Stack objects as a multiple item selector with html and css - html

Question

I have a list of words that I want to stack in columns in order to save and use the left place in an html file for a Django project:
I'm not very good at web development, feel free to explain to me like a 10 year old if I do anything wrong.
{% extends "todo/base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<style>
.elements {
display: block;
}
ul.items {
display: flex;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
flex-wrap: wrap;
list-style: none;
}
li.item {
flex: 1 0 20%;
padding: 8px;
margin: 2px;
border-radius: 8px;
border: 1px solid rgba(61, 86, 233, 0.3);
text-align: center;
}
.col {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
}
</style>
<!-- Header -->
<header class="intro-header">
<div class="container">
<div class="col-lg-5 mr-auto order-lg-2">
<h3><br>Tell me something about you... </h3>
</div>
</div>
</header>
<!-- Page Content -->
<section class="content-section-a">
<div class="container">
<dt>
<span>Pick the keywords you want to express when wearing perfume</span>
</dt>
<form action = "/getmatch" method="POST">
{% for keyword in keywords %}
<div class="elements">
<ul class="items ">
<li class="item col-xs-6 col-sm-3 col-md-3 col-lg-3">
<div data-toogle="buttons" class="col">
<span>{{ keyword.title }}</span>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
{% endfor %}
{% csrf_token %}
<button type="submit">Envoyer</button>
</form>
</div>
</section>
<!-- Bootstrap core JavaScript -->
<script src="static/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="static/vendor/popper/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="static/vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
{% endblock %}
I do not know if I should put it in a particular css file as style.css or if I should add it as <style> at the end or beginning of my file, I opted for this option that I found simpler.
Today I have buttones which looks good but still does not fit next to each other:
I don't know if it's related, but I don't get the multi-selection effect either.
In base.html I am loading the following style.css with the following line:
<link href="static/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
/*!
* Start Bootstrap - Landing Page (http://startbootstrap.com/template-overviews/landing-page)
* Copyright 2013-2017 Start Bootstrap
* Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/BlackrockDigital/startbootstrap-landing-page/blob/master/LICENSE)
*/
body, html {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
body, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
font-family: 'Cormorant', serif;
}
.intro-header {
padding-top: 50px;
padding-bottom: 50px;
text-align: center;
color: #f8f8f8;
background: url(../img/intro-bg.jpg) no-repeat center center;
background-size: cover;
}
.intro-message {
position: relative;
padding-top: 20%;
padding-bottom: 20%;
}
.intro-message>h1 {
margin: 0;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
font-size: 5em;
}
.intro-divider {
width: 400px;
border-top: 1px solid #f8f8f8;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
.intro-message>h3 {
text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}
.intro-social-buttons i {
font-size: 80%;
}
.recommendations {
padding-top: 10%;
}
#media(max-width:767px) {
.intro-message {
padding-bottom: 15%;
}
.intro-message>h1 {
font-size: 3em;
}
ul.intro-social-buttons>li {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 20px;
padding: 0;
}
ul.intro-social-buttons>li:last-child {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.intro-divider {
width: 100%;
}
}
.network-name {
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 400;
letter-spacing: 2px;
}
.content-section-a {
padding: 50px 0;
background-color: #f8f8f8;
}
.content-section-b {
padding: 50px 0;
border-top: 1px solid #e7e7e7;
border-bottom: 1px solid #e7e7e7;
}
.section-heading {
margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.section-heading-spacer {
float: left;
width: 200px;
border-top: 3px solid #e7e7e7;
}
.banner {
padding: 100px 0;
color: #f8f8f8;
background: url(../img/banner-bg.jpg) no-repeat center center;
background-size: cover;
}
.banner h2 {
margin: 0;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
font-size: 3em;
}
.banner ul {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.banner-social-buttons {
float: right;
margin-top: 0;
}
#media(max-width:1199px) {
ul.banner-social-buttons {
float: left;
margin-top: 15px;
}
}
#media(max-width:767px) {
.banner h2 {
margin: 0;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
font-size: 3em;
}
ul.banner-social-buttons>li {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 20px;
padding: 0;
}
ul.banner-social-buttons>li:last-child {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
}
.form {
padding-left: 50px;
padding: 50px;
}
.space {
padding-top: 60%;
}
footer {
padding: 50px 0;
background-color: #f8f8f8;
}
p.copyright {
margin: 15px 0 0;
}
Basically I would prefer to have them like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<title>Documento de prueba</title>
<style>
.elements {
display: block;
}
ul.items {
display: flex;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
flex-wrap: wrap;
list-style: none;
}
li.item {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
flex: 1 0 20%;
padding: 8px;
margin: 2px;
border-radius: 8px;
border: 1px solid rgba(61, 86, 233, 0.3);
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Botones</h1>
<div class="elements">
<ul class="items">
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
<li class="item">
<i class="fa fa-home"></i>
<span>Label</span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Answer 1

you can use a parent container whith a desired width and then inside it, set col-12 on every iteration.
<div class="row" style="width:30%">
{% for keyword in keywords %}
<div class="col-12">
<h3>{{ keyword.title }}</h3>
</div>
{% endfor %}
</div>
UPDATE
sorry, yesterday i was typen from my cellphone, look this approach maybe this help you to find a solution
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>stack</title>
<style>
.container{
width:900px;
min-height: 300px;
display:flex;
flex-direction:column;
grid-row-gap: 5px; /* Will be used instead by browsers that do not support `row-gap` */
row-gap: 5px; /* Used by browsers that support `row-gap` */
background-color:#ddd;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
<div>keyword</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
it is very simple.
greetings