I have a TD which contains a UL and LIs. I'm trying to get the list to flow outside of the TD. If I use position:absolute all the LIs stack on top of each other. Is there a way to get the LIs to maintain their positioning relative to each other and still flow outside the containing TD?
EDIT Added code (it is written in rails but I've included the generated HTML):
CSS
#calendar li {
width: 265px;
position: absolute;
background: palegreen;
}
Generated HTML
<td class="weekend">
24
<ul>
<li>
Deleware (2)
</li>
</ul>
</td>
Have you tried adding
position:relative;
to the td element.
(like this http://jsfiddle.net/ZGyDW/)
Afaik this is required for the parent element in order to position a child element absolute inside it.
I reread your explanation and updated my fiddle. I don't know if you're able to add elements, but you could try wrapping all the uls in a div and absolutely positioning the div. Here's my CSS:
table {
color: #666;
font: 16px normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 30px;
}
td {
border: 1px solid #f00;
height: 200px;
padding: 5px;
position: relative;
vertical-align: top;
width: 200px;
}
div {
position: absolute;
}
ul {
border: 1px solid #00f;
margin: 5px 0;
width: 300px;
z-index: 2;
}
li {
border: 1px solid #0f0;
padding: 5px;
}
Related
I want the price of coffee to come at the right end of the coffee name i.e 1.80 price should come in line of Americano. Similarly 10.00 price should come in line of Macchiato.
ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
}
ul#container {
width: 18%;
min-width: 100px;
max-width: 400px;
border: 15px solid #886633;
border-radius: 5px;
background-color: orange;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
#container li {
border-bottom: 1px dashed blue;
}
#container > li {
font-size: 2em;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}
em {
float: right;
position: relative;
bottom: 0px;
}
span {
width: 100px;
display: inline-block;
}
<ul id="container">
<li>DRINK MENU
<ul>
<li><span>Latte</span><em>2.79</em>
</li>
<li><span>Cappucino</span><em>2.99</em>
</li>
<li><span>Cafe Americano</span><em>1.80</em>
</li>
<li><span>Espresso</span><em>2.00</em>
</li>
<li><span>Carmel Macchiato</span><em>10.00</em>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
As you can see i am using relative position, but its not working.
Can you solve this without absolute position and minimum changes to the code?
Just tell me why is relative position not working.
First you need to fix your html - the closing li for the DRINK MENU should be after the nested ul.
Then I would make use of display:table css:
ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
ul#container {
width: 18%;
min-width: 100px;
max-width: 400px;
border: 15px solid #886633;
border-radius: 5px;
background-color: orange;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
#container > li {
padding: 5px;
}
#container ul {
border-top: 1px solid black;
margin-top: 5px;
}
#container ul li {
border-bottom: 1px dashed blue;
display: table;
width: 100%;
}
#container span,
#container em {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: bottom;
padding: 3px 0;
}
#container em {
text-align: right;
}
<ul id="container">
<li>DRINK MENU
<ul>
<li><span>Latte</span><em>2.79</em>
</li>
<li><span>Cappucino</span><em>2.99</em>
</li>
<li><span>Cafe Americano</span><em>1.80</em>
</li>
<li><span>Espresso</span><em>2.00</em>
</li>
<li><span>Carmel Macchiato</span><em>10.00</em>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
UPDATE
As per your comments about overflow. There are a couple of ways to fix this:
Increase the min width of ul#container to something that will accommodate the longest line - in this case a width of 125px should suffice: Fiddle example
Add table-layout:fixed to your table li and add word-wrap:break-word to the span: Fiddle example
You can add a class to the <em>
HTML
<ul id="container">
<li>DRINK MENU</li>
<ul>
<li><span>Latte</span><em>2.79</em></li>
<li><span>Cappucino</span><em>2.99</em></li>
<li><span>Cafe Americano</span><em class="bottom">1.80</em></li>
<li><span>Espresso</span><em>2.00</em></li>
<li><span>Carmel Macchiato</span><em class="bottom">10.00</em></li>
</ul>
</ul>
CSS:
ul{
list-style: none;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
}
ul#container{
width: 18%;
min-width: 200px ;
max-width: 400px;
border: 15px solid #886633;
border-radius: 5px;
background-color: orange ;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 8px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
}
#container li{
border-bottom: 1px dashed blue;
}
#container > li{
font-size: 2em;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}
em{
float: right;
position: relative;
bottom: 0px;
}
.bottom {
position: relative;
top:15px;
}
span{
width: 100px;
display: inline-block ;
}
DEMO
Another posible solution (maybe the best practice):
CSS:
li:nth-child(3) > em, li:nth-child(5) > em{
position: relative;
top:16px;
}
DEMO
Along with your questions, I've taken your comments into consideration in preparing this answer.
First, your HTML was invalid. The list was nested improperly so I corrected that that in my answer.
In answer to your first question...
how to position the prices at the baseline
... absolute positioning will work and will not prevent your price card from adjusting to different browsers, platforms or devices. It will be as responsive as the container it is in. Of course, you should test your code to make sure it works as intended.
Note that for position: absolute to work properly you must set the parent element to position: relative. This is because absolute positioning will move the element – in this case the em – relative to its closest positioned ancestor (which in this case should be the li). If the absolutely positioned element doesn't find a positioned ancestor, it will position the element relative to the <body>. So bottom line:
To absolutely position a child element, set the parent element to position: relative.
Here's an example using your code.
DEMO
HTML
<!-- with corrections to improperly nested list -->
<div id="container">
<h2>DRINK MENU</h2>
<ul>
<li><span>Latte</span><em>2.79</em></li>
<li><span>Cappucino</span><em>2.99</em></li>
<li><span>Cafe Americano more text more text more text more text</span>
<em>1.80</em></li>
<li><span>Espresso</span><em>2.00</em></li>
<li><span>Carmel Macchiato more text more text more text more text</span>
<em>10.00</em></li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS
/* based on your original code */
#container {
width: 200px;
border: 15px solid #886633;
background-color: orange;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
padding: 5px;
}
h2 {
width: 99%;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
margin: 0;
}
ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
}
#container ul li {
font-size: 1em;
font-weight: bold;
border-bottom: 1px dashed blue;
position: relative;
}
span {
width: 100px;
display: inline-block;
}
em {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
}
In answer to your second question...
Just tell me why is relative position not working.
Actually, it's working fine. In the normal flow of things, it's positioned exactly where it belongs. Your descriptions are breaking to a new line because of the margin limitation you set in your span.
That being said, the em can still be positioned with position: relative. Change the value from 0. Your prices will (as defined by your style rule) move up or down as a group, depending on whether you use positive or negative numbers.
Your CSS rule:
em {
float: right;
position: relative;
bottom: 0px;
/* test these individually:
bottom: 25px;
bottom: -25px;
right: 25px;
right: -25px */
}
For more about positioning see the position article at MDN.
I got a menu and the <li> element has something like a border at right.
The problem about this is when it breaks for a second line of <li> elements. I know that i can take last-child border out, but is there a way to know when it breaks a line?
*Only with CSS and automatic, i cant use nth-child(), since i will not have the control over the categories.
Example:
http://jsfiddle.net/m5cy969s/ - I would like to take out the border from the third <li>.
HTML
<ul>
<li>Primeiro</li>
<li>Segundo</li>
<li>Terceiro</li>
<li>Quarto</li>
<li>Quinto</li>
</ul>
ul,li { padding:0; margin: 0; }
CSS
li {
display: inline-block;
list-style: none;
padding: 3px 6px;
position: relative;
}
li:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
right: -2px;
top: 0;
border-left: 2px solid blue;
border-right: 2px solid green;
height: 100%;
}
ul {
max-width: 220px;
border: 1px solid red;
background-color:pink;
}
The only way to do this with pure CSS would be to manually select the child <li> that breaks at the end and remove the border. In your case, this would be the third child.
li:nth-child(3):after {
border: none
}
To do this "automatically", you would need JS.
I have this JSFiddle. Can someone explain, why is the anchor position misaligned relative to its siblings? I know I can correct it with position relative and negaitve top offset, but I don't understand, why it is like this in the first place.
HTML:
<div class="container">
<div class="left"></div>
Some link
<div class="right"></div>
</div>
CSS:
.container {
height: 25px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.container .left {
border: 1px solid black;
display: inline-block;
margin: 0;
height: 25px;
width: 80px;
padding: 0;
}
.container .right {
border: 1px solid black;
display: inline-block;
margin: 0;
height: 25px;
width: 80px;
padding: 0;
}
.container a {
display: inline-block;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 25px;
width: 300px;
margin: 0;
}
The reason of this behaviour is due to the absence of text inside your .left and .right elements.
By default inline-block elements have vertical-align: baseline, but since you have empty elements there's no baseline, so they will be automatically aligned to the parent baseline (if you add some text inside them — even a — you would istantly solve the problem)
In order to prevent this behaviour you could also set a common vertical-align to all .container children.
You can add
vertical-align: top;
to .container a
This wil align the anchor with the divs.
You need to provide vertical-align property when you are declaring an inline-block.
Here you go.
WORKING DEMO
The CSS Change:
.container a {
display: inline-block;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 25px;
width: 300px;
margin: 0;
vertical-align:top;
}
You can use so many Option
1. Remove Display:inline-block and add float:left
Here the Demo
2. Use css vertical-align:top
Here demo
In the following code, I'd like the #nav div to overlap the #content div. Even though #nav has a higher z-Index value, it is still being overlapped by #content.
FIDDLE: http://jsfiddle.net/Zfcba/
HTML:
<div id="page">
<div id="nav"></div>
<div id="content"></div>
</div>
CSS:
#page
{
margin: 20px 0px;
padding: 10px;
display: block;
width: 70%;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid gray;
}
#nav
{
float: left;
width: 40px;
height: inherit;
border: 1px solid red;
z-index: 999;
}
#content
{
float: left;
margin-left: -20px;
width: 200px;
height: inherit;
border: 1px solid blue;
background: lightgray;
z-index: 0;
}
Pretty simple code, but I can't understand what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
Note: I tried the same without the outer div (http://jsfiddle.net/Zfcba/1). Still the same problem. :(
Add this to your css
#above{position:absolute;}
z-index only works for absolute positioned elements. As the browser ignores the value for z-index, it will then render it in the order the elements are in your html-code. As #content is later in your code than #nav, #content will be displayed over #nav.
Here's an image showing what I'm trying to pull off.
So, a line to the left and right of any given text (typically would be some sort of of heading tag), that extends a certain distance on each side of the text (in this case, 65px).
I need something that is fluid in relation to the text itself...the overall width can't be fixed.
This solution is the one that's worked best for me in the past, you can se the example here. The code uses ::before and ::after pseudo classes to create the lines and then applies display:table to the text so the box adapts to it's content (I've used h2 for the example) This type of design is normally centered so I've added the margin: 1em auto;
Doing it this way, you don't need to add any extra html. Hope it helps.
h2{
display:table;
margin: 1em auto;
}
h2:before, h2:after{
content:"";
display: block;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 65px;
margin-top:.5em;
}
h2:before{
float: left;
margin-right:3px;
}
h2:after{
float:right;
margin-left:3px;
}
You can do it in different ways.
One way would be setting border around the text, after keeping text inside header tags or div with font settings.
Refer the suggestions in the following link:
Add centered text to the middle of a <hr/>-like line
Try this: Demo
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.striked-text {
position: relative;
}
.striked-text .text {
z-index: 10;
position: relative;
background-color: white;
padding: 0 5px;
}
.striked-text .line {
left: -65px;
padding: 0 65px;
border-top: 1px solid gray;
top: 0.7em;
display: block;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
z-index: 1;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div style="text-align:center;">
<span class="striked-text"><span class="text">FAQ</span><span class="line"></span></span>
</div>
</body>
</html>
For headings you need to define container's width
Your html code
<fieldset class="title">
<legend>Some text</legend>
</fieldset>
your css code
fieldset.title {
border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: none;
border-right: none;
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
fieldset {
width: 50%;
}
fieldset.title legend {
padding: 5px 10px;
}
jsFiddle