equalization 2 divs height only with css - html

I want to equal two divs height when a div height large
example :
<div style="float:left;padding:2px;background:red;">B</div>
<div style="float:left;padding:2px;background:green;">A<br />C<br />D</div>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
the Div 2 height larger then div one

I may have a possible solution for you:
http://jsfiddle.net/adaz/wRcWj/1/
Well, it'll probably work on ie7+ so I'm not sure if that's good enough for you.
Brief description:
1) Set position relative to the container and self-clear it (I've used overflow: hidden but you can also use clearfix).
2) Float one of the divs inside so the container will expand depending on content inside.
3) Set position absolute to one of your divs, and give it top and bottom position 0px, this will make sure that it has 100% height.
Cons:
- Lack of IE6 support
- You need to chose which div will always have less content and then position in absolute
Hope it helps!

This is typically the behavior of a table, so you can do this with display: table-cell. I based an example on Adaz's : http://jsfiddle.net/L2uX4/

Wrap the two div's whose height you are trying to equalize in a container div, i.e.
<div id="container">
<div class="column">A<br/>B</div>
<div class="column">C</div>
</div>
Set an explicit height on the container and set height=100% on the columns:
div#container {
float: left;
height: 10em;
}
div.column {
height: 100%;
background-color: red;
}

Related

One div per line when using `float: left`?

I've got the following HTML and CSS
http://jsfiddle.net/x7zr999s/
If the browser is small enough, it gives the desired result:
But if it's big enough, there are two or more items per line:
Is there any way to prevent this without disabling float: left or enabling anything that breaks it? I want the posts to "wrap" around the original post like in the images.
This problem appears because you have a fix width on your div. In your fiddle you have given the div, a width of 100, so when the screen widther, and because your div are all floated left they fill in the extra space and that is what happen to your case.
// this code is from the fiddle you create
<div class="reply" width=100 height=100>reply 1</div>
There are some way to solve this. and the easy way is to wrap your div and put exact width you desire. so when the screen widther your floated div will remain to there same position.
This is a demo.
In the demo i put extra div before the end tag of div wrapper and have a class name blocker that help not to break your layout. if you can see in your style are class blocker style is clear:both this article explain about Clearing floats
hope this help...
You can insert you code into a wrapper and give it a maximum width:
#wrap {
width: 100%;
max-width: 1400px;
}
.op, .reply {
float: left
}
.reply {
min-width: 51%;
}
<div id="wrap">
<div class="op"></div>
<div class="reply"></div>
<div class="reply"></div>
<!-- ... more to go ... -->
</div>
Set CSS attribute max-width to the parent div. It sets the maximum width that the parent can extend to. The default width is 100% of the window size. However max-width property restricts further extension of width after the specified maximum value.
Float left wraps child elements if the required parent's width is available. In your case you can restrict it by not allowing the parent's width to extend after a certain point so that the child divs wraps in the given space i.e. in 1 column (required).

Position fixed element with percentage width relative to container

I know that position: fixed makes an element relative to the viewport instead of it's offsetParent however I have an issue where I have a side element which takes x amount of space and then some fixed position heading elements which I want to take up a percentage of the remaining viewport width.
See fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/U5DSZ/
Now I could put all the h1 element's into their own container but then they lose their semantic meaning as they are no longer associated with their content.
I understand JavaScript could do this but I am against using JavaScript for page structure.
Is there a way to do this in a purely HTML or CSS way? I don't mind moving the h1 element's as long as they retain their relationship with the content and the content remains statically positioned.
You can get the effect that you want as follows.
Your HTML snippet is good as is:
<div id="content">
<section>
<h1>Heading 1</h1>
<p>...</p>
</section>
<section>
<h1>Heading 2</h1>
<p>...</p>
</section>
</div>
and the CSS is good but just requires some explanation:
#content {
overflow: visible; /* default, but important to notice */
}
section {
float: left;
width: 25%;
}
h1 {
position: fixed;
width: 25%;
background: #00FF00;
text-align: center;
}
and the demo fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/audetwebdesign/4zLMq/
How This Works
Your #content block takes up the remaining width to the right of your 200px left floated sidebar.
Within #content, you have two left-floated section elements that take up 25% of the parent container, which in this case, is the width of the view port panel.
Your child h1 elements have position: fixed, which means that their width of 25% is also computed based on the width of the viewport (not #content).
Case 1
If you want h1 and #content to have the same width, they need to have the same relative (25%) computed from the same containing block (view port in this case).
However, the value of 25% is not 25% of the remaining space after you account for the floated sidebar. However, maybe you can live with this.
Case 2
You could make the width values a bit easier to determine if you set the sidebar width to be a relative value. Using mixed units is always an issue.
tldr; Shorter and cleaner solution:
h1 {
width: inherit;
...
I stumbled upon this question, with a similar issue : my container's size can be user defined through resize:both (and moveable too!).
If I followed the accepted solution, it implied I had to apply the same props to my fixed header inside my container (top, left, width and height…).
Instead, inheriting the width from the parent container works properly. I found this way much simpler, and it makes more sense too, tested on major browsers and mobiles (demo).

Overriding the width of a parent element

http://www.mysecretathens.gr/kulte_test/as_index.html
I am trying to override the width of #kontainer in my <li> list at the bottom. I want the .nav3 list to be full width, 100% but I cant override the 700px of the parent element, #kontainer
What can I do? I tried the !important; rule, but that didn't give me the results I wanted.
When specifying percentage width, it calculates based off the parent's width. So 100% of 700 is... 700.
You need to specify a pixel width if you want it to go over 700.
Solution 1: You can get .nav3 out of #kontainer
Solution 2: You can add position: absolute; left: 0; to .nav3 and then add some margin-top on #footer tu push it down.
Width 100% means get 100% of the parent element that the child is inside. It actually does what you said it to do! You can get nav3 out of the #kontainer to take the 100% of the body element.
I want the same thing, to override the parent width.
I'm developing a Joomla component
<div class="container mainbody"> //** width 1170px **//
<div>some content</div>
<div>some content</div>
</div>
I don't want to change the width (1170px) of the outer div or .container class because it is default in Joomla template, which will take effect in every page if I change.
In my case, I only need a 100% width for some child div in my website's home page for some design.
What I did is add css in home page html file, since it will not call in other page.
<div class="container mainbody">
<div class="container">some content, width 1170px</div>
<div>some content, width 100%</div>
</div>
<style type="text/css">
.mainbody
{
width:100% !important;
}
</style>
For the div you want a full page width, you should use:
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
right 0px; //but make sure that any content you have below that div, gets margined in response.
margin-top: 200px; //Use the height of the above div
I have just noticed a "VERY" interesting (and bold) way of overriding the parent element's width. Set the child's width to something like:
width: calc(100% + 30%);
Believe it or not, at least Firefox 51 is calculating correctly the child's width, and yes, it is bigger than the parent's width.

wrap images with heights in percentages inside of floated divs

Sorry to ask a really obvious question I'm sure it has a really simple answer, I just can't figure it out.
Very simply I want to place images inside of divs, where the images fill 100% of the height of the div.
CSS
.container{
height:100%;
float:left;}
img {
height:100%;}
HTML
<div class="container">
<img src="xyz.jpg" />
</div>
The result is as expected but with a large amount of whitespace to the right of the image (within the div) when viewed in any non-webkit browser.
In my layout I want to have many of these divs lined up (by float) in a row so its essential that the div's width shrinks to that of the image.
http://jsfiddle.net/osnoz/VzrnT/
By default, a div without specified height dimensions only expands enough to encompass its contents. Without a specified width, the div will expand to the width of its parent. So until you specify the width, the div's width will not shrink down to the image.
Your div is set to 100% height, which is in relation to its container height, not its contents.
You also do not need to specify 100% on the image itself. This will only make the image stretch to 100% of its container's height. Unless, you specify a container height, this is pointless.
I don't know if I understood the question right, but here it goes:
.container { display: inline-block; height: 100%; }
.container img { height: 100%; }
See the example at jsfiddle.net/erxLv/2

How to make a div grow with content?

Pertaining to html, how do I make a div container grow with the content instead of manually defining a width and height.
<div id="container">
<div id="logo">
<img src="someimage.png"/>
</div>
</div>
No matter what the dimensions of logo are, container does not grow with it. :(
How would I fix this, or can it be fixed?
If you don't define width and/or height, the div element grows along with its content. Unless his content is set to absolute! If the content is set to float, you have to set to the container
overflow:hidden
in order to let it grow!
The default behaviour for divs is to fill the entire available width. A few ways to override this:
set display: inline-block (not IE-friendly)
float it (with the side effect of, well, floating it)
set display: inline (but that's almost never what you want)
set position: absolute
hard-code a width (no dynamic width though)
As a last resort, consider javascript.
Use the magical css property called "flex", it is really amazing
yourDiv{
display:flex;
}
Just make sure that the children are not position: absolute because this will not work with flex.
You can specify min-width and min-height and DIV will adjust width / height as the content changes (of course, not below min width/height).
Working code pen example
Most important css properties from the code (DIV is editable, so just type in text and it will grow with it by width / height):
min-height: 200px;
min-width: 100px;
If you used float it prevents <div> to grow up with content so you can use clear after float and it will work.
<div class="clear-fix"></div>
.clear-fix{
clear: both;
}