I have a layout involving a div.left on the left with a set width of 40px, and a div.right on the right with a width of 100% to fill the remaining parent-container space.
HTML:
<div class="parent">
<div class="left">
L
</div>
<div class="right">
R
</div>
</div>
CSS:
.parent {
background: maroon;
max-width: 500px;
}
.left {
float: left;
background: green;
width: 40px;
opacity: 0.7;
}
.right {
width: 100%;
padding-left: 50px;
background: blue;
}
Jsfiddle
Is it possible to achieve this layout (one element with fixed width next to another that fills the remaining space) without resorting to the padding method I'm currently using? My problem is that I'd like to use a transparent background on the left-floated element, so the padding hidden beneath those elements would be visible. Also, my current approach doesn't downsize fluidly.
For that you need to float: left; the other element as well..
.right {
width: calc(100% - 40px);
background: blue;
float: left;
}
Demo
Also, am using calc() here, to deduct the fixed width sidebar which is 40px from 100% right bar.
As #Krimson commented that you want some space between the element as well, than use margin
.right {
width: calc(100% - 80px);
background: blue;
float: left;
margin-left: 40px;
}
Demo
Note: In the demo, am using overflow: hidden; as a quick fix for clearing floats, but better use clear: both; for that, for more information on clearing floats, you can read my answer here.
Inspected Elements
What if u change your .right to this:
.right {
/* width: 100%; remove width */
margin-left: 50px; /* Margin instead of Padding */
background: blue;
}
JSFiddle Demo
Related
I have two divs next to each other. The div on the right is 300px x 335px. The div on the left goes all the way down the page. I want the width of the left div to go all the way until the right div. Then under the right div, it takes up the whole width of the page. Is this possible?
div elements are block level elements. So they are like square blocks. No, they can't work as you ask. However, you might Google for CSS Shapes to see if it can do what you wish but it's not available in all browsers and still isn't exactly the same as you request.
Here is some option either you can add min-width to the short div and long div to extend it. or you can add a background-color body to fake the illusion of it. but like Rob said there is no good way that can work out.
.short {
width: 100px; height: 100px;
background:red;
float:left;
//min-height: 500px;
}
.long {
width: 100px; height: 500px;
background:blue;
float:left;
//min-height: 500px;
}
.width {
width: 100%;
height: 200px;
background:yellow;
}
.clearfix {
overflow: auto;
zoom: 1;
}
body {
// background-color: red;
}
<div class="clearfix">
<div class="short"></div>
<div class="long"></div>
</div>
<div class="width"></div>
That is not possible, although you could always put another div under the one on the right and set the margin so that it looks like it's part of the one on the left.
This is one of the method to achieve what you want
CSS
#left1 {
margin-right: 300px;
height: 335px;
background: #aaa;
}
#right {
width: 300px;
height: 335px;
float: right;
}
#left2 {
background: #aaa;
border: 1px soild #000;
min-height: 300px;
}
<div id="right"></div>
<div id="left1"></div>
<div id="left2"></div>
working on a few design changes for my website on tablets and trying to work on this idea.
So the basic structure is like so:
<div id='container'>
<div id='leftbox'>Content</div>
<div id='rightsidebar'>Sidebar</div>
</div>
What i want, is for the container to be 100% width, but keep a right hand sidebar at 260px but allow the leftbox div to always fill the width left.
I have made a fiddle to show. But heres the CSS from that fiddle first:
#container {
width: 100%;
height: 500px;
background-color: #999;
color: white;
text-align: center;
}
#leftbox {
width: 50%;
height: 500px;
background-color: #666;
float: left;
}
#rightsidebar {
width: 260px;
height: 500px;
background-color: #333;
float: right;
}
Heres the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/X2w3D/
In that example I have just set the width of the left div to 50% to give it a width. The aim is that if the user was to be on a web browser, and resize then there would be no gap between the leftdiv and the rightsidebar. So the rightsidebar is always the same width, but the leftdiv will always fill the rest of the div up in width.
Thanks, Craig.
You might be interested on calc
width: calc(100% - 260px);
Demo
Referrence
Have you considered using the flexbox model? It was designed to answer this kind of problem.
I updated your fiddle and added an example solution: http://jsfiddle.net/X2w3D/4/
I used display:flex; on the container, then added flex-grow:1; to the #leftbox
#container {
width: 100%;
height: 500px;
background-color: #999;
color: white;
text-align: center;
display:flex; // ADDED THIS
}
#leftbox {
flex-grow:1; // ADDED THIS
height: 500px;
background-color: #666;
float: left;
}
Edit: If you need retro-compatibility for the flexbox model, I cannot recommend the amazing flexbox.less enough. It has saved my life quite a few times.
I feel this question has been answered but I searched and searched and no answer seems to deal with dynamic main content width.
I simply want this scenario:
|-|nav|-|main content|-|
Where nav is a DIV and main content is a DIV and both are placed inside another DIV container which has a width of 100%. - is simpy a spacing between the DIVs, a margin.
nav has a fixed width of 300px and "main content" div should always take the rest of the space available (to fill the 100% of the parent div) - without the use of JavaScript.
Also I want to have some margins left and right of each DIV (nav, main content) so that they have some space between them and the "browser border"/body.
I experimented with table, table-cell but the border-collapsing drove me nuts so I am heading back to god old "float: left" and clearfix. This is what I have so far:
<div id="container" class="cf">
<div id="nav">
Nav stuff
</div>
<div id="main">
Main stuff
</div>
</div>
#container {
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
background-color: orange;
min-height: 50px;
}
#nav {
display: inline;
float: left;
min-width: 300px;
width: 300px;
margin-left: 10px;
margin-right: 10px;
}
#main {
display: inline;
float: left;
background-color: green;
margin-right: 10px;
}
.. /* clearfix stuff omitted (class 'cf') */
So now the problem is, how to make "main content" (#main) fill the rest of the parent (#container). If I use a width of 100% the 100% is of course the full width of the parent and the div will go under the "nav" div. If i use "auto" the same thing happens. It of course works if I pass in a fixed width e.g. in pixels but I don't know the correct pixels in advance and using JS to calculate that seems a bit odd to me.
I've seen a solution where the "nav" was put inside "main" but that leads to problems with the margins. Try to insert a margin to create some space beside a div that is inside another div... I don't think that's anyhow possible in this universe.
Thanks for your help!
Maybe you should create BFC to face this problem.
For example:
#container{
border: 1px solid red;
}
#nav{
float: left;
width: 300px;
border: 1px solid green;
height: 200px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-right: 20px;
}
#main{
overflow: hidden;
height: 400px;
border: 1px solid blue;
margin-right: 20px;
}
overflow: hidden; is the key to create BFC for #main.
JSFiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/yujiangshui/yMFB6/
More about BFC : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Block_formatting_context
For example:
#container {
width: 100%
position: relative;
}
#nav {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 300px;
}
#main {
margin-left: 320px;
}
JSFIDDLE
I have 2 divs, and I need both of them to have a minimum size of about 300px.
I need the left div to stretch out to the available space, however if the window size is too small, then the right div needs to drop below. This is what I have currently, but Im not sure what to change.
<style>
.bbleft {
min-height: 237px;
overflow:hidden;
}
.bbright {
float: right;
width: 300px;
min-height: 237px;
margin-left: 10px;
}
</style>
This is what you need
http://jsfiddle.net/fxWg7/790/
HTML
<div class="container">
<div class="left">
content fixed width
</div>
<div class="right">
content flexible width
</div>
</div>
CSS
.container {
height: auto;
overflow: hidden;
}
.left {
width: 300px;
float: left;
background: #aafed6;
}
.right {
float: none; /* not needed, just for clarification */
background: #e8f6fe;
/* the next props are meant to keep this block independent from the other floated one */
min-width:300px;
width: auto;
max-width:500px; /* not neccessary */
overflow: hidden;
}
fiddle
A css3 approach..
Flexible left div.
Right div drops when page too small.
Left div fills up the rest of the space.
HTML
<div class="left"></div>
<div class="right"></div>
CSS
body{
width:100%;
}
body div{
min-width:300px;
float:left;
}
.left{
width: calc( 100% - 310px );
}
simple use this
.bbleft {
min-height: 237px;
overflow:hidden;
float:left;width:100%;
}
I have a container div with a floating left-hand navigation pane and a content pane to the right:
<div id="header"></div>
<div id="container">
<div id="leftnav"></div>
<div id="content"></div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>
CSS:
body
{
text-align: center; /* IE center div fix */
}
#container
{
width: 800px; /* site width */
background-color: red; /* so I can see it */
text-align: left; /* undo text-align: center; */
margin: 0 auto; /* standards-compliant centering */
}
#leftnav
{
float: left;
width: 200px;
}
#content
{
height: 100%;
width: 600px;
margin-left: 200px;
background-color: green; /* so I can see it */
}
.clearfix { clear: both; }
The #container div stretches to the full height of the floating #leftnav div, but the contained #content div does not stretch to 100% of the height. I've read elsewhere that this is due to the parent #container not having a specified height (defaults to auto) and therefore the 100% is not based on that container; however, I can't specify the height because the left navigation pane height isn't constant.
How can I get the #content div to be 100% of the height of the #container div when the #container div's height is defined by the floating #leftnav?
This is similar to the 3 column liquid "holy grail" CSS layout that has been plaguing people for years (though has been solved in the past couple years, though many of the solutions required browser hacks or Javascript to function).
I'd highly suggest you not reinvent the wheel here as it is difficult to get CSS to perform exactly as you're describing. Here is a good resource for this layout and many other similar liquid layouts:
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-2-column-left-menu.htm
The easy way would be to use JS to set the height of #content to the height of #leftnav. You can use faux columns on #container and make a slice/gif of the green background and repeat it vertically on #container along with the red however you have it but I'm not sure if it fits your needs.
try this CSS
body
{
text-align: center; /* IE center div fix */
}
#container
{
width: 800px; /* site width */
background-color: red; /* so I can see it */
text-align: left; /* undo text-align: center; */
margin: 0 auto; /* standards-compliant centering */
}
#leftnav
{
float: left;
width: 200px;
}
#content
{
height: 100%;
width: 600px;
background-color: green; /* so I can see it */
float:right;
}
.clearfix { clear: both; }
I would also suggest using a line break with a clear both rather than a div.