How do I create a fit/fluid/fit column layout with CSS? By fit I mean the column width is that of the content in it. I do not want to set a pixel or percentage width for the outer columns, I want them to be the width of the content within them. I've resorted to using tables for the time being but it feels very wrong. Any suggestions?
Found a CSS only solution. Just tried it, works great.
http://www.thecssninja.com/xhtml/sangraal-layout
At first glance it seems like a 'fixed'-'fluid'-'fixed' layout, but you'll find if you remove the fixed widths on the right and left column that the columns 'fit' to the text you provide, and the center remains fluid without the center column or the container needing to know anything about the widths of the left and right columns.
Truly the Sangraal.
http://jsfiddle.net/Mutant_Tractor/bDdq9/1/
Not using table, but maybe you can have a look there http://www.alistapart.com/d/holygrail/example_4.html that seems to be very similar of what you need.
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I have in my layout a container that has 3 columns and should have many elements.
If all elements have the same height it looks very nice, but if one of them has a different height it will move the entire row instead of just one column.
This is how it looks:
This is how it should look:
How can I do that with bootstrap (v3)?
This is my html
To achive that, if you don't want to have a fixed height in elements, I think you should follow a column based strategy instead of row based one because your cols do not have an equal height, so when floating the break the flux you actually want.
But if you want it to exactly have it like in your design, I suggest using JavaScript.
how to make 3 column layout where:
left column is fixed width
middle column is auto width (not fixed)
right column is fixed width
and all columns height are equal (but exact height is unknown)
Example:
I know i can do it by using tables, or display:table-cell, but is it possible to do it wihout using tables? I would go for table-cell but it doesn't work with older ios/android mobile devices and older browsers.
Is there some css hack available to do it without table-cell ?
Edit: In this particual case I just want to set full height color background (left: color #A, middle: color #B, right: color #C)
Edit2: I feel like 1999 table layout poltergeist/ghost is laughing in front of my face
Edit3: no js please
Have you tried using a separate <div> to draw desired backgrounds? Here, I've created an example http://plnkr.co/edit/WOaF3SZ9N8sswsxbZ116?p=preview
Take a look at my fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/RB9JZ/1/
I've had to use javascript to make the columns the same height:
$(".col").setMinHeight(3);
In the setMinHeight(3), 3 = number of columns, and give each column a class of col or whatever class you'd like.
This is an interesting question. Since Rich already figured out the columns, I'm going to address the issue of getting all the columns "the same height". Like you said, this is very difficult to do without table behavior. What I've always done is use background images on a div that wraps all columns. This div stretches to the height of the tallest column automatically, and if you have a repeating background, it will give the illusion of matched columns. Since you have a special case of 3 columns with a fluid width in the middle, you will probably need two divs to wrap the 3 columns, and have two background images. One aligns left, and one aligns right. Let me know if that doesn't make sense.
maybe this variant:
display:block;
height:100px;
I have a request to make a HTML/CSS 3-column layout that meets these criteria:
middle and right column have a fixed width
left column has a max-width
the 3 columns are horizontally centered
ff the browser's viewport gets shrinked and the left border of the left column touches the left border of the viewport, then, by further shrinking the viewport, the left column starts shrinking in width until width is 0. (like in this example, except for that here the left column also has a min-width).
I could not find such a layout. If it is possible, how do I achieve this? (Telling me, it's not possible, would also earn the checkmark).
Here is a guide to responsive layouts and another to some responsive frameworks you might consider using to achieve what you need to.
Generally it's good ettiqute on the stack network to try and create code yourself and then post specific questions if you get
stuck.
My code for creating the data table looks like this:
myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.ScrollingDataTable(
"containerDiv",
myColumnDefs,
myDataSource,
{height:"100px",width:"100%"}
);
That code produces a table that looks something like this:
(Screen shot not available anymore from external site)
http://drop.io/download/public/gfipf7axm6ydjsvuaiaf/296829ffb3ad115ecf1d9e13a607eaf2e2dc2788/Asset/37984293/v3/large_thumbnail
Notice how it creates an outer box stretching 100% just like I want it to, but the table itself does not stretch all the way 100%, instead it is only large enough to fit the contents of the table.
Please note that the outer box that stretches 100% is created by YUI when you run the above code, I didn't create that myself.
What I really need is just vertical scrolling and no horizontal scrolling. But YUI does not let you specify one or the other, you get both.
Is there a way to make the table stretch 100%? I didn't find anything about this issue in the YUI documentation, unless I have overlooked it.
Thanks for reading!
When you use a ScrollingDataTable and specify a width, the columns are not auto-sized. This makes sense when you think about it - the table must handle cases where there are too many columns to fit in the view, so it doesn't attempt to fit them.
Since it looks like you don't need horizontal scrolling, remove the width config attribute. To get the table to your desired width, you can try:
Specifying the width in css on the container div, rather than in the table config
Specifying column widths so they add up to the total width that you want.
Hey guys, I've struggled with this for a bit and don't seem to find a solution. Need an advise or the simple statement saying this is impossible (so far I think it is - impossible).
Problem is:
need 3 column flixible width layout, left fixed width, right aswell, middle - takes all of the space provided by body or whatever.
Trick is that either right or left columns might be taller then middle, and we need them not to overlap the footer. Also docmode is Strict. I know that Table solves the problem in a sec, but I wonder is there a Div solution around?
This is what you're looking for I think:
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-3-column.htm
or with pixel widths:
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/ultimate-3-column-holy-grail-pixels.htm
It's XHTML strict, and supports all current browsers.
YUI Grid CSS is proabably what you want. I am not familiar with the CSS magic involved, but it supports multiple different layouts. It doesn't seem to support fixed left and right columns.
No tables challenges are a bit like waving a red flag to a bull for me:
http://edeverett.co.uk/experiments/noTables2.html
Tested in IE7, FF3, Chrome 2.
This should get you most of the way there, the main idea is to use negative margins on the two side columns with the main column set to 100% width. It would benefit from having a lower limit on the page width.
(I've edited the example html to show how to include content in the centre section)