I'm looking to clear an inline-block element (in this case an <a> within a <p>) to the next line, without having to set display:block and defining a width.
Here's an example: http://jsfiddle.net/alecrust/zstKf/
Here's the desired result (using display:block and defining a width): http://jsfiddle.net/alecrust/TmwhU/
If you want to avoid setting an explicit width so you can style the background according to the actual length of the text, you can do the following:
Wrap your link:
<p>To stay up to date <span>Follow Us</span></p>
Note that I have added a <span> tag around the link.
Style your wrapper with CSS:
span {
display: inline-block;
width: 100%;
}
Setting the width to 100% forces the wrapper to take up the whole line. Keeping the <a> tag for the link set to inline-block allows it to have padding and a background applied while not having it expand to fit the container's width of 100%.
Forked JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/Cm9kZ/
It's a bit of a kludge, but it will work:
a {
display: inline-block;
padding: 5px 18px;
background-color: #8C4AD5;
text-decoration: none;
position:relative;
top:25px;
left:-30%
}
You'll have to fudge the left position, but that basically puts you back into setting a known value, just like the width issue in your display:block example. Not really any better, just a different approach.
The closest I can get to what I want is using :before to insert a new line before the <a> (Fiddle). This unfortunately doesn't clear it to the next line though.
This only works if you want to line break after the last element in the p.
I've experimented quite a bit and this works for me, in Safari 6:
p.linebreak-after-last-element:after {
content: "";
display: inline-block;
width: 100%;
}
I have not tested this in other browsers, but it's so simple it should work in all browsers supporting display: inline-block.
An empty <div/> after the inline-block element, clears the inline-block.
With the requirements you have, I don't think it's possible.
I was hoping that this would help, but it doesn't because you don't have an element before your link.
You should just change your HTML, for example: http://jsfiddle.net/thirtydot/zstKf/10/
Using the pseudo class :: after you could add content with a clear:both; property to it.
Not tested but should work in theory.
Related
I want to center picutes in a span. The span has the class centerMe but it doesn't affect the pictures.
Markup of centerMe:
.region.region-footer .centerMe{
text-align: center;
}
You can find this example on JSFiddle.
Thanks for any help
It is not happening because span is an inline element.
text-align:center does not affect it because total width of images and width of span is exactly same. If you give it 100% width, then only you will see the difference.
Also, width property will not work on inline element so change it to block or inline-block.
Add width to the markup:
.centerMe {
width:100%;
display:inline-block;
}
Updated fiddle here.
Another solution is to use any block element like div,p or section rather than using span.
You can't use text-align: that way on inline elements.
If you want to achieve that, you will have to change your span into i.e. a <p> element, which is a block.
The span itself doesn't have full width, so there is no space to center the images in.
You can solve this by changing the span into a div.
Or you can make it behave like a div by adding display: block to the CSS:
.centerMe{
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
Alternatively, you can give it width: 100%, like Hiral suggested but then you will have to take any borders, padding and margin into account as well. By making it behave like a block element, it will automatically occupy the available space, and I think it is a more flexible solution.
I'm writing the following HTML markup:
<span> Some Text
<div id="ch">татата</div>
</span>
and styles:
span{
border: 1px solid black;
text-align:center;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
background: aqua;
}
#ch{
width:100px;
height:100px
background: yellow;
}
jsFiddle
Why is the height property not applied to a div element which inside the span, but width is applied?
Why is the right border of my span is missing?
Your markup is incorrect ( plus missing semi-colon as quoted by Steini, mentioning this for sake of completeness of answer )
Answer 1 : span is an inline element, so having a div inside span is a bad idea, also, it would be better, if you nest span inside span and give inner span display:block property!
Answer 2 : add display:block to span to change the default behavior
working fiddle with correct markup
fiddle with the layout you wanted
span display:inline you must set it display:inline-block
but this not standard you must use div span always use for text
your fiddle demo
Because you are missing a semicolon after height: 100px <- this ; is missing in you css file
span is an inline element so it will not take notice of your height and width. For this you need to give it either:
display:block; or display: inline-block
First answer: You forgot the semi-colon after height style, that's why it is not rendered.
Second answer: If you look closely, the border appears after the div. This is because you
are inserting block level element inside inline element. So, block level element takes it to the next line and then it takes the whole line. On the very next line you can see the right border for the span.
It is bad practice to put block level element inside inline element. In fact, I do not see any practical use of this kind of structure. Please, correct it if you are learning.
By default div's is a block element and span is an inline element. Block elements always flow vertically and inline elements always flow next to each other from top left to the bottom right depends on screen width.
We can use inline elements under the block element, not vice versa. If we override we expect to see some issues like this on responsive layout.
span is an inline-element, while div ist not. you should consider swapping them..
In this example, I'm setting width:200px on form labels.
This is not being applied for some reason, and the field appears 0 width when viewed in Chrome Dev Tools.
Any idea why?
label is an inline element, like a span. It does not have width, but flows with its content. To get it to behave like a div, you would have to instruct it to act like a block-level element:
display: block
From there, you could add width:
width: 200px;
float: left;
As above, you need to get your label to behave like a block element to get it to respect your width declaration. The simplest way to do this is to set it to inline-block like this:
#form label {
width:200px;
display: inline-block;
}
Or, as #David mentions, float it left. This article describes getting this to work cross-browser.
This is because the label is an inline element so does not have a width property. To set the width you need to make it a block or inline-block element:
#form label {
display: block;
width: 200px;
}
Label is an inline element, so you cannot apply a fixed width to it (unless you change its display behavior). See here for a quick map of options/browser compatibility
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html
I have a few divs which makes a little bit too spacey between the footer and the body. So i want to convert one div to a span. But when I do that, it messes the footer's content a bit up.
How can i do this and keep the styles that already have been defined for the footer?
Thanks in advance!
Edit
div.footer {
width: 986px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding-bottom:18px;
border: 0;
text-align: left;
color:#000000;
}
As you already know, the difference between a <div> and a <span> is just that one defaults to display:block; and the other to display:inline;. To make one act as the other, just set the display style to the other type.
However, you already said you tried this and it didn't achieve the effect you were looking for. There is another display property, which is less well known, but provides a half-way house between the two:
display:inline-block;
What it does is display it inline, but still with block-like properties. (This is basically how an <img> tag works by default).
Could this be the answer you're looking for?
To convert a div to a span, simply add:
.myDiv
{
display: inline;
}
But I'm really not sure that this is the solution you're after.
Quote:
there are 2 divs next to eachother which creates a hugh gap between the body and the footerbody and the footer
Solutions:
Remove empty div(s) from HTML
Remove empty div(s) by adding display:none
Reduce height of the div(s)
Reduce margin or padding of the div(s)
Set position:relative; top:-[yourownnumber]px to .footer
Try adding overflow:auto; to your span. Also add display:block;
If there is too much space between the footer and the body, have you looked at what the margins and paddings are on the affected divs? Does something have a height or a min-height that is making some of the content within the body taller than the natural end of the content? Firebug is a great tool for this.
Div is a block element. Other block elements are paragraphs, headings, lists, etc. Span is an inline element. Other inline elements are strong, image, anchor, etc.
You still need the body to be contained in a block-level element.
How if add this:
position:relative /*optional*/
float:left;
left:0px;
I always do this before i know to use span when I first learn css I always do to my element content.
Using CSS,
I'm trying to specify the height of a span tag in Firefox, but it's just not accepting it (IE does).
Firefox accepts the height if I use a div, but the problem with using a div is the annoying line break after it, which I can't have in this particular instance.
I tried setting the CSS style attribute of: display: inline for the div, but Firefox seems to revert that to span behavior anyway and ignores the height attribute once again.
You can set any element to display: inline-block to allow it to receive a height or width. This also allows you to apply any other "block styles" to an element.
One thing to be careful about however is that Firefox 2 does not support this property. Firefox 3 is the first Mozilla-based browser to support this property. All other browsers support this property, including Internet Explorer.
Keep in mind that inline-block does not allow you to set text alignment inside the element on Firefox if running in quirks mode. All other browsers allow this as far as I know. If you want to set text-alignment while running in quirks mode, you'll have to use the property -moz-inline-stack instead of inline-block. Keep in mind this is a Mozilla-only property so you'll have to do some browser detection to ensure only Mozilla gets this, while other browsers get the standard inline-block.
<style>
#div1 { float:left; height:20px; width:20px; }
#div2 { float:left; height:30px; width:30px }
</style>
<div id="div1">FirstDiv</div>
<div id="div2">SecondDiv</div>
As long as the container for whatever is holding div's 1 and 2 is wide enough for them to fit, this should be fine.
Inline elements can't have heights (nor widths) like that. SPANs are already display: inline by default. Internet Explorer is actually the broken browser in this case.
Since you're displaying it inline, the height should be set at the height of your line-height attribute.
Depending on how it's laid out, you could always use float:left or float:right on the span/div to prevent the line break. But if you want it in the middle of a sentence, that option is out.
The problem is that 'display: inline' can't get a height associated because, being inline, it gets its height from its the content. Anyway, how do you define the height of a box that is broken at the end of a line?
You might try to set 'line-height' instead, or if this doesn't work to your satisfaction, set a padding:
/* makes the whole box higher by inserting a space between the border and the content */
padding: 0.5em 0;
You can only change the height (and width) of a span element when it is set to display: block;. This is because it is an inline element normally. div is set to display: block; normally.
A solution could be to use:
<div style="background: #f00;">
Text <span style="padding: 14px 0 14px 0; background: #ff0;">wooo</span> text.
</div>
To set height of span following should work in firefox
span {
display: block;
height: 50px;
}
text alignment inside the element you can adjust using the padding and block-inline attributes. display:inline-block; padding-top:3px; for example
height in em = relative line-height
for example height:1.1em with line-height:1.1
= 100% filled