I'm testing out some code for a random personal project and I'm looking to place 3 boxes side by side (I believe as divs). But as you'll see they're not really centered (as three)/spaced out so well. I figured assign them unique IDs and increase padding but is there a more efficient way?
Also when the screen shrinks, the third box dips underneath, while the second box is still on the same line I want it so all boxes drop at the same time.
Unfortunately, I need more reputation to post my code in the proper format it seems.
Not 100% sure if I get you correctly.
For "But as you'll see they're not really centered (as three)/spaced out so well. I figured assign them unique IDs and increase padding but is there a more efficient way?", if you wanna make them horizontally centered, you can try this:
wrap them in a container node.
assign a width to this container in its style.
set both margin-left and margin-right of this container to auto
This should then make these 3 boxes (actually the container) horizontally centered.
For "_Also when the screen shrinks, the third box dips underneath, while the second box is still on the same line I want it so all boxes drop at the same time. _", perhaps width: calc(100% / 3) is what you want to put in the styles of these boxes.
In modern web browsers, even if #Slash_D response is correct, you can get a more flexible alignment using flexbox (here you have a complete guide https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/).
Futhermore, if you want all the containers drop at the same time, you have to deal directly with media query based on resolutions (https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_rwd_mediaqueries.asp) , or use a grid system, like bootstrap, that helps you with media queries based on classess (https://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/layout/grid/#how-it-works)
Hope it helps
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The problem is that my divs are being ordered so that the first column collapses first and is read first on mobiles (intended).
But on word-wrapping at very specific screen dimensions, the divs get out of balance and now look a little funky on their vertical balance with each other.
An image can be found here (red shows divs):
What I want is to add some space on the text that wasn't word wrapped so that
Personally, Id say the current design works well, as it can fit and change to different screen sizes, the fact that it doesnt line up is understandable as the word is just to long.
However if you wanted to you could set a min-width on the container which represents that box. This means the word wouldnt be wrapped when the screen gets smaller. But it could come with side effects as it will push over the other two divs depending on how the css works.
So I have a post-view that I can't get to work properly, and flexbox seemed like the answer from heaven that I was looking for. Except, I can't seem to figure it out properly no matter what...
If you look at this code, there's two vertical divs that should both stretch as more content gets added to either. The div where more content appears grows accordingly, but I want the other div to match in length, and so the bottom edges to be aligned to the bottom of the flex box. The repeating images behind the two founder buttons and the "LOTS OF TEXT" should then fill up empty space down to the bottom where the bottom-edge images are.
I've been at this for a good week now and can't figure it out... I'm sorry if this is a really simple thing or I'm being dense about css, I'm still learning. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
In your .forumviewright class, add this property:
height: 100px;
That brings the baselines together.
Just tested it in Chrome Dev Tools. It works. It also works in FIDDLE. But it doesn't seem to work in the CSSDesk sample you provided.
Whether or not this is the permanent solution you're looking for, you can let me know in the comments below.
EDIT
Your question begins with:
Can't get CSS flexbox to expand properly.
Actually, the flexbox is working fine. Both columns are binded to each other and expand equally, as per the flexbox rules.
If you highlight the child divs (.forumviewleft and .forumviewright) in Chrome Dev Tools or Firefox Inspector, you'll see that both columns are equal height and track each other regardless of content size on either side.
To illustrate this, I've added a background color to each column div so you can see that the flex is working properly. No other changes to the code were made. In this example, no matter how much content is placed in either column, both color-coded columns remain equal height.
https://jsfiddle.net/eympj0yq/2/
Of course, the real problem is that the child container boxes inside these columns aren't tracking each other.
This will require some fundamental adjustments to your code. For a better understanding of this problem and how to fix it, see this post:
Height 100% on flexbox column child
Hope this helps. Good luck!
I have some divs, and I want them to start filling the main div vertically, and then cause the main div to scroll horizontally.
Currently, I'm using float:left on child divs, but it does exactly the opposite: it starts filling the main div horizontally, and then the main div scrolls vertically.
The number of rows may differ based on screen size, so I can't create a table for this purpose.
table + some javascript hacks may allow me to do this, but I prefer a CSS (without any javascript) way. Because this code will run on mobile apps, and javascript will slow down the web app.
This is my current code, and here's the result of my current code. But I want something like this.
UPDATE: As #goliney suggested, seems that it can be done with css-columns. I created this example right now.
Now, there are these two problems:
While it's working good, it still needs some javascript to determinate number of visible columns (column-count) in the page. Although it's a minor javascript process, is there any way to do it in CSS, too?
Also, I prefer to show a little bit of fifth column, so user can know that this list is scrollable horizontally. But columns-count can't accept some float value (like 4.2), it only accepts integer values. So how can I do it?
As #goliney suggested, css3 columns can help.
I've created an example of using css3 columns in this issue, here.
However, it needs javascript to figure out count of columns, or since I'm targeting tablets, I can create some predefined classes using media queries.
Second, I needed some way to show a little bit of next column, so user can know that this list can be scrolled horizontally.
I've found that if I set a margin-left and then take it back into it's right place using translateX, it'll happen correctly.
So this is the final code for container div:
.main {
column-count: 4;
column-gap: 40px;
height:480px;
margin-left:80px;
transform: translateX(-80px);
}
(I removed prefixed properties here, but they're available in jsFiddle)
And this is the final result in jsFiddle.
I am designing an elastic layout which is used with a dynamic number of items. As you can see, the layout is fluid and the number of items per row changes with the resolution. I can put on any classes I want on the item when I generate them with PHP if this helps.
Code
http://jsfiddle.net/N3VRM/3
http://jsfiddle.net/N3VRM/3/embedded/result/
Problem
I always want the left-most pink grids to align with the far left of the page and the same on the right side. Currently there is always an extra 1% margin on the pink squares, meaning they do not align with the "testing" text.
Invalid solution
The only solution I can come up with is to put a 1% margin on all content which isn't the pink grid so that they both align (i.e on the testing text), but on my production site, this is going to make it very messy. Using javascript would also be an invalid solution
Possible solution
Possibly the way to achieve this is to use the CSS nth item rule for different resolutions like below but I can't seem to get it working correctly:
#media (max-width: 1200px) {
.thumb:nth-child(3n+3) {
width:21%;
}
}
I just know there is a really smart, elegant solution to this and I can't figure it out. Points go for the cleanest, most compatible solution.
you could take a look at ways to justify align your boxes and use display:inline-block; instead of float or display:flex.
IT will send to far right and far left first & last box of each line. but boxes will not be dispatch on last line with same margin and will break the column look.
display:inline-block and text-align:justify:http://jsfiddle.net/N3VRM/4/
display:flex and flex:wrap and justify-content:space-between :http://jsfiddle.net/N3VRM/5/
But what looks close to your needs is the use of the selector nth-child(n) to count and reset specific margin to selected boxes.
So let's test : .thumb:nth-child(4n) {margin-left:0;} .thumb:nth-child(4n+1) {margin-right:0;}
http://jsfiddle.net/N3VRM/6/
these count needs to be reset and set for each mediaquerie.
See in last fiddle linked, shadow color switching with mediaquerie.
I am building a very simple page, powered by tumblr.
It has 3 columns of content in the main area. The content divs are all set to a width of 33% and floated left, most of the time this arranges itself as you would expect, but as you resize the window it seems to sometimes revert to 2 columns. Anyone know how to solve this?
The html is here: http://emilestest.tumblr.com
Try to set the .item css width to: 32%. The browser probably miscalculates width sometimes so you probably have a extra pixel or two, so the float overlaps to next line.
There is a Javascript action involved. Your article html elements gets the absolute position and some coordinates. Have a look over those scripts (or disable them, in order to use only CSS for positioning).
In your specific case, there are several solutions:
Place + size the divs with JavaScript and disable CSS layout
Use display: table
Use a table element
Disclaimer: For all those who cry out when they read table:
Using divisions to simulate a table for the display of tabular data is as much a design flaw as using tables to control graphic and page layout.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tableless_web_design#The_use_of_tables