Equal height columns in css except one column - html

Question

I need to create equal height cards using flexbox or any other methods in css. But one of those cards will have a ribbon on top of the card. That will be set dynamically in react.
So I need to create equal height cards except one. Something like below,
An example is here,
https://codepen.io/andichamy-ga/pen/MGJPXv
HTML:
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
bar<br>
foo
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended">Recommended Card</div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
bar
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
.container {
display: flex;
}
.some {
padding: 20px;
margin-right: 20px;
}
.recommended {
background-color: yellow;
width: 200px;
height: 20px;
padding: 5px 10px;
}
.one {
background-color: transparent;
}
.box {
width: 200px;
height: 150px;
background-color: green;
padding: 10px;
}
I tried in many different ways. But none of those seems like a proper way. How can I do this elegantly?

Answer 1

You can make the top ribbon to be absolute position and rely on flexbox for the remaining to have equal height:
* {
box-sizing:border-box;
}
body {
background-color: #a3d5d3;
}
.container {
display: flex;
}
.some {
margin-top:50px;
margin-right: 30px;
position:relative;
}
.recommended {
position:absolute;
background-color: yellow;
left:0px;
right:0px;
height: 40px;
top:-40px;
padding: 5px 10px;
}
.one {
background-color: transparent;
}
.box {
width: 200px;
height:100%;
background-color: green;
padding: 10px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br> bar
<br> foo bar
<br> foo bar
<br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended">Recommended Card</div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br> bar
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

You want something like a price table, more in number like below.
https://jsfiddle.net/rdggv429/
<h2 style="text-align:center">Responsive Pricing Tables</h2>
<p style="text-align:center">Resize the browser window to see the effect.</p>
<div class="columns">
<ul class="price">
<li class="header">Basic</li>
<li class="grey">$ 9.99 / year</li>
<li>10GB Storage</li>
<li>10 Emails</li>
<li>10 Domains</li>
<li>1GB Bandwidth</li>
<li class="grey">Sign Up</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="columns special">
<ul class="price">
<li class="special-li">Special</li>
<li class="header" style="background-color:#4CAF50">Pro</li>
<li class="grey">$ 24.99 / year</li>
<li>25GB Storage</li>
<li>25 Emails</li>
<li>25 Domains</li>
<li>2GB Bandwidth</li>
<li class="grey">Sign Up</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="columns">
<ul class="price">
<li class="header">Premium</li>
<li class="grey">$ 49.99 / year</li>
<li>50GB Storage</li>
<li>50 Emails</li>
<li>50 Domains</li>
<li>5GB Bandwidth</li>
<li class="grey">Sign Up</li>
</ul>
</div>
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.columns {
float: left;
width: 33.3%;
padding: 8px;
}
.price {
list-style-type: none;
border: 1px solid #eee;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
-webkit-transition: 0.3s;
transition: 0.3s;
margin-top: 50px;
position: relative;
}
.price:hover {
box-shadow: 0 8px 12px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)
}
.price .header {
background-color: #111;
color: white;
font-size: 25px;
}
.price li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
padding: 20px;
text-align: center;
}
.price .grey {
background-color: #eee;
font-size: 20px;
}
.button {
background-color: #4CAF50;
border: none;
color: white;
padding: 10px 25px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 18px;
}
.special-li {
position: absolute;
top: -60px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 100%;
}
#media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
.columns {
width: 100%;
}
}
If you want the header dynamically, give it on the page load, append the LI to the first element on the UL

Answer 3

HTML
<div class="some-all">
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
bar<br>
foo
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended">Recommended Card</div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
bar
</div>
</div>
use css
<style>
.some-all{display: -webkit-box;
display: -ms-flexbox;
display: flex;
-ms-flex-wrap: wrap;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.some-all .some{
background-color: green;
}
</style>

Answer 4

I don't think that can be possible with flexbox, but this could be a possible solution for your question, hope it might help you.
You can also view it on Codepen: https://codepen.io/techyogi/pen/ervNWW
CSS
$blue: #a3d5d3;
body {
background-color: $blue;
}
.container {
display: flex;
padding-top: 20px;
}
.some {
padding: 20px;
margin-right: 20px;
position:relative;
}
.recommended {
position: absolute;
background-color: yellow;
width: 200px;
height: 20px;
padding: 5px 10px;
margin-top: -30px;
}
.one {
background-color: transparent;
}
.box {
width: 200px;
height: 100%;
background-color: green;
padding: 10px;
}
HTML
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
bar<br>
foo
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended">Recommended Card</div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="some">
<div class="recommended one"></div>
<div class="box">
foo<br>
bar
</div>
</div>
</div>