Fixed positioned sidebar alignment - html

I have a sidebar that I am trying to get sticky on my page http://r1creative.net/station22/ I have a script in the footer that changes it from static to fixed when the page gets to a certain point. Thats working fine but the problem Im having is that when it switches, it changes how the div holds the nav ribbons and they dont "hang" over the side anymore. Ive tried messing with different combinations, but nothing could keep the scroll effect, and leave the ribbons looking the same. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Here is an example of the sidebar I was trying to replicate http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/all-features/#incredible-performance

Looks like the problem is with your "float right"
#navwrap {
width: 295px;
float: right; // remove
height: 679px;
background: #F3F3F3;
position: relative;
left: 27px; // Add this left positioning
z-index: 1;
padding: 20px 0 0;
box-shadow: -4px 4px 8px #444;
}
Let me know of that helps.

Your sidebar gets fixed to the left side of the page. Just add left: 28px to the element when you set its position to fixed. Better yet, set a class and just add the class with JavaScript, rather than adding each CSS element.

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CSS positioned element leaves blank space

I've been struggling with this issue. I have a web where I want to put certain fixed positioned element (kind of alert box for users). Therefore I decided to position it as fixed and put in the bottom left corner of the web. I assumed that it does not matter where I put the piece of HTML code as it will be positioned anyway, so i put it right under opening body tag. Everything went well, box ended up where I wanted it to be, BUT it leaves a strip of blank space at the top of the web (where the HTML code is). Isn't positioned element supposed to take up no space? My logic seems to be wrong.
Image of the problem.
Box HTML:
<div class="users-alert-box">
Some Text
</div>
CSS:
.users-alert-box {
background: #fffcd2 none repeat scroll 0 0;
border-radius: 5px;
bottom: 35px;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px #888;
display: block;
font-size: 12px;
left: 30px;
padding: 10px 15px;
position: fixed;
z-index: 1000;
width:170px;
}
What am I missing?
Thanks!
The code you have provided do not create a top space. Check the fiddle.
https://jsfiddle.net/tpoj91u4/
The spacing will be due to the margin of any other element.
Turned out to be PHP related error. Thanks to everyone for your time!

How to make a div the lenth of the page

How would i go about making the div i am using to contain the page stretch all the way to the bottom of the page.
You can see that here: http://csgoshack.com/shop/index.php?page=cats The white div don't go all the way to the bottom of the page this is making it ugly.
Whats the best way to go about making this always stretch to the bottom of the page relative to the browser size?
Thanks.
If you need any code of the website to help me do this please ask.
EDIT Right all i really want is that white bar to stay static over the background and then let the products scroll over the white box so its always in the center of the page how is this possible?
I would move the top bar outside of the whitebg as it might make this easier.
Set your body:
padding: 0;
Set your .whitebg:
position: relative;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -625px;
top: 0;
padding-top: 60;
height: 100%;
You'll probably notice how you have a scroll bar on the right even when it isn't necessary. I think moving the top bar out of the whitebg will remove your need for the padding-top: 60 which should help get rid of the scroll.
** EDIT **
If you move the top nav bar outside of whitebg I think it works well leaving a lot of your css as-is.
.whitebg
position: absoulte;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -625px;
top: 50px;
padding: 10;
height: 100%;
** EDIT #2 **
The key here is to get your background to encompass the area you desire. Then user other inner elements to handle positioning of the contents within. If you try to add a margin or padding onto the outer most background element, you'll find that it will exceed the desired size since those will always add on to the height or width.
.holder
remove the padding-top
.whitebg
remove all padding
.bodycon
add margin-top: 50px;
change margin-bottom to a normal margin
.fotter
add a margin if desired
Try setting height: 100% on .whitebg selector
Just inspected your page..try to set the bottom: 0px; to your whitebg class
.whitebg {
..your existing code..
bottom: 0px;
}
First ill ask why you have all meta tags in body?:)
If the blue bar is fixed position you can try
html, body{
height:100%
}
.whitediv{
height:100%;
}
Or just doo simple jquery:
var docheight = $(document).height();
$('.whitediv').height(docheight);
And make it as function on window.resize
This Code should help you,
.WhiteBag{
height : 100Vh;
}
Ask if you have any doubt
Add these in style
.whitebf
{
height:800px;
width:100%;
}
this one in your footer
footer
{
position:absolute;
bottom:0px;
}

Fixed div bar will not appear on top even after z-indexing

I'm currently modifying a Xenforo theme for my website and I'm having trouble with my header bar after I downloaded a new theme.
http://www.ausfifa.com/forums/index.php?forums/head-to-head.2/
If you scroll down the page, you'll notice that certain elements such as the search bar, breadcrumb arrows and mini avatars are appearing above my header bar.
I'm not sure why this is happening as I've set the header bar's z-index to 9999 and its position is fixed (when you scroll down after a certain point, javascript sets position = fixed). All the elements that are overlapping it have z-indices that are lower than 9999. The odd thing is, this wasn't an issue on my older theme and I never modified any CSS for it to start doing this.
This is the div which contains my header:
#header-menu-cont {
font-family: DIN-Cond;
font-size: 15pt;
min-width: 1000px;
float: left;
width: 100%;
height: 52px;
background: #333333;
z-index: 9999;
position: relative;
}
This is the mini avatar that overlaps my header:
.discussionListItem .posterAvatar .miniMe {
bottom: 1px;
left: 29px;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
z-index: 10;
}
The search bar that overlaps my header:
#searchBar {
position: relative;
z-index: 52;
}
I've also tried setting a high z-index to all of the elements inside my header bar but it makes no difference.
Feel free to inspect any of the HTML in my website if you'd like to get more information.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
When setting Z-index you need to do this on the containing element not the ones inside it.
In your case the #headerMover div has z-index:1; applied to it.
If you take this out of your CSS or add a higher z-index on #headerMover it solves your problem.
#headerMover, .footer, .footerLegal {
z-index: 1000;
}
You need to give the parent/container the z-index, not the elements inside it.

Place div near fixed div

I want to place a div fixed on the left and near I want to place other div.
Imagine a twitter webpage, I want to fixed the left panel (where you write yout tweets) and near I want to place the panel where you read tweets.
Now I have the following code:
<div id="container">
<div id=fixed-menu>
</div>
<div id="content">
</div>
</div>
#fixed-menu {
position:fixed;
background: #fff;
padding: 10px;
top:60px;
left: 10px;
width:300px;
max-width: 300px;
}
#content {
background: #fff;
padding-top: 10px;
}
In this way, the div with id="content" appear on left so, the fixed-menu doesn't appear, because it is under content div.
If I use margin-left in #content the error is solved, but I don't want use that, any other solution?
Thanks.
One of the first things to note is that by putting a position Fixed on div#fixed-menu breaks it out of the normal document flow. What this means is that the other block/inline level elements do not know about it. Also by making it fixed, you make it fixed relative to the window. If you want it "fixed" within the container and not to a certain point on the screen I would go with position:absolute and then a position:relative on it's parent container.
Either way, the problem you're experiencing where div#content doesn't respect the position of the fixed element, is due to the fact that the fixed element is no longer part of the normal document flow. Adding a z-index to div#fixed-menu should bring it above the content. However, you will see overlapping and will have to account of the offset of div#content with either margin on div#content or padding on the parent container.
If you look at this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/f38aj/
css:
#container {
position: relative;
height: 700px;
padding: 0 0 0 320px;
}
#fixed-menu {
position: fixed;
background: red;
padding: 10px;
top:8px;
left: 8px;
width: 300px;
max-width: 300px;
}
#content {
background: blue;
padding-top: 10px;
}
If you notice we create padding in the container, where we end up overlaying the div#container object.
we have a fixed container on the left while the right side content will scroll with the page. If you can come up with a non fixed solution it might be better, as there are phone browsers like older versions of iOS that will take anything that is position fixed and replace it with position absolute.
A side note, working with fixed/absolute positioning is useful especially in some crazy cases, but it does require a little more due diligence on your/your teams parts to maintain. If you start getting into z-indexes you might want to look at a library like less or sass just to create global css variables, which will make it easier to manage what can turn into an almost unmanageable experience.
hope that helps.

How to make an element with variable width always stick out a specific width?

I have a div that has a variable width, depending on its content. I want to use it for a menu bar that slides in from the side of the page when the user clicks it, so it has to stick out. I want it to stick out exactly 16px (because the arrow image has that size), no matter how wide it actually is.
How can I realize that without using JavaScript?
EDIT:
Thanks for your answers! But it came to my mind that I could do it just like I did with the navbar on that site – modify the width instead of sliding it in.
See here: http://dev.mezgrman.de/tagwall/
The easiest way to do that is to add another class to your menu item when it is collapsed and set another width there and a text indent like so (instead of write again all your css in a new class)
.collapsed {
width: 16px;
text-indent: -9999px;
background: url("/images/arrow_left.png") no-repeat scroll right center rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);
}
Now the only thing you have to do in javascript is to add and remove that class depending on the user's click. (You won't get rid of javascript. because css doesn't know when you click an element)
http://jsfiddle.net/LruWn/
No matter how long the .box is, it will always overlap the .container only by exactly 16px:
html:
<div class="container"><div class="box">text</div></div>​
css:
.container {
position: relative;
outline: 1px solid red;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
}
.box {
width: 70px;
position: absolute;
left: 100%;
margin-left: -16px;
outline: 1px solid black;
}​
Add overflow: hidden; to .container to see how it might look like in action.
I solved my problem by modifying the width of my element now. Silly me.