So, I'm attempting to make my own website (Yeah, I finally sucked it up and started doing markup, sigh) - problem I'm having is I'm trying to center a button, and it's offset a little. Without the <center> it's all the way to the left.
Also tried :
style="align-items:center"
<div id="form-container" style="align-items:center;">
<div>
<fieldset>
<center><input class="button0" value="Install Redux" type="button" /></center>
</fieldset>
</div>
</div>
You just have to put <center> before your <div> and close it after </div>.
Like this:
<center>
<div id="form-container" style="align-items:center;">
<div>
<fieldset>
<input class="button0" value="Install Redux" type="button" />
</fieldset>
</div>
</div>
</center>
I've also made a CodePen and a JSFiddle for you.
Try text-align:center on the parent, or use left:0;top:0;position:relative;webkitTransform:translate3d(-50%,0%,0%); where parent doesn't have position:static (the default)
I would also recommend checking out Bootstrap because it has a nice grid layout that lets you define which 12ths of the page you want columns to lay in, simply by defining classes like .btn-default or .nav or in your case class="col-xs-12" inside that other column
They also have really nice styles for forms and input buttons etc. (see video on my example site below)
Try resizing your browser while looking at their examples. Pretty much, you define class="col-xs-12" if you want it to appear as 12/12 width of the row on extra small (mobile) and LARGER devices, and you can mix them class="col-xs-12 col-md-6" so it will split the row on larger (tablet) size devices. It's the number 1 repository on GitHub, and only takes about 30 minutes to read through the Grid Layout and search around for "Nav" and "Button" elements.
I recently made a quick site http://neaumusic.github.io, feel free to check it out, and good luck
Two ways:
1) Set margin-left: auto; AND margin-right: auto; to the containing div OR
2) Set display:flex; AND justify-content:center;to the parent container.
Google flex box for a little more information, its very useful for layout once you get the hang of it.
As stated in the comments, the center tag is no longer supported.
What about if you try #form-container { text-align: center; } ? It will center all children, including button.
I would definitely recommend using flexbox, the only issue being ie8/9 support.
It really makes layout so much easier and you don't have to create very specific, often arbitrary margins to get your stuff to align nicely, particularly vertical alignment.
Your alignment options are split between the container and the items. It does row and column layout too.
Here is a link I used to get me started.
https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/
Related
I just started out using twitter bootstrap and so far I've had a nice experience.
I'm currently having some trouble with positioning some .well elements the way I'd like them to be. Basically, this is what I'd like to see them
But this is what I get
The second row is clearly overlapping the first one because the elements are floated and the row is not wrapped around the .well element. I tried to apply .clearfix class but sadly it did not fix this.
Here's the html I'm currently using
<div class="container">
<div class="row offset-top-large">
<div class="col-md-9">
<a href="#" class="well well-lg">
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row offset-top">
<div class="col-md-9">
<a href="#" class="well well-lg">
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The .offset-top classes just add additional margins to the rows
.offset-top-large{
margin-top:100px;
}
.offset-top{
margin-top:20px;
}
I know that I can fix this on my own by manipulating the css, like, removing the floats, for example, but my question is - can I do this (get the desired output) without adding any additional CSS and possibly breaking the bootstrap functionality (resizing to smaller screens etc.).
Edit
Sorry, I had posted the code with the wrong well size class - I have corrected it now and here is a fiddle displaying my problem - http://www.bootply.com/127620
Thanks!
Based on the html and css you provided, this has nothing to do with floats. The problem is that you only have link elements in your rows, which by default are inline elements. Inline elements don't take up any space in their container elements. Try adding display:block or display:inline-block to the well elements.
The update to your question doesn't change a lot, you just need to increase the margin to account for the larger well size.
Try this:
.offset-top-large{
margin-top:100px;
}
.offset-top{
margin-top:50px;
}
Note: bantroth is also correct, adding display:block to your a tags is another solution.
I've got two pages, one made with div's and CSS, one made with the notorious table.
The CSS Page...
...and the Table page.
At first glance, they're pretty similar. Both sport a 2x2 grid of rounded "buttons", which resize based on the window around them.
Now, put this in the context of a mobile phone. That's right, shrink that result-frame down (horizontally, don't worry about vertical).
Originally, i just had the CSS version, but there's specific browser widths in which text on the left drops down to two lines where text on the right stays at one, as the strings are different lengths. It just so happens that with the actual strings, most phone resolutions cause this annoying situation to occur.
However, the table predictably acts the way I would want it to. The table has a concept of "rows" as well as "columns", so the columns stay aligned and as a cell in one row gets taller, so do all the rest.
Is there a way to mimic this behavior in CSS? I'm constantly told how bad tables are for accessibility, etc. And I'm a fan of keeping <table> for actual tables of data, not layout.
I know of the adjacent-selector, but I couldn't find a way to say "make your min-height the same as my height, and vice-versa".
Also, obviously this could be done with a script. But unless someone here has a passionately feels that for this problem, javascript > CSS && javascript > Table, let's stick to CSS.
Every sane browser today should support the display: table/table-row/table-cell/... property, which converts your divs to a nice table, but without touching the html markup.
Here is your transformed code:
http://jsfiddle.net/eU6Xe/5/
HTML:
<div id="main">
<div class="row">
<div class="button">
Some text here
</div>
<div class="button">
And more text here
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="button">
More Text
</div>
<div class="button">
Lots of text here
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
div #main {
display: table;
width: 100%;
}
div.row {
display: table-row;
}
div.button {
display: table-cell;
}
To be honest both versions are not accessible, and both are equally as annoying to use.
First and foremost: Why aren't you using <button>s or <input type="button">?
It isn't semantically correct for both demos. Tables are not meant to do anything besides hold data. A button should be used for submitting/cancelling/clearing forms. A <div> is that whatchamacallit you keep in your junk drawer, that you use for a last resort.
Table Method
There is no way to make the table accessible. It will be always bee seen as a table, but since this is being incorrectly used, the WAI-ARIA role of presentation needs to be used. However this will tell assistive technology to ignore the fact it is a table, thus chunking the words together. The only way to make the cells clickable, is via an onClick, which may be fired automatically depending on the AT and the way you construct the onClick. Thus not allowing the person get past it, and since they won't know it is a table, they can't jump over it.
CSS Method
First the <h2> elements are used incorrectly. <h2> are to denote sections of a page that contribute to page hierarchy, which it makes little sense that a button would be part of the hierarchy. Next, a <div> doesn't recieve focus by default. Third, if you attach an onClick to the <div>, you run into the same issue as above.
Using ARIA, you can make <div>s act like buttons but your code becomes:
<div class="left-col">
<div class="button" tabindex="-1" role="button">
Some text here
</div>
<div class="button" tabindex="-1" role="button">
And more text here
</div>
</div>
OR
<input type="button" value="some text here" />
I'm currently working on refactoring one of our Form Controller so that we can use it for a public facing site. Currently it's generating a table layout for the forms, but I am trying to get it done using CSS forms.
I am trying to reproduce something that would look like this http://www.stylephreak.com/uploads/source/cssforms/cssform.php
Issue I am having is that every CSS form examples I find seems to assume a fixed width for the left column label. I have no control over what goes in the label in my case, it's coming from a user editable translation bank. With a table it's super easy I would simply use whitespace:nowrap; and the longest label would decide on the td's width and everyone is happy.
Is it possible to do something similar with CSS? I've tried using min-width and forcing it not to wrap. This worked but only pushes the current control right and screwed up the alignment, not to mention that min-width isn't supported in IE 6.
Is it really that bad to use a table for form layouts? It's tabular data and make sense when linearized after all no?
You can set the <label> css to display: table-cell and the containing <div> to display: table-row. This will mimic the behavior of using a table without actually using a <table>.
<div style="display: table-row">
<label style="display: table-cell; padding: 0 1em; text-align: right;" for="fm-firstname">First Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="fm-firstname" id="fm-firstname" />
</div>
<div style="display: table-row">
<label style="display: table-cell; padding: 0 1em; text-align: right;" for="fm-lastname">Last:</label>
<input type="text" name="fm-lastname" id="fm-lastname" />
</div>
This will look great in any recent browser (Firefox, Chrome, IE8+). In IE7, the textboxes won't be aligned correctly.
Well, here's a solution that is a bit unconventional, but I think the simplicity should work for all browsers.
The sample fiddle.
Accessibility doesn't seem to be a problem, for both keyboard and mouse control act as whished. The main disadvantage of course is that this page does not render well if CSS is turned off. Are there somewhere statistics about that? And also don't I know how screen readers will react to this wantonness.
To my knowlegde forms always occupy 100% of the available width. You could use that.
If it's allowed to fill up the whole width of the provided container for this form, then this seems a valid answer:
The sample fiddle.
The minor disadvantage in this case is to choose the ratio between the width of the labels and the inputs.
I would prefer a CSS approach to using tables for this.
I have six buttons on a horizontal row. The buttons are grouped like this:
button1 button2 button3 button4 button5 button6
The left two buttons are on the left margin and are close to each other but are not touching.
The third button is in the middle -- doesn't have to be exactly centered, just separate.
The three buttons on the right are grouped together on the right margin, also not touching each other.
When the page is resized, the two buttons on the left stay on the left, while the three on the right slide back and forth with the right edge of the page.
This has to work in IE7.
Edit: If like me, you are struggling with the "layout tables vs. CSS" issue, check out this SO question. Over 600 upvotes.
IME, you should use a one- or two-row table. This kind of thing, which is a very common need, is also a huge pita with CSS. You could spend days. And, for once, it's not an IE shortcoming. So, in this case, I would just bow to the inevitable and use a small table. As I say, IMHO.
-- pete
Updated answer:
The best I could do without tables is this.
Details:
Works in IE7-8-9, FF 4, Chrome 10
Therefore should work fine in earlier FF/Chrome, and by extension Safari
Opera is unknown, but it should work there as well
Pure CSS, HTML uses div and ul/li for the button lists
Drawbacks:
Includes CSS hack to target IE7 -- it's only a tiny one (*display: inline), but there you have it.
You have to add the right side buttons in the reverse order you want them to display -- this is due to float: right and I don't know of a way to fix it while keeping the flush right alignment
This was still bugging me three years later. The best CSS solution I have come up with is this. It's still using tables, but with CSS. And it's easier to do some of the styling -- we can set the table-cell text alignment at the table level instead of the cell level.
This performs well when the screen is resized.
I'm using style attributes here for clarity.
<div style="display:table; width:100%; text-align:center;">
<div style="display:table-row;">
<div style="display:table-cell; width:7%;">button1</div>
<div style="display:table-cell; width:7%;">button2</div>
<div style="display:table-cell; width:65%;">button3</div>
<div style="display:table-cell; width:7%;">button4</div>
<div style="display:table-cell; width:7%;">button5</div>
<div style="display:table-cell; width:7%;">button6</div>
</div>
</div>
I'm having a little CSS problem with a list of thumbnails. Here's an example:
http://jsfiddle.net/22hs8/
The problem is that when the link is too long to fit in the 150px block it will push the image down. By using inline-block on the list elements instead of a float I could get the images to line up properly, but now I want to have the links at the same height as well.
One thing I tried is making the links itself a block (or surrounding it by a div) and giving that a height, but that would mean they are always the same height even if none of the links uses two rules. Also, if a link is so long it uses three lines the same problem would occur.
In short: how do I align the links to the top of the list items, without breaking the image alignment?
To address one issue, you can add vertical-align:top; to the <li> tag in order to align the content to the top of the element, but unfortunately, I don't believe there's a way to resolve the issue entirely without also implementing one of the following methods:
Placing all of the tags in a separate
Specifying a height on the tags
Using javascript to equalize heights
Options
1. Separate Div
By moving the anchor tags into a separate div, they could be given the same width as the images and floated or displayed inline accordingly, but your markup becomes less semantic when you separate the anchor from the content (and may also be programmatically more complex if these are being dynamically generated).
2. Specifying a Height
This option can be thrown out almost immediately because, as you've stated, the anchor lengths can fluctuate to multiple lines. You could specify the height the the largest know line length, but then you'll ultimately end up with unnecessary white space with groups of short links.
3. JavaScript (jQuery)
While It would be ideal to resolve this issue without the requirement of JavaScript, I think it may be the only option that would allow you to preserve the semantics of your markup, and also apply an equal height to each of the anchor tags.
Recommended Solution
I would recommend setting a default height on the anchors of the largest known line length, then applying a bit of jQuery to normalize the heights of the anchors. This way, if the JavaScript parsing fails or JavaScript is disabled, the user still sees a uniform layout (albeit with potentially more whitespace), and with JavaScript active the heights are normalized.
Apply vertical-align:top; to the <li>
Define default height for non-js users
Equalize heights using jQuery:
(function(){
$.fn.equalizeHeights = function(){
return this.height( Math.max.apply(this, $(this).map(function(i,e){ return $(e).height() }).get() ))
}
$(function(){ $('li a').equalizeHeights(); });
})();
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/Eg7hy/
How is this:
http://jsfiddle.net/22hs8/3/
So you're saying that you want the links to not push the content down? I don't see that as being possible unless you don't allow your content to stretch at all. It's natural flow of a page for something above content to force the content down after it if it needs more space.
Have you thought about chopping off the text after a certain number of characters, with a '...' and providing the full text through a title, and providing the full text through a popup (since I assume you're creating some kind of photo gallery)?
The first answer that came to mind was:
"just use a table, it makes this really easy, and works everywhere"
Live Demo
However, I would probably get down voted into oblivion if I posted an answer only containing a <table> tag version, so here's a version using CSS display: table and friends:
Live Demo
Of course, that won't work in IE7 because that browser doesn't support display: table.
I can't think of a way to do this using code closer to your original and display: inline-block, which would also support an arbitrary number of lines. I'd love to see a better way to do this.
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="cell">Some text</div>
<div class="cell">Some more text (too long)</div>
<div class="cell">Some text</div>
<div class="cell">Some text (seriously too long) text text text text text text text text text text text text text</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"><div class="image">image</div></div>
<div class="cell"><div class="image">image</div></div>
<div class="cell"><div class="image">image</div></div>
<div class="cell"><div class="image">image</div></div>
</div>
</div>
(you could change some of those div tags into ul and li if you wanted to)
CSS:
#container {
display: table
}
.row {
display: table-row;
text-align: center
}
.cell {
display: table-cell;
width: 150px
}
.image {
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
background: grey
}
Add vertical-align:top; to the images.