advanced css: top and bottom with flexible centre - html

is it possible with just css2 to have the following:
all the content to be in the flexible div.mid section
overlap the top and bottom parts
not fussed about ie6
here's the photoshop with centre slice:
as you can see the top and bottom parts are quite large and i need to overlap them from the middle slice...
Please dont misunderstand here, i understand how to make a flexible central div, the complexity is in the overlapping of the top and bottom while the mid div remains flexible.
I imagine it requires either negative margins or absolutely position top and bottoms elements with z-index..

Here's a kickoff example, you can copy'n'paste'n'run it.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>SO question 2781669</title>
<style>
#wrap_centre {
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.top {
padding: 0 100px;
height: 200px;
background: url('http://i39.tinypic.com/11qnzbt.jpg') no-repeat center top;
}
.mid {
padding: 0 100px;
background: url('http://url.to.1px.height.slice.jpg') repeat-y center center;
}
.content {
position: relative;
min-height: 200px;
top: -100px;
margin-bottom: -200px;
}
.bot {
padding: 0 100px;
height: 250px;
background: url('http://i39.tinypic.com/11qnzbt.jpg') no-repeat center bottom;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrap_centre">
<div class="top"></div>
<div class="mid">
<div class="content">mid<p>mid<p>mid<p>mid<p>mid<p>mid<p>mid</div>
</div>
<div class="bot"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You'll only have to create a new slice for the .mid.
Update: as per the comments, above is updated.

Related

How to place a header on top of centered div? (html/css)

I'm new at coding and I've managed to figure out some things, but this one is bugging me deeply as I can't seem to find a solution.
I have an horizontal & vertically centered div on a page. I want to place a header on top of it, without decentering the main div.
How it looks like now (both are centered as a whole):
How I want it to look (yellow is centered, blue header on top):
..
Basic code:
.outer {
display: table;
position: absolute;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.middle {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.header {
width: 1000px;
height: 100px;
background-color: blue;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
.main {
width: 1000px;
height: 500px;
background-color: yellow;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
<div class="outer">
<div class="middle">
<div class="header"></div>
<div class="main">
</div>
</div>
</div>
This is most likely not the best answer, but it's a start.
Baisically I centered the container using this method. Then I added the -50px to the top attribute of the container (half of the header height), moving the container 50px upwards, making the content div totally centered again. This solution should work on most newer browsers, but has some "limits" more here.
HTML
<div class="centered-container">
<div class="header">
header stuff
</div>
<div class="content">
Content stuff here.
</div>
</div>
CSS
body {
background: #600;
}
.centered-container {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 50%;
top: calc(50% - 50px);
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
width: 600px;
background: red;
color: white;
text-align: center;
}
.header {
height:100px;
background:blue;
}
.content {
height:300px;
background:teal;
}
fiddle here.
I made the content 600px wide and 300px high and header 100px high, just so it is easier to see.
The negative margin
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<!-- Handles the init code(javascript,css,links) and style references -->
<!-- Also, use body and head tags (THEY ARE IMPORTANT) -->
<head>
<style>
/** Web browsers load whatever is in the <head> tag FIRST
*/
.outer {
display: table;
position: absolute;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.middle {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
/* You can use "margin: 0 auto;" to center this object.
* No need for left and right margin centering.
*
* Also, set the position to be relative then try adding your heading object
*/
.header {
width: 1000px;
height: 100px;
background-color: blue;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
}
/* You don't need the margin to be 0 auto on both right and left
* if you have the width 100%
*/
.main {
width: 100%;
height: 500px;
background-color: yellow;
margin: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<!-- Everything In Body Tag is style elements or skeletal HTML (div's, span's, format)-->
<!-- Place the heading OUTSIDE of the header element (in the outer div) this shouldn't alter the position of the
header. -->
<body>
<div class="outer">
<div class="middle">
<div class="header"></div>
<div class="main">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>

Half fixed, half scrollable layout that can be scrolled... CSS

I have an exotic design that needs the following. The left side must scroll, while the right side + top head must stay put (fixed). See attached image.
I can accomplish this by position: fixed on the top and right side. The top & right hand side stays put while the left scrolls.... BUT then the PROBLEM is that there is NO scroll bar anymore if anybody zooms in and you also cannot scroll left to right to see whole page
How would one attack such a layout?
Thank You.
Could not post code before - let me try again:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Exotic</title>
<style type="text/css">
#top {
background-color: #FF0;
width: 1800px;
height: 50px;
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
}
#sideLeft {
float: left;
width: 950px;
background-color: #9C0;
clear: left;
}
#sidebarLeft {
background-color: #0CC;
height: 800px;
width: 300px;
float: left;
}
.list {
float: left;
width: 600px;
margin-top: 100px;
}
#ordoner {
background-color: #F90;
float: left;
width: 640px;
height: 800px;
position: fixed;
top: 50px;
left: 950px;
}
#sidebarRight {
width: 210px;
height: 800px;
position: fixed;
top: 50px;
left: 1590px;
background-color: #0CF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="top">
</div>
<div id="sideLeft">
<div id="sidebarLeft"><!--end #sidebarLeft--></div>
<div class="list"><!--end .lisist--></div>
<!--end #sideLeft--></div>
<div id="ordoner"><!--end #ordoner--></div>
<div id="sidebarRight"><!--end #sidebarRight--></div>
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
Clarification:
My css reflects 2 things in the right hand side but the point is that the right and the top should be static while the left scrolls... AND they should be horizontally scrollable IF a user zooms :)
Also, I've tried wrapping things in a container div, but that has its own problems - it scrolls but never reaches the right hand side if the window is not maximized.
Thanks again.
To clarify: As an example to get my point across... please resize the stackoverflow window to half your horizontal screen size... Now see how you can scroll left to right? If you zoom in, you can scroll left to right also to see the whole page. Well, in my layout, which works in full screen browser mode... once I resize that scroll bar at the bottom does not appear at all leaving the user with no ability to scroll horizontally. See picture below
Fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/moby7000/tWb3e/
Its not very hard to create a layout like this.
I created one for you, see that Working Fiddle
HTML:
<div class="Container">
<div class="Header">
<p>The Header div height is not fixed (But he can be if you want it to)</p>
<p>This Layout has been tested on: IE10, IE9, IE8, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera. using Pure CSS 2.1 only</p>
</div>
<div class="Content">
<div class="Wrapper">
<div class="RightContent">
<p>You can fix the width of this content.</p>
<p>if you wont, his width will stretch just as it needs to.</p>
</div>
<div class="LeftContent">
<p>this will scroll</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
*
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html, body, .Container
{
height: 100%;
}
.Container:before
{
content: '';
height: 100%;
float: left;
}
.Header
{
margin-bottom: 10px;
background-color: #6ea364;
}
.Content
{
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}
.Content:after
{
content: '';
clear: both;
display: block;
}
.Wrapper
{
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.Wrapper > div
{
height: 100%;
}
.LeftContent
{
background-color: purple;
overflow: auto;
}
.RightContent
{
background-color: orange;
float: right;
margin-left: 10px;
}
Bonus:
with a little change in the CSS, you can create a beautiful scrolling.
See that Fiddle
Edit:
If you want to set a width value to the left side, that is actually bigger then the body size (and to have an horizontal scroll), do it that way.
<div class="LeftContent">
<div style="width:1200px;"> <-- better to aplly the width from the CSS
..<The content>..
</div>
</div>
you need to add overflow:auto; to the area you want to scroll.
Have you tried
overflow-y: scroll;
in body?

align a div next to one that uses margin: 0 auto

This is my first time on this forum and ill try to be clear as possible, i have a problem with creating a small website for my own, specifically with the header. Im trying to create a page which has a wrapper of 1024px center (margin: 0 auto;) and i would like 2 divs, on both sides of this wrapper where i can use another picture as background. My current css looks like this:
body, html
background: url(../images/bg.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: top center;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#wrapper
margin: 0 auto;
width: 1024px;
}
#header {
width: 1024px;
height: 254px;
background-image: url(../images/header2.png);
background-repeat: none;
position: relative;
}
#header_right {
width: 50%;
right: 0;
background-image: url(../images/header_right2.png);
position: absolute;
height: 254px;
}
#header_left {
width: 50%;
left: 0px;
background-image: url(../images/header_left.png);
position: absolute;
background-position: right;
margin-left: -512px;
height: 254px;
}
and my html looks like:
<body>
<div id="header_right"></div><!--End header right!-->
<div id="header_left"></div><!--End header right!-->
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header"></div><!--End header!-->
<div id="content"></div><!--End Content!-->
</div><!--End wrapper!-->
</body>
What i'm trying to accomplish is to have a header that continues on both left and right (both headers use different backgrounds), in this case it does work on the left, because im using a negative margin, since i use 50% width and exactly the half of the wrapper (-512px), this works, but if i would try to use a negative margin on the right (margin-right: -512px) this will extend the page on the right with an extra 512px, which is not my intention.
I've been googling all day but can't seem to find any answer to my question, also tried to make 3 divs with float: left , but couldnt figure out how to make 1 in the center with a width of 1024px and the rest 100% width, if anyone could help me out that would be really appreciated.
Kind regards
I am not entirely sure how you want it to look like, but I'll give it a shot.
If I'm way off, perhaps you could provide me with a schematic of sorts?
In any case, the example given below does not use your specific code, but it should give you an idea of how it's done.
Result:
The left and right headers are "infinite", in that they always fill the entire page's width.
The middle header covers up the rest. If you've got background images you can use background-position to position them so that they align with the middle header's left and right edges.
Code | JSFiddle example
HTML
<div class='side_wrapper'>
<div class='left_header'></div><div class='right_header'></div>
</div>
<div class='header'></div>
<div class='content'>
Content here
</div>
CSS
.header, .side_wrapper, .left_header, .right_header{
height: 100px;
}
.header, .content{
width: 400px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.side_wrapper{
width: 100%;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.left_header, .right_header{
width: 50%;
display: inline-block;
}
.left_header{
background-color: blue;
}
.right_header{
background-color: lightblue;
}
.header{
position:absolute;
top: 0;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -200px;
background-color: red;
}
.content{
background-color: green;
text-align: center;
}
You want the two header out of the wrappper and aside of it right?
If im right, try this:
<body>
<div id="header_left"></div><!--End header right!-->
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header"></div><!--End header!-->
<div id="content"></div><!--End Content!-->
</div><!--End wrapper!-->
<div id="header_right"></div><!--End header right!-->
</body>
and :
display: inline; float: left;
in each element(header-left, header-right, wrappper), and get out of the negative margin
In you divs use float:left; this should mean that within a wrapper as long as there is enough space they will float next to each other for example
css:
#divWrapper
{
width:500px;
float:left;
background-color:red;
}
#divLeft
{
width:250px;
float:left;
background-color:blue;
}
#divRight
{
width:250px;
float:left;
background-color:green;
}
Html
<div id "divWrapper">
<div id = "divLeft">content here</div>
<div id = "divRight">content here</div>
</div><!--this is the end of the wrapper div -->
A really good tool to use for manipulating css is Firebug in Firefox https://getfirebug.com/
if you want a centre div try this:
http://jsfiddle.net/kzfu2/1/

css to design a dashbard template

I am tryingg to design and simple css template for my dashboard. Like to have top section to display the logo and the title, left section for the menu, center to display info based on the menu, right to display some info, bottom to display some contact info. I like left/center/right side of the page to be vertically and horizontally scorllable. When scrolled, I need the header to be always showing on the browser.
can anybody help me with this?
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Dashboard Layout</title>
<STYLE type="text/css">
#top {
height: 100px;
widht: auto;
border-bottom: 5px solid;
}
#left {
height: auto;
width: 350px;
border: 1px solid;
float: left;
overflow: scroll;
}
#content {
width: auto;
height: auto;
float: left;
overflow: scroll;
}
#right {
height: auto;
width: 350px;
float: right;
overflow: auto;
}
#bottom {
height: 50px;
width: auto;
}
</STYLE>
</head>
<body>
<div id="top">
<h3><b>Dashboard</b></h3>
</div>
<div id="middle">
<div id="left">
<h3><b>Menu</b></h3>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="div1" </div>
</div>
<div id="right">
<h3><b>Definitions</b></h3>
</div>
</div>
<div id="bottom">
<p>This dasboard prodides info about systems.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
To have a div that is always visible whether or not your scroll, use:
.visibleDiv
{
position: fixed;
}
Yes, as Karan said, you have to fix the position of your header (#top). A fixed element is positioned relative to the browser window.
#top {
position: fixed;
width: 100%
top: 0;
height: 100px;
border-bottom: 5px solid;
}
Then you would see your content div (#middle) starting to overlap with the header, so you should set aside a top margin.
#middle {
margin-top: 100px /* the same height as your header */
}
And because you are floating several divs, I suggest that you clearfix after them to adjust the height of the parent div.
There are many great tutorials for css menus and headers on the web, so Google them! :]

CSS tricks to design a page

I need to design a page with border images on each side. I need the page to fit on 1280x1024 and 1024x768 resolutions. Is it possible to have a fixed size for the center div and crop the border images in the lower resolution ?
1280x1024 : border-200px center-840px border-200px
1024x768 : border-72px center-840px border-72px
I've made two images with 200px X 5px. I've tried to use the float property without success.
So I've made it this way so far, it works in 1280x1024 but not in 1024x768 (it's too wide).
HTML :
<body>
<div id="right"></div>
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="center">
<h1>Title</h1>
<p>Content here</p>
</div>
</body>
CSS :
html {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0;
}
body {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
background-color: white;
overflow: auto; /*to clear the floats*/
}
#right {
clear: both;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
background-image: url('/site_media/images/border-right.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-y;
width: 200px;
height: 100%;
}
#left {
clear: both;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
background-image: url('/site_media/images/border-left.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-y;
width: 200px;
height: 100%;
}
#center {
width: 840px;
margin: 0px auto;
padding-left:10px;
padding-right:10px;
}
Thank you!
since the center element if fixed-width, this should be easy. the side border should be placed as 'background' in the body instead of having its own div.
correct me if im wrong, based on what i understand here, you want the side border to be cut/crop by 1024 resolution instead of shrink. how about you make a single image with 1280 width, place both side border images in it accordingly, left and right, leave the center area empty. save this as a single image (up to you if you want a transparent background), then do the followings.
<style type="text/css">
body { /* can also use your own div */
background:url(path_to_the_single_image) repeat-y top center;
}
#center {
width:840px;
margin:0 auto; /* centered the div */
background:green;
}
</style>
<body>
<div id="center">center content</div>
</body>
thats it! now you should have your fixed width element in the center, and your side-borders in the background. if you load it in 1280, you should see the full border, while if you resize down to 1024, your centered element should remain there, and your side border just now should cropped out by the browser.
let me know if this is what you looking for.. :)
if I understand correctly - what you're looking for is a bit difficult to achieve without javascript.
You can consider a bit different approach that is: can the sidebars (graphic borders) slide under the center content?
example:
<style type="text/css">
#wrapper { position: relative; }
#right, #left { width: 200px; position: absolute; background: gray; }
#right { right: 0; }
#left { left: 0; }
#center { width: 840px; margin: 0 auto; background: green; position: relative; }
</style>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="left">left</div>
<div id="right">right</div>
<div id="center">center</div>
</div>
</body>