Fixed width for <code> element using twitter bootstrap - html

I have a set of rows in a table, containing code-blocks, looking like this:
<td style='border-bottom: 1px solid lightgray;'>
<div>
<code>-1245</code>
</div>
<br />
<div>
<code>-12455</code>
</div>
<br />
<div>
<code>-1245</code>
</div>
<br />
<div>
<code>-1245</code>
</div>
<br />
<div>
<code>-1245</code>
</div>
</td>
And some CSS, like so:
<style scoped>
.k-grid code {
width: 45px;
color: lightslategray;
}
</style>
My problem here is that I need the code boxes to have all the same width, and not a width based on the content (fluid like).
I.e. when I have the number 1234, the box is displayed with one width, and when I have the number 12345, the box is expanded to another width.
I cannot seem to override this locally using the CSS. Any suggestions?
Update
Found a solution that suits my needs, based on the answers below.
Css:
.k-grid code {
line-height: 1.25;
display: inline-block;
width: 50px;
color: lightslategray;
}

HTML <code> element is an inline wrapper. In order to apply width, you need to change type of display to block or inline-block:
td code {
display: block;
width: 70px;
margin: 2px 0;
}
In this case, you won't need to wrap <code> elements by <div>:
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<code>-1245</code>
<code>-12455</code>
<code>-1245</code>
<code>-1245</code>
<code>-1245</code>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Here is the JSBin Demo.
Update
First I should note that I used margin property before only for the previous demo, remove that. Also, It's better to reset line-height property of <code> elements:
td code {
display: block; /* Or inline-block */
width: 50px;
line-height: 1;
}
TW Bootstrap applies a margin-bottom property to its .progress element. Reset the margin in your stylesheet if needed:
.progress {
margin: 0; /* <-- Override Bootstrap default style */
}
However, in this case I think it's better to place each line in a separate row (<tr>).
I created a Demo on the basis of your posted image.
Here is the JSBin Demo #2.

Before:
After:
I'd like to keep the height of the original "before" version, as this fits with the rest. Editing height doesn't seem to do the trick properly :S

Related

Why is <hr> given a thickness in HTML different than CSS?

I have a HTML document with inline CSS that my professor asked to have the CSS within the head tag and have the same rending from the original HTML with inline CSS. I think I'm done but somehow the <hr> within the HTML with inline CSS looks thicker than the other one.
I already tried adding a height: declaration property but it renders even thicker than I want.
Original HTML: http://jsfiddle.net/2k66T/
Modified HTML: http://jsfiddle.net/dd63m/
Edit: Here are the instructions from the professor;
Write a CSS document in order to define the style of the following web
page (I refer this to as "Original HTML") in a right way. Add and erase in the original
page everything you think that is necessary. Use the on-line validator
of the World Wide Web Consortium to be sure that your work fulfills
the standards.
Real question is... why are you using HR?
Let's render a border on the div wrapping your logo image.
Have a fiddle! - http://jsfiddle.net/dd63m/11/
Updated fiddle - http://jsfiddle.net/8VTd8/3/
I have given the div wrapping your logo an ID of logo. I removed the br break tags, we can apply margins in the CSS. The font tag is no longer used.
HTML
<h1>MyTSC</h1>
<div id="logo">
<img src="./img/TSCLogo.jpg" alt="TSC">
</div>
<h2>My courses for Fal 2013</h2>
<ul>
<li>COSC 4330 Computer Graphics</li>
<li>IMED 1416 Wed Design I</li>
<li>ITNW 2413 Networking Hardware</li>
</ul>
The logo div is currently 300px wide, change to what you want. Note: margin: 0 auto; essentially this is centering your div. margin-bottom is applied to create those extra spaces. The border is applied to your logo div giving a consistent line across browsers.
CSS
body{
background-color: grey;
color: white;
}
h1{
text-align: right;
margin-bottom: 30px;
}
div{
text-align: center
}
ul{
font-style: italic;
}
#logo { width: 300px; margin: 0 auto; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFF; }
#logo img { margin-bottom: 30px;}
add background: white; in your css not color:white
like this
hr{
width: 50%;
height: 3px;
background: white;
}
They all have the same height, the one with the default color(no color specified) has a gradient effect so it looks a little thin.
Code for the Test fiddle
<hr width="50%" color="black">
<br />
<br />
<hr>
<br />
<br />
<hr id="test">
Js Fiddle

Change <br> height using CSS

I have seen a question here about the same, but I can't get any of the answers to work (at least on Chrome).
This question is only for <br>, I know plenty of other techniques to change the height but in this case I can't change the HTML.
bla<BR><BR>bla<BR>bla<BR><BR>bla
CSS:
br {
display: block;
margin-bottom: 2px;
font-size:2px;
line-height: 2px;
}
Desired effect: smaller inter-line height.
The only thing I can get to work is display:none, but then all line break are removed.
Here's a fiddle for it using some of the techniques, but see that it renders the exact same as without any CSS.
This feels very hacky, but in chrome 41 on ubuntu I can make a <br> slightly stylable:
br {
content: "";
margin: 2em;
display: block;
font-size: 24%;
}
I control the spacing with the font size.
Update
I made some test cases to see how the response changes as browsers update.
*{outline: 1px solid hotpink;}
div {
display: inline-block;
width: 10rem;
margin-top: 0;
vertical-align: top;
}
h2 {
display: block;
height: 3rem;
margin-top:0;
}
.old br {
content: "";
margin: 2em;
display: block;
font-size: 24%;
outline: red;
}
.just-font br {
content: "";
display: block;
font-size: 200%;
}
.just-margin br {
content: "";
display: block;
margin: 2em;
}
.brbr br {
content: "";
display: block;
font-size: 100%;
height: 1em;
outline: red;
display: block;
}
<div class="raw">
<h2>Raw <code>br</code>rrrrs</h2>
bla<BR><BR>bla<BR>bla<BR><BR>bla
</div>
<div class="old">
<h2>margin & font size</h2>
bla<BR><BR>bla<BR>bla<BR><BR>bla
</div>
<div class="just-font">
<h2>only font size</h2>
bla<BR><BR>bla<BR>bla<BR><BR>bla
</div>
<div class="just-margin">
<h2>only margin</h2>
bla<BR><BR>bla<BR>bla<BR><BR>bla
</div>
<div class="brbr">
<h2><code>br</code>others vs only <code>br</code>s</h2>
bla<BR><BR>bla<BR>bla<BR><BR>bla
</div>
They all have their own version of strange behaviour. Other than the browser default, only the last one respects the difference between one and two brs.
You can't change the height of the br tag itself, as it's not an element that takes up space in the page. It's just an instruction to create a new line.
You can change the line height using the line-height style. That will change the distance between the text blocks that you have separated by empty lines, but natually also the distance between lines in a text block.
For completeness: Text blocks in HTML is usually done using the p tag around text blocks. That way you can control the line height inside the p tag, and also the spacing between the p tags.
Take a look at the line-height property. Trying to style the <br> tag is not the answer.
Example:
<p id="single-spaced">
This<br> text
<br> is
<br> single-spaced.
</p>
<p id="double-spaced" style="line-height: 200%;">
This<br> text
<br> is
<br> double-spaced.
</p>
The line height of the br tag can be different from the line height of the rest of the text inside a paragraph text by setting font-size for br tag.
Example: br { font-size: 200%; }
Use the content property and style that content. Content behavior is then adjusted using pseudo elements. Pseudo elements ::before and ::after both work in Mac Safari 10.0.3.
Here element br content is used as the element anchor for element br::after content. Element br is where br spacing can be styled. br::after is the place where br::after content can be displayed and styled. Looks pretty, but not a 2px <br>.
br { content: ""; display: block; margin: 1rem 0; }
br::after { content: "› "; /* content: " " space ignored */; float: left; margin-right: 0.5rem; }
The br element line-height property is ignored. If negative values are applied to either or both selectors to give vertical 'lift' to br tags in display, then correct vertical spacing occurs, but display incrementally indents display content following each br tag. The indent is exactly equal to the amount that lift varies from actual typographic line-height. If you guess the right lift, there is no indent but a single pile-up line exactly equal to raw glyph height, jammed between previous and following lines.
Further, a trailing br tag will cause the following html display tag to inherit the br:after content styling. Also, pseudo elements cause <br> <br> to be interpreted as a single <br>. While pseudo-class br:active causes each <br> to be interpreted separately. Finally, using br:active ignores pseudo element br:after and all br:active styling. So, all that's required is this:
br:active { }
which is no help for creating a 2px high <br> display. And here the pseudo class :active is ignored!
br:active { content: ""; display: block; margin: 1.25em 0; }
br { content: ""; display: block; margin: 1rem; }
br::after { content: "› "; /* content: " " space ignored */; float: left; margin-right: 0.5rem; }
This is a partial solution only. Pseudo class and pseudo element may provide solution, if tweaked. This may be part of CSS solution. (I only have Safari, try it in other browsers.)
Learn web development: pseudo classes and pseudo elements
Pay attention to global elements - BR at Mozilla.org
You can control the <br> height if you put it inside a height limited div. Try:
<div style="height:2px;"><br></div>
As the 'margin' doesn't work in Chrome, that's why I used 'border' instead.
br {
display: block;
content: "";
border-bottom: 10px solid transparent; // Works in Chrome/Safari
}
#-moz-document url-prefix() {
br {
margin-bottom: 10px; // As 'border-bottom' doesn't work in firefox and 'margin-bottom' doesn't work in Chrome/Safari.
}
}
The BR is anything but 'extra-special': it is still a valid XML tag that you can give attributes to. For example, you don't have to encase it with a span to change the line-height, rather you can apply the line height directly to the element.
You could do it with inline CSS:
This is a small line
<br />
break. Whereas, this is a BIG line
<br />
<br style="line-height:40vh"/>
break!
Notice how two line breaks were used instead of one. This is because of how CSS inline elements work. Unfourtunately, the most awesome css feature possible (the lh unit) is still not there yet with any browser compatibility as of 2019. Thus, I have to use JavaScript for the demo below.
addEventListener("load", function(document, getComputedStyle){"use strict";
var allShowLineHeights = document.getElementsByClassName("show-lh");
for (var i=0; i < allShowLineHeights.length; i=i+1|0) {
allShowLineHeights[i].textContent = getComputedStyle(
allShowLineHeights[i]
).lineHeight;
}
}.bind(null, document, getComputedStyle), {once: 1, passive: 1});
.show-lh {padding: 0 .25em}
.r {background: #f77}
.g {background: #7f5}
.b {background: #7cf}
This is a small line
<span class="show-lh r"></span><br /><span class="show-lh r"></span>
break. Whereas, this is a BIG line
<span class="show-lh g"></span><br /><span class="show-lh g"></span>
<span class="show-lh b"></span><br style="line-height:40vh"/><span class="show-lh b"></span>
break!
You can even use any CSS selectors you want like ID's and classes.
#biglinebreakid {
line-height: 450%;
// 9x the normal height of a line break!
}
.biglinebreakclass {
line-height: 1em;
// you could even use calc!
}
This is a small line
<br />
break. Whereas, this is a BIG line
<br />
<br id="biglinebreakid" />
break! You can use any CSS selectors you want for things like this line
<br />
<br class="biglinebreakclass" />
break!
You can find our more about line-height at the W3C docs.
Basically, BR tags are not some void in world of CSS styling: they still can be styled. However, I would recommend only using line-height to style BR tags. They were never intended to be anything more than a line-break, and as such they might not always work as expected when using them as something else. Observe how even after applying tons of visual effects, the line break is still invisible:
#paddedlinebreak {
display: block;
width: 6em;
height: 6em;
background: orange;
line-height: calc(6em + 100%);
outline: 1px solid red;
border: 1px solid green;
}
<div style="outline: 1px solid yellow;margin:1em;display:inline-block;overflow:visible">
This is a padded line
<br id="paddedlinebreak" />
break.
</div>
A work-around for things such as margins and paddings is to instead style a span with a br in it like so.
#paddedlinebreak {
background: orange;
line-height: calc(6em + 100%);
padding: 3em;
}
<div style="outline: 1px solid yellow;margin:1em;display:inline-block;overflow:visible">
This is a padded line
<span id="paddedlinebreak"><br /></span>
break.
</div>
Notice how the orange blob above is the span that contains the br.
#biglinebreakid {
line-height: 450%;
// 9x the normal height of a line break!
}
.biglinebreakclass {
line-height: 1em;
// you could even use calc!
}
This is a small line
<br />
break. Whereas, this is a BIG line
<br />
<br id="biglinebreakid" />
break! You can use any CSS selectors you want for things like this line
<br />
<br class="biglinebreakclass" />
break!
You can write br tag as show
<br style="content:''; padding: 10px 0;" />
Change padding value to 10px to anything you like.
Note: As padding is specified, height increases in both directions(top and bottom)
The line height of the <br> can be different from the line height of the rest of the text inside a <p>. You can control the line height of your <br> tags independently of the rest of the text by enclosing two of them in a <span> that is styled. Use the line-height css property, as others have suggested.
<p class="normalLineHeight">
Lots of text here which will display on several lines with normal line height if you put it in a narrow container...
<span class="customLineHeight"><br><br></span>
After a custom break, this text will again display on several lines with normal line height...
</p>
<font size="4"> <font color="#ffe680">something here</font><br>
I was trying all these methods but most didn't work properly for me, eventually I accidentally did this and it works great, it works on chrome and safari (the only things I tested on). Replace the colour code thing with your background colour code and the text will be invisible. you can also adjust the font size to make the line break bigger or smaller depending on your desire. It is really simple.

Line right after text

I'd like to have a line that starts right after my text on the same line, I've tried with the following simple code
<html><body>My Text<hr/></body></html>
It seems that <hr> is not an option because it is always on a new line and I'd like the line to start at the right of my text.
Any help ?
The <hr> has default styling that puts it on a new line. However that default styling can be over-ridden, in the same way as it can for any other element. <hr> is in essence nothing more than an empty <div> with a default border setting.
To demonstrate this, try the following:
<div>Blah blah<hr style='display:inline-block; width:100px;' />dfgdfg</div>
There are a number of ways to override the styling of <hr> to acheive your aim.
You could try using display:inline-block; along with a width setting, as I have above. The down-side of this approach is that it requires you to know the width you want, though there are ways around this - width:100%;, and the whole line in a container <div> that has overflow:hidden; might do the trick, for example:
<div style='overflow:hidden; white-space:nowrap;'>Blah blah<hr style='display:inline-block; width:100%;' /></div>
Another option would be to use float:left;. You'd need to apply this to all the elements in the line, and I dislike this option as I find that float tends to cause more problems than it solves. But try it and see if it works for you.
There are various other combinations of styles you can try - give it a go and see what works.
Using FlexBox Property this can be achieved easily.
.mytextdiv{
display:flex;
flex-direction:row;
align-items: center;
}
.mytexttitle{
flex-grow:0;
}
.divider{
flex-grow:1;
height: 1px;
background-color: #9f9f9f;
}
<div class="mytextdiv">
<div class="mytexttitle">
My Text
</div>
<div class="divider"></div>
</div>
Try this:
<html><body>My Text<hr style="float: right; width: 80%"/></body></html>
The inline CSS float: right will keep it on the same line as the text.
You'll need to adjust the width if you want it to fill the rest of the line.
Using inline or float, as far as I tested it doesn't work properly even if this was my first thought. Looking further I used the following css
hr {
bottom: 17px;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}
div {
background:white;
position: relative;
width: 100px;
z-index: 10;
}
html
<div>My Text</div><hr/>
Demo http://jsfiddle.net/mFEWk/
What I did, is to add position relative in both elements (to give me the advantage of z-index use). Also from the moment I had position:relative for hr I moved it from the bottom:17px. This move it above the div that contains the text. Applying z-index values and adding background:white for the div puts the text above the the line. Of course don't forget to use a width for the text, otherwise will take the whole width of the parent element.
<div style="float: left">Some text</div>
<hr style="clear: none; position: relative; top: 0.5em;">
Exactly what you want.
Try this. It works
<p style="float:left;">
Hello Text
<hr style="float:left; width: 80%"/>
</p>
You can also use this to draw a line between texts like
Hello -------------------------- Hello
The OP never specified the purpose of the line, but I wanted to share what I ended up doing when I was making an html template where the user needed a line to write on after the document was printed.
Because the hr tag defaults to its own line and defaults to being centered in the line, I decided to use a div and style it instead.
HTML
This is my text.<div class='fillLine'></div>
CSS
.fillLine {
display:inline-block;
width: 200px;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}
JSFiddle Demo
Style Div for Line After Text
Hope that helps anyone who had the same goal as me.
hr {
width: {so it fits on the same line as the p tag};
}
p {
float: left;
width: {enough to accomodate the hr};
}
That sort of make sense?
<p>My text</p>
<hr />
Here's one potential approach, but it has some assumptions/requirements. Your question should be edited to give more specific information about what you're building.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Blah</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color : white;
font-family : Arial;
font-size : 16px;
}
.wrap {
background: transparent url(px.png) repeat-x 0px 85%;
/* Different fonts or text sizes may require tweaking of that offset.
px.png is a one-pixel(though can be thicker if needed) image in whatever color you want the line */
}
.inner {
background-color : white;
/* Should match the background of whatever it's sitting over.
Obviously this requires a solid background. */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrap"><span class="inner">Here is some text</span></div>
</body>
</html>
I used the following technique:
Give the container div a background-image with a horizontal line.
Put an element (like <h3>) in the container div (I have it on the right so float: right; )
Use the following css:
.line-container {
width: 550px;
height: 40px;
margin-top: 10px;
background-image: url("/images/horizontal_line.png");
}
.line-container h3 {
padding-left: 10px;
float: right;
background-color: white;
}
Below code did the job for me
HTML File:
----------
<p class="section-header">Details</p><hr>
CSS File:
----------
.section-header{
float: left;
font-weight: bold
}
hr{
float: left;
width: 80%;
}
INLINE:
-------
<p style="float: left;font-weight: bold">Details</p><hr style="float: left;width: 80%;">

How to make a vertical line in HTML

How do you make a vertical line using HTML?
Put a <div> around the markup where you want the line to appear to next, and use CSS to style it:
.verticalLine {
border-left: thick solid #ff0000;
}
<div class="verticalLine">
some other content
</div>
You can use the horizontal rule tag to create vertical lines.
<hr width="1" size="500" style="0 auto" />
By using minimal width and large size, horizontal rule becomes a vertical one.
You can use an empty <div> that is styled exactly like you want the line to appear:
HTML:
<div class="vertical-line"></div>
With exact height (overriding style in-line):
div.vertical-line{
width: 1px; /* Line width */
background-color: black; /* Line color */
height: 100%; /* Override in-line if you want specific height. */
float: left; /* Causes the line to float to left of content.
You can instead use position:absolute or display:inline-block
if this fits better with your design */
}
<div class="vertical-line" style="height: 45px;"></div>
Style the border if you want 3D look:
div.vertical-line{
width: 0px; /* Use only border style */
height: 100%;
float: left;
border: 1px inset; /* This is default border style for <hr> tag */
}
<div class="vertical-line" style="height: 45px;"></div>
You can of course also experiment with advanced combinations:
div.vertical-line{
width: 1px;
background-color: silver;
height: 100%;
float: left;
border: 2px ridge silver ;
border-radius: 2px;
}
<div class="vertical-line" style="height: 45px;"></div>
You can also make a vertical line using HTML horizontal line <hr />
html, body{height: 100%;}
hr.vertical {
width: 0px;
height: 100%;
/* or height in PX */
}
<hr class="vertical" />
There is no vertical equivalent to the <hr> element. However, one approach you may want to try is to use a simple border to the left or right of whatever you are separating:
#your_col {
border-left: 1px solid black;
}
<div id="your_col">
Your content here
</div>
HTML5 custom elements (or pure CSS)
1. javascript
Register your element.
var vr = document.registerElement('v-r'); // vertical rule please, yes!
*The - is mandatory in all custom elements.
2. css
v-r {
height: 100%;
width: 1px;
border-left: 1px solid gray;
/*display: inline-block;*/
/*margin: 0 auto;*/
}
*You might need to fiddle a bit with display:inline-block|inline because inline won't expand to containing element's height. Use the margin to center the line within a container.
3. instantiate
js: document.body.appendChild(new vr());
or
HTML: <v-r></v-r>
*Unfortunately you can't create custom self-closing tags.
usage
<h1>THIS<v-r></v-r>WORKS</h1>
example: http://html5.qry.me/vertical-rule
Don't want to mess with javascript?
Simply apply this CSS class to your designated element.
css
.vr {
height: 100%;
width: 1px;
border-left: 1px solid gray;
/*display: inline-block;*/
/*margin: 0 auto;*/
}
*See notes above.
One other option is to use a 1-pixel image, and set the height - this option would allow you to float it to where you need to be.
Not the most elegant solution though.
You can draw a vertical line by simply using height / width with any html element.
#verticle-line {
width: 1px;
min-height: 400px;
background: red;
}
<div id="verticle-line"></div>
There is a <hr> tag for horizontal line. It can be used with CSS to make horizontal line also:
.divider{
margin-left: 5px;
margin-right: 5px;
height: 100px;
width: 1px;
background-color: red;
}
<hr class="divider">
The width property determines the thickness of the line. The height property determines the length of the line. The background-color property determines the color of the line.
There isn't any tag to create a vertical line in HTML.
Method: You load a line image. Then you set its style like "height: 100px ; width: 2px"
Method: You can use <td> tags <td style="border-left: 1px solid red; padding: 5px;"> X </td>
To create a vertical line centered inside a div I think you can use this code.
The 'container' may well be 100% width, I guess.
div.container {
width: 400px;
}
div.vertical-line {
border-left: 1px solid #808080;
height: 350px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: 1px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="vertical-line"> </div>
</div>
Rotate a <hr> 90 degrees:
<hr style="width:100px; transform:rotate(90deg);">
You can use hr (horizontal line) tag and than rotate it 90 degree with css below
hr {
transform:rotate(90deg);
-o-transform:rotate(90deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(90deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(90deg);
}
http://jsfiddle.net/haykaghabekyan/0c969bm6/1/
One more approach is possible : Using SVG.
eg :
<svg height="210" width="500">
<line x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="100" style="stroke:rgb(255,0,0);stroke-width:2" />
Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.
</svg>
Pros :
You can have line of any length and orientation.
You can specify the width, color easily
Cons :
SVG are now supported on most modern browsers. But some old browsers (like IE 8 and older) don't support it.
I used a combination of the "hr" code suggested, and here's what my code looks like:
<hr style="width:0.5px; height:500px; position: absolute; left: 315px;"/>
I simply changed the value of the "left" pixel value to position it. (I used the vertical line to line-up content on my webpage, and then I removed it.)
Vertical line right to the div
<div style="width:50%">
<div style="border-right:1px solid;">
<ul>
<li>
Empty div didn't shows line
</li>
<li>
Vertical line length depends on the content in the div
</li>
<li>
Here I am using inline style. You can replace it by external style or internal style.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
Vertical line left to the div
<div style="width:50%">
<div style="border-left:1px solid;">
<ul>
<li>
Empty div didn't shows line
</li>
<li>
Vertical line length depends on the content in the div
</li>
<li>
Here I am using inline style. You can replace it by external style or internal style.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
Why not use &#124, which is the html special character for |
If your goal is to put vertical lines in a container to separate side-by-side child elements (column elements), you could consider styling the container like this:
.container > *:not(:first-child) {
border-left: solid gray 2px;
}
This adds a left border to all child elements starting from the 2nd child. In other words, you get vertical borders between adjacent children.
> is a child selector. It matches any child of the element(s) specified on the left.
* is a universal selector. It matches an element of any type.
:not(:first-child) means it's not the first child of its parent.
Browser support: > * :first-child and :not()
I think this is better than a simple .child-except-first {border-left: ...} rule, because it makes more sense to have the vertical lines come from the container's rules, not the different child elements' rules.
Whether this is better than using a makeshift vertical rule element (by styling a horizontal rule, etc.) will depend on your use case, but this is an alternative at least.
To add a vertical line you need to style an hr.
Now when you make a vertical line it will appear in the middle of the page:
<hr style="width:0.5px;height:500px;"/>
Now to put it where you want you can use this code:
<hr style="width:0.5px;height:500px;margin-left:-500px;margin-right:500px;"/>
This will position it to the left, you can inverse it to position it to the right.
In the Previous element after which you want to apply the vertical row , You can set CSS ...
border-right-width: thin;
border-right-color: black;
border-right-style: solid;
Simply use either of the UTF-8 Miscellaneous Symbols
|
|
That's all you need and its compatible with all browsers.
Thanks me later.
For an inline style I used this code:
<div style="border-left:1px black solid; position:absolute; left:50%; height:300px;" />
and that positioned it directly in the center.
I needed an inline vertical line, so I tricked a button into becoming a line.
<button type="button" class="v_line">l</button>
.v_line {
width: 0px;
padding: .5em .5px;
background-color: black;
margin: 0px; 4px;
}
I think it is a simple way not do to anything more You can change border left or right according to your need
.vertical-line{
border-left:1px solid #000
}
<span class="vertical-line"></span
You can also use the HTML symbol | which renders as '|'
To make the vertical line to center in the middle use:
position: absolute;
left: 50%;

Setting width of table cell contents based on available width

I have an HTML table whose cells contain, among other things, spans, like this:
...
<td>
<span style="height: 20px; width: 20px; margin-left: 2px;">
<span style="height: 20px; width: 20px; margin-left: 2px;">
<span style="height: 20px; width: 20px; margin-left: 2px;">
</td>
...
I'm looking for a way to shrink the width of those spans, rather than line wrap them, when the containing table cell is too narrow to show them all on one line. I tried playing around with setting the spans' max-width to 20px and then using a percent for the width, but that does not work because the table cell tries to be only as wide as its contents.
The minimum table cell width would be the width needed to display the header on 1 line.
For the visual types, here's what I currently have when there is enough width:
Here's what I currently have when there is not enough width:
And here's what I would like it to look like when there is not enough width for each span to be a full 20px:
In case it's not obvious, the spans are the colored squares in the TXEs, RDBs, and RavenNets columns.
Use <td nowrap> or <td style="white-space:nowrap;"> to avoid the wrapping. A table cell should generally expand to fit its contents, unless it is allowed to wrap, or you have constrained its width in some other way.
Have you considered setting a min-width on the td? or a wrapper div inside the td, but outside the spans?
This sorta kinda seems to do something close to what you want in Firefox 3.6. The crucial requirement seems to be that the table's width cannot be in pixels.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="http://yui.yahooapis.com/3.0.0/build/cssreset/reset-min.css">
<style type="text/css">
.indicator {
display:block;
white-space:nowrap;
min-width:8px;
max-width:300px;
width:100%;
}
.indicator li {
border:outset 2px;
display:inline-block;
height:80px;
min-width:2px;
max-width:80px;
padding:0 0 0 2px;
width:25%;
}
.ok { background:#0f0 } .caution { background:#ff0 }
.alert { background:#f00 } .inactive { background:#0ff }
table { width:100% }
td { width:100% }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table><tr><td>
<ul class="indicator">
<li class="ok"></li> <li class="caution"></li>
<li class="alert"></li> <li class="inactive"></li>
</ul>
</td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>
I couldn't find a satisfactory pure-CSS way to do what I wanted. I already had an application config file implemented (like a .ini file, more or less) so I just added my desired width to this config. It's not a general-purpose solution but it fits my requirements just fine.