: move;
margin-left: 90px;
margin-top: -5px;
padding: 20px;
}
.box div {
font-weight: 700;
pointer-events: none;
text-align: center;
}
.prevent{
width:200px;
height:200px;
display:flex;
background-color:blue;
color:white;
justify-content:center;
align-items:center;
font-weight:bold;
/*--The solution--*/
z-index:1;
}
<div class="outer">
<div class="inner">
<div class="box" id="moveable" data-moveable="1">
<div>Move Me</div><br />
<label><input type="radio" name="p" value="absolute" checked />absolute</label><br />
<label><input type="radio" name="p" value="fixed" />fixed</label>
</div>
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</div>
</div>
<div class="prevent">
Prevent overlap
</div>
I hope this helps.
Use a sticky container and let children be absolute.
Had tested with z-index, all over, before posting but had not found any satisfactory solution that way.
I also tried various with position: sticky, and there is where I found the solution at last :)
One can wrap the sub windows in a sticky container which is positioned top left of the main container.
Pros:
Simple
Fairly clean HTML structure
The window stay below scroll-bars of container
Positioning relative to content wrapper
Cons:
If one want to make it non-fixed / non-sticy one have to move the element to parent and vice versa.
Absolute positioned children will not expand the container – thus not rearranging the DOM flow. (Which was the issue on earlier attempts using sticky).
Tested in FireFox, Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera Mini and Opera.
The core of it:
<div class="outer">
<div class="main">
<div class="wrap-sticky">
<div class="sub-window">
Fixed Window
</div>
</div>
Other "normal" content
</div>
</div>
And:
.outer {
overflow: hidden;
}
.main {
position: relative;
overflow: scroll;
}
.wrap-sticky {
position: sticky;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
.sub-window {
position: absolute;
}
function get_pos (el) {
let cs = getComputedStyle(el);
return [
parseInt(cs.getPropertyValue('left')) || 0,
parseInt(cs.getPropertyValue('top')) || 0
];
}
function set_style_pos (e) {
let [x, y] = get_pos (moveable);
if (e.target.value == "sticky") {
wrap_sticky.appendChild(moveable);
moveable.style.left = (x - inner.scrollLeft) + 'px';
moveable.style.top = (y - inner.scrollTop) + 'px';
} else {
inner.appendChild(moveable);
moveable.style.left = (x + inner.scrollLeft) + 'px';
moveable.style.top = (y + inner.scrollTop) + 'px';
}
}
function halt (e) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
}
const drag = {
el: null,
ex: 0,
ey: 0,
xs: 0,
ys: 0,
move: function (e) {
halt(e);
drag.el.style.left = (e.clientX - drag.sx + drag.ex) + 'px';
drag.el.style.top = (e.clientY - drag.sy + drag.ey) + 'px';
},
end: function (e) {
halt(e);
window.removeEventListener('mouseup', drag.end);
window.removeEventListener('mousemove', drag.move);
},
start: function (e) {
halt(e);
window.addEventListener('mouseup', drag.end);
window.addEventListener('mousemove', drag.move);
drag.el = e.target;
[drag.ex, drag.ey] = get_pos(drag.el);
drag.sx = e.clientX;
drag.sy = e.clientY;
},
check: function (e) {
let t = e.target;
if (t.dataset.moveable == "1")
drag.start(e);
}
};
document.addEventListener('mousedown', drag.check);
document.addEventListener('change', set_style_pos);
lines.textContent = "scroll me\n".repeat(100) + "horiz".repeat(100) + 'END';
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
margin: 0;
height: 100vh;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
color: #444;
font: 14px sans-serif;
}
label {
cursor: pointer;
}
.outer {
display: flex;
padding: 20px;
background: goldenrod;
flex-grow: 1;
overflow: hidden;
}
.inner {
position: relative;
overflow: scroll;
background: gray;
flex-grow: 1;
}
.box {
position: absolute;
width: 160px;
height: 100px;
background: silver;
box-shadow: 0 0 3px red;
cursor: move;
padding: 20px;
top: 20px;
left: 20px;
}
.box div {
font-weight: 700;
pointer-events: none;
text-align: center;
}
.wrap-sticky {
position: sticky;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
<div class="outer">
<div class="inner" id="inner">
<div class="wrap-sticky" id="wrap_sticky">
<div class="box" id="moveable" data-moveable="1">
<div>Drag & Move Me</div>
<label><input type="radio" name="p" value="sticky" checked />In sticky</label><br />
<label><input type="radio" name="p" value="absolute" />In main</label>
</div>
</div>
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</div>
</div>

How to use negative padding in css

I want to add negative padding in css, I have written a small code of battery charging cell. What I want is if I enter value in negative like -1px than the cell color should move to the left side and div should stay in center.
.cell {
width: 100px;
height: 30px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.padding {
background-color: #3D9970;
width: 10px;
float: left;
height: 30px;
position: absolute;
left: 55px;
padding-right: 1px;
}
<div class="cell">
<div class="cell1"></div>
<div class="padding"></div><span style="display: inline;">
</div>
Please help me.
You can't.
See the specification:
Unlike margin properties, values for padding values cannot be negative.
I think you can achieve the same effect with pseudo elements:
.cell{
display:block;
width: 100px;
height: 30px;
position:relative;
}
.cell:before{
content:'';
background-color: #3D9970;
width: 10px;
top:0;
left:calc(50% - 5px);
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
}
.cell:after{
content:'';
border: 1px solid black;
width:100%;
height:100%;
display:block;
top:0;
left: 0px;
position: absolute;
}
<div class="cell">
</div>
"Left" property could be negative, so if you change it you can move the position of the green rectangle in the middle (.cell:before) of the block and border itself (.after)
The easiest way is to use an absolute positioning relatively to a parent node. Here the parent node would be the battery "housing".
So you can set the position CSS value of the rot div to relative, and then the charge one to absolute. Indeed, according to MDN Webdocs:
absolute: [...] It is positioned relative to its closest positioned ancestor, if any.
Then, you just have to play with the left and width CSS properties. For the "middle" case, I chose to display one border.
Below a working snippet. Just click the "Begin the charge variation" button to start the show.
var chargeElement = document.getElementById("charge");
// To set a charge to the battery, simply call: setCharge(percentage)
function setCharge(percentage) {
var left;
var width;
if (percentage > 100) percentage = 100;
if (percentage < 0) percentage = 0;
chargeElement.setAttribute("data-value", percentage);
// If the charge is 50%, simply draw a line
if (percentage == 50) {
chargeElement.className = "middle";
} else {
chargeElement.className = "";
}
// Otherwise, adjust left and width values
if (percentage >= 50) {
left = 50;
width = percentage - left;
} else {
left = percentage;
width = 50 - left;
}
// Then update the charge style.
chargeElement.style.left = left + "%";
chargeElement.style.width = width + "%";
}
// A simple function to add / remove some charge
function addCharge(percentage) {
var value = parseInt(chargeElement.getAttribute("data-value"));
value += percentage;
setCharge(value);
}
// Here just some stuff for illustration.
// You don't need those functions to set the charge.
function letsBeginTheShow(buttonElement) {
buttonElement.disabled = true;
setNextCharge(10);
}
function setNextCharge(increment) {
var percentage = parseInt(chargeElement.getAttribute("data-value"))
percentage += increment;
if (percentage > 100) {
percentage = 100;
increment = -5;
}
if (percentage < 0) {
percentage = 0;
increment = 5;
}
setCharge(percentage);
setTimeout(function() {
setNextCharge(increment);
}, 50);
}
setCharge(50);
.battery {
position: relative;
width: 100px;
height: 30px;
border: 1px solid black;
/* Below : only for aestethic reasons */
float: left;
margin-right: 30px;
/* End of aesthethic stuff */
}
#charge {
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
background-color: #3D9970;
border-color: #3D9970;
}
.middle {
border-left: 1px solid;
}
<div class="battery">
<div id="charge" data-value="50" class="middle"></div>
</div>
<button onclick="letsBeginTheShow(this)">Begin the charge variation</button>

How to change data visible range to % percent

I am using this for my header that changes in a one page scroll up and down page. I noticed that it's not responsive so i am asking you if you maybe know a way to make that responsive. Like changing the 0-690 into a percentage so that it will work on mobile and also on a tv screen.
HTML
<div class="header header-1" data-visible-range="0-690">Portfolio</div>
<div class="header header-2" data-visible-range="691-2100">Services</div>
<div class="header header-3" data-visible-range="2101-">Contact</div>
CSS
.header-1 {
background-color:dimgray;
display: block;
}
.header-2 {
background-color:dimgray;
}
.header-3 {
background-color:dimgray;
}
.header {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height:8vmax;
width: 100%;
display: none;
visibility:hidden;
transition: visibility .4s, opacity .4s ease-in-out;opacity:0;
font-size:4vmax;padding:1.58vmax;color:white;
}
What if, instead of basing it off pixels, you just checked to see if an element hit the top of the page, and then changed the header?
We'll call these elements "triggers." See my code below for an example of how they work.
let updateHeader = () => {
let scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop(),
triggerTitle = "Hi";
$('.trigger').each((i, el) => {
let topPos = $(el).offset().top,
distance = topPos - scrollTop;
if (distance < 0)
triggerTitle = $(el).data('title');
});
$('header h2').text(triggerTitle);
}
$(window).scroll(updateHeader);
$(window).on('touchmove', updateHeader);
body {
margin: 0;
}
#container {
height: 1000px;
}
header {
width: 100%;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
background-color: red;
}
p {
margin: 200px 10px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">
<header><h2>Hi</h2></header>
<p class="trigger" data-title="section1">
trigger1
</p>
<p class="trigger" data-title="section2">
trigger2
</p>
<p class="trigger" data-title="section3">
trigger3
</p>
</div>
As you scroll down the page, each trigger hits the top of the page, and the text in the header will change to the the value of the latest trigger's data-title. You could position these triggers appropriately above each of your website's sections, so that, no matter what size the screen, the header should update at the right time. Here's a codepen.
EDIT
Try this JS instead for maximum compatibility (no es6 involved).
function updateHeader() {
var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop(),
triggerTitle = "Hi";
$('.trigger').each(function(i, el) {
var topPos = $(el).offset().top,
distance = topPos - scrollTop;
if (distance < 0)
triggerTitle = $(el).data('title');
});
$('header h2').text(triggerTitle);
}
$(window).scroll(updateHeader);
$(window).on('touchmove', updateHeader);

Sidebar that changes content width

I am currently developing a plugin for existing websites.
Its purpose is to display a sidebar with my content. To that end, the website owner creates an empty div, references my javascript file and calls my code with the ID of the empty div.
My plugin is then creating an iFrame in that empty div and loads its content. It also is responsible for styling the provided div so that it actually is a sidebar: It changes the width and height of that div and attaches it to the right edge of the screen.
So, all of that is basically working - loading my iFrame and styling the div.
The problem is that I am not satisfied with the result.
I have tried two different styles for the div:
Approach 1: float right
I used this CSS:
float: right;
height: 100%;
width: 100px;
The problem with this is that it doesn't change the total width of the rest of the page. In other words, elements on the website with a width: 100% will be shown below my sidebar.
https://jsfiddle.net/DHilgarth/mmzefm14/
Approach 2: Absolute positioning
I used this CSS:
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100px;
This approach has the problem that my sidebar now simply overlaps the controls from the website.
https://jsfiddle.net/DHilgarth/34hmnw9h/1/
Is there a way to achieve what I want? A sidebar that basically reduces the available size of the body for all elements, except mine?
I have now chosen to actually do exactly what I asked for: I reduce the available width of the body tag.
This is not trivial because of box-sizing, padding, margin, border etc and I am sure I have missed a lot of edge cases but for now, the following logic is working for me:
If box-sizing is border-box: set the right padding of the body element to the width of my sidebar.
Otherwise, set the width of the body element to the width of the body element minus the width of the sidebar. On resize of the window, the width of the body has to be adjusted accordingly.
Code:
function initSidebar() {
loadSidebar("sidebar");
}
// This code would be loaded from a javascript file I provide
function css(element, property) {
return window.getComputedStyle(element, null).getPropertyValue(property);
}
function getSidebarWidth(sidebarElement) {
var boundingRect = sidebarElement.getBoundingClientRect();
return boundingRect.right - boundingRect.left;
}
function styleBorderBoxBody(bodyElement, sidebarElement) {
bodyElement.style.paddingRight = getSidebarWidth(sidebarElement) + "px";
}
function resizeBody(bodyElement, previousWindowWidth, previousBodyWidth) {
var currentWindowWidth = window.innerWidth;
var newBodyWidth = previousBodyWidth - previousWindowWidth + currentWindowWidth;
bodyElement.style.width = newBodyWidth + "px";
return {currentWindowWidth, newBodyWidth};
}
function styleBody(bodyElement, sidebarElement) {
var boxSizing = css(bodyElement, "box-sizing");
if(boxSizing == "content-box" || !boxSizing || boxSizing == "") {
var sidebarWidth = getSidebarWidth(sidebarElement);
var width = bodyElement.clientWidth - sidebarWidth;
bodyElement.style.width = width + "px";
sidebarElement.style.right = (-sidebarWidth) + "px";
var windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
window.addEventListener("resize", function(e) {
var newWidths = resizeBody(bodyElement, windowWidth, width);
width = newWidths.newBodyWidth;
windowWidth = newWidths.currentWindowWidth;
});
} else if(boxSizing == "border-box") {
styleBorderBoxBody(bodyElement, sidebarElement);
window.addEventListener("resize", function(e) { styleBorderBoxBody(bodyElement, sidebarElement); });
}
}
function loadSidebar(sidebarId) {
var sidebarElement = document.getElementById(sidebarId);
sidebarElement.className = "sidebar";
var bodyElement = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
styleBody(bodyElement, sidebarElement);
}
// end: my code
initSidebar();
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html {
}
*,
*:before,
*:after {
box-sizing: inherit;
}
body {
font: 14px/1.1 Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
height: 100%;
}
#editor {
width: 100%;
height: 500px;
}
/* this class would be loaded from a CSS file I provide */
.sidebar {
border-color: green;
border-style: solid;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 100px;
}
<div id="sidebar"></div>
<h1>Some UI from the existing website</h1>
<textarea id="editor">The text area</textarea>

HTML -- How can I make my navbar stick after scrolling to a certain point on page?

How can I make my navbar stick after scrolling to a certain point on page? I don't want it to stick immediately after scrolling past it, but rather once I reach another div on the page.
Try this:
window.onscroll = function() {
var scrollTop = (window.pageYOffset !== undefined) ? window.pageYOffset : (document.documentElement || document.body.parentNode || document.body).scrollTop;
if (scrollTop >= document.getElementById("d").offsetTop) {
document.getElementById("nav").style.position = "fixed";
document.getElementById("d").style.marginTop = "50px";
document.getElementById("nav").style.marginTop = "-50px";
} else {
document.getElementById("nav").style.position = "static";
document.getElementById("d").style.marginTop = "0px";
document.getElementById("nav").style.marginTop = "0px";
}
}
nav {
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
background: red;
z-index: 100;
}
body {
margin: 0;
min-height: 1000px
}
#d {
position: relative;
top: 100px;
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
background: yellow;
}
<body>
<nav id="nav"></nav>
<div id="d"></div>
</body>
When you scroll to the yellow div, the red navbar sticks to the top of the viewport and stays there until you scroll up