Aligning div elements (css, html) - html

I'm a beginner when it comes to HTML and CSS and I'm struggling to position some div elements as described in the image intended outcome. I've centered the table with margin-left: auto and margin-right: auto. I want the text div-element to be aligned right above the table. Is there any good way to do that?
Any help is much appreciated.

Put them both in another div that will be centered inside the box
Set the table width and the div width.
<div id="wrapper-div" style="margin:auto; width:XXpx">
<div id="text-div" style=""></div>
<div id="table-div"></div>
</div>
The wrapper div should have the same width as the table div.

There are many ways to do this, as you are trying you can try adding the following css style:
display:inline-block

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Issue with non responsive vertically centered div

I am trying to make a div vertically centered inside a parent div.At the same time I don't want the child div not to be responsive.
Here is the html code
<div class="wrap">
<div style="background: url('http://www.screensavergift.com/wp-content/uploads/GoldenNature2-610x320.jpg') no-repeat; background-position: 25% 50%; background-size: cover;" class="menu_item"></div>
<div class="menu-box-border"></div>
<div class="menu-box-content-box">
<h3>Some Text</h3>
</div>
</div>
I have created a demo here -- http://jsfiddle.net/squidraj/4eewp8x0/7/
As you can see the semi transparent box with overlay is always staying at the bottom and on browser resize the box is also resizing and as a result the overlay box is causing problem to the text.
Any help/suggestion is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
First of all, there is a well-known trick to do this, you can read it on https://css-tricks.com/centering-in-the-unknown/
This will give you this: http://jsfiddle.net/4eewp8x0/8/
However, as we have more and more powerful tools of CSS3, I'd like to present some more tricks.
CSS Transform
The essence of this trick is that we absolutely position the child at (50%,50%), and then do a translate of (-50%,-50%)
You will have this: http://jsfiddle.net/4eewp8x0/9/
Flex Layout
At last, people who are filled up with fury toward the difficulties aligning elements come up with flex layout.
You can read about flex layout here:https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/
You will have this: http://jsfiddle.net/4eewp8x0/11/

Div border not covering all child divs

I have a div surrounding multiple divs. The border of parent div is not covering all child divs as shown in the fiddle. Can anyone tell what is the issue here?
<div style="border:1px dashed gray;">
<div style="position:relative;top:10px;"><input type="text" placeholder="https://" /></div>
<div style="position:relative;top:30px;"><input type="text" placeholder="https://" /></div>
<div style="position:relative;top:50px;font-size: 10px">Some content</div>
<div style="position:relative;top:60px;background-color:#E6E0EC">
<div class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove"></div>
</div>
</div>
JSFiddle link
You are using position: relative on the divs not surrounded by the border. The relative position property moves the contents of the element but keeps the reserved space of the element in the normal flow.
If you want to achieve the same layout with a border around everything it is best to use the marginproperty. I updated your jsfiddle to show an example
JsFiddle
Well there is no need for position relative, in all the child divs, just remove those tags.
Using top to specify the spacing is not a good idea in a case like this. It will be fragile. Let the elements make room for themselves and let the box model make space in the parent. To do this use margin-top instead.
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/markm/rmvneo88/

bootstrap row height 100% issue

I'm working on a project using the framework Twitter Bootstrap 3.
My basic HTML layout is.
Sidebar
Main content
The sidebar element has 100% height and float: left so that the div classed main-content stays inline.
When I give the sidebar float left property and add a row classed div in main-content div.
The height of .row goes crazy. But instead of float: left if I use position: fixed to the sidebar then the .row height gets adjusted according to content inside the .row.
I did play with the web console in Chrome and noticed that there are two pseudo elements created on row :before and :after.
When I unchecked the css property of those pseudo classes the height of the .row is to the height of the child.
Why do I have this issue when I use float: left to the sidebar?
How can I overcome it?
Did google on this, and I found this. But it doesn't help me.
Also I've created a fiddle to demonstrate the strange behaviour of the .row classed div where it extends to almost to screen of the height but there's nothing present inside the .row element.
Someone help me to get this clarified and fixed.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT : Why the height of the .row div is 100% when I didn't define it's height?
I find your mark-up a bit odd considering you are working with Bootstrap. Why don't you make use of the Bootstrap functionality to create your sidebar and main content div? This way you also don't run into unwanted "100% height divs".
Have a look: http://jsfiddle.net/GeA7N/3/
<div class="page-container">
<div class="row">
<div class="sidebar col-xs-4">
</div>
<div class="main-content col-xs-8">
<div class="well custom-well"></div>
<div style="background: red">Content div that is not 100% height by default</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Have you tried using http://www.layoutit.com as a guide for a layout? You don't have to register to use it. Once you get the columns setup correctly you can go in and and set the height of the columns with the style attribute on the div. Hope this helps a little bit
Children inherit attributes from parents, unless otherwise specified.
So let's specify a height for row and it will no longer inherit.
All I am adding is a row height attribute to overwrite both the parent's height attribute.
.row {
background-color:blue;
height:50%;
}
JSFiddle Demo Blue is to show the row div. The grey is just the underlying background of the page.
EDIT : Why the height of the .row div is 100% when I didn't define
it's height?
Reason: The ::before and ::after pseudo-elements of the .row class have the style display:table; thereby causing your first row to fill as much remaining space as it can.
Solution: To avoid overriding the Bootstrap framework, simply encapsulate your .container class with another div which has the style display:flex;

HTML Positioning: Postion two objects relative to a third object without disrupting the flow

Okay, so this is going to be hard to explain, so please ask questions if I am not clear
In my html page, I have a main "container" div that has multiple divs within it, but each of the divs inside the container are placed into one of two columns (so if there is a div in the container, it is either in the left column or the right column)
<div id="container">
<div id="column1">
<div id="item1-1"></div>
<div id="item1-2"></div>
<div id="item1-3"></div>
</div column1>
<div id="column2">
<div id="item2-1"></div>
<div id="item2-2"></div>
<div id="item2-3"></div>
</div column2>
</div container>
[NOTE: I know the syntax is incorrect, I am just making it easier to read]
So, in other words, I want two columns of divs that can vary in size (so the page size can vary), and so that item1-2 appears below item1-1, etc. The problem here is I want the divs in the container to appear inside of it, so I cannot use absolute or relative positioning. Something is telling me I should be using a table, but I am not sure how to go about doing this.
So, my question is: using only html and css, is there any to do exactly what is above?
First: make </div column1> and </div column2> just say </div>
Second: CSS:
#container {
width: 100%;
}
#column1, #column2 {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
To achieve the look you want you should use CSS float property. However, to avoid problems with parent container not displaying correctly, consider following one of the two possible solutions:
Adding a div after floating elements with
clear: both
or applying code below to your parent div
overflow: hidden

Using position:absolute on child divs sticks them together into one place

I have a number of divs with the same class, that I want to align vertically inside their container div.
The html part looks like this example:
<div id="container">
<div class="element">
........
</div>
<div class="element">
........
</div>
<div class="element">
........
</div>
</div>
I have floated the elements (divs with .element class) 'left' so they are all on one row. So far so good no problem yet.
The contents of the .element div vary. Now by default, they are aligned top, and I want to align them to the bottom using this css:
#container {position:relative;}
#container .element {position:absolute;bottom:0;}
Works and does align them to the bottom, but unfortunately it also sticks them together and they all look like they are in one place as one div, the one on top of the other.
Trying to set width, margin, padding etc.. to the .element div does nothing, they just act as one div.
What do I need to do to separate them ? I believe giving each div a separate class is not the right solution.
I also would not like to use table solutions, unless there is absolutely no other way.
I have tried vertical-align:bottom which for some reason does nothing.
I kept searching for long about this but nothing related comes up on the net, so if it's a duplicate I apologize.
Thanks in advance.
Well this is what the position:absolute is all about. I don't see why you use it.
If I understand right you want to vertical align the divs to the bottom and have them appear next to each other / beside each other ? Then most likely you have to modify the display css attribute of your divs to display:inline-block; or even use span tags instead.
You could wrap the #container div with another div, set its position to relative, and set the position of #container to absolute and it's bottom to bottom: 0
See my example