I want to have 3 divs aligned inside a container div, something like this:
[[LEFT] [CENTER] [RIGHT]]
Container div is 100% wide (no set width), and center div should remain in center after resizing the container.
So I set:
#container{width:100%;}
#left{float:left;width:100px;}
#right{float:right;width:100px;}
#center{margin:0 auto;width:100px;}
But it becomes:
[[LEFT] [CENTER] ]
[RIGHT]
Any tips?
With that CSS, put your divs like so (floats first):
<div id="container">
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="right"></div>
<div id="center"></div>
</div>
P.S. You could also float right, then left, then center. The important thing is that the floats come before the "main" center section.
P.P.S. You often want last inside #container this snippet: <div style="clear:both;"></div> which will extend #container vertically to contain both side floats instead of taking its height only from #center and possibly allowing the sides to protrude out the bottom.
Aligning Three Divs Horizontally Using Flexbox
Here is a CSS3 method for aligning divs horizontally inside another div.
#container {
display: flex; /* establish flex container */
flex-direction: row; /* default value; can be omitted */
flex-wrap: nowrap; /* default value; can be omitted */
justify-content: space-between; /* switched from default (flex-start, see below) */
background-color: lightyellow;
}
#container > div {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
border: 2px dashed red;
}
<div id="container">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
jsFiddle
The justify-content property takes five values:
flex-start (default)
flex-end
center
space-between
space-around
In all cases, the three divs are on the same line. For a description of each value see: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33856609/3597276
Benefits of flexbox:
minimal code; very efficient
centering, both vertically and horizontally, is simple and easy
equal height columns are simple and easy
multiple options for aligning flex elements
it's responsive
unlike floats and tables, which offer limited layout capacity because they were never intended for building layouts,
flexbox is a modern (CSS3) technique with a broad range of options.
To learn more about flexbox visit:
Methods for Aligning Flex Items
Using CSS flexible boxes ~ MDN
A Complete Guide to Flexbox ~ CSS-Tricks
What the Flexbox?! ~ YouTube video tutorial
Browser support: Flexbox is supported by all major browsers, except IE < 10. Some recent browser versions, such as Safari 8 and IE10, require vendor prefixes. For a quick way to add prefixes use Autoprefixer. More details in this answer.
If you do not want to change your HTML structure you can also do by adding text-align: center; to the wrapper element and a display: inline-block; to the centered element.
#container {
width:100%;
text-align:center;
}
#left {
float:left;
width:100px;
}
#center {
display: inline-block;
margin:0 auto;
width:100px;
}
#right {
float:right;
width:100px;
}
Live Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/CH9K8/
Float property is actually not used to align the text.
This property is used to add element to either right or left or center.
div > div { border: 1px solid black;}
<html>
<div>
<div style="float:left">First</div>
<div style="float:left">Second</div>
<div style="float:left">Third</div>
<div style="float:right">First</div>
<div style="float:right">Second</div>
<div style="float:right">Third</div>
</div>
</html>
for float:left output will be [First][second][Third]
for float:right output will be [Third][Second][First]
That means float => left property will add your next element to left of previous one, Same case with right
Also you have to Consider the width of parent element, if the sum of widths of child elements exceed the width of parent element then the next element will be added at next line
<html>
<div style="width:100%">
<div style="float:left;width:50%">First</div>
<div style="float:left;width:50%">Second</div>
<div style="float:left;width:50%">Third</div>
</div>
</html>
[First] [Second]
[Third]
So you need to Consider All these aspect to get the perfect result
There are several tricks available for aligning the elements.
01. Using Table Trick
.container{
display:table;
}
.left{
background:green;
display:table-cell;
width:33.33vw;
}
.center{
background:gold;
display:table-cell;
width:33.33vw;
}
.right{
background:gray;
display:table-cell;
width:33.33vw;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="left">
Left
</div>
<div class="center">
Center
</div>
<div class="right">
Right
</div>
</div>
02. Using Flex Trick
.container{
display:flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
.left{
background:green;
width:33.33vw;
}
.center{
background:gold;
width:33.33vw;
}
.right{
background:gray;
width:33.33vw;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="left">
Left
</div>
<div class="center">
Center
</div>
<div class="right">
Right
</div>
</div>
03. Using Float Trick
.left{
background:green;
width:100px;
float:left;
}
.center{
background:gold;
width:100px;
float:left;
}
.right{
background:gray;
width:100px;
float:left;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="left">
Left
</div>
<div class="center">
Center
</div>
<div class="right">
Right
</div>
</div>
I like my bars tight and dynamic. This is for CSS 3 & HTML 5
First, setting the Width to 100px is limiting. Don't do it.
Second, setting the container's width to 100% will work ok, until were talking about it being a header/footer bar for the whole app, like a navigation or credits/copyright bar. Use right: 0; instead for that scenario.
You are using id's (hash #container, #left, etc) instead of classes (.container, .left, etc), which is fine, unless you want to repeat your style pattern elsewhere in your code. I'd consider using classes instead.
For HTML, no need to swap order for: left, center, & right. display: inline-block; fixes this, returning your code to something cleaner and logically in order again.
Lastly, you need to clear the floats all up so that it doesn't mess with future <div>. You do this with the clear: both;
To summarize:
HTML:
<div class="container">
<div class="left"></div>
<div class="center"></div>
<div class="right"></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
CSS:
.container {right: 0; text-align: center;}
.container .left, .container .center, .container .right { display: inline-block; }
.container .left { float: left; }
.container .center { margin: 0 auto; }
.container .right { float: right; }
.clear { clear: both; }
Bonus point if using HAML and SASS ;)
HAML:
.container
.left
.center
.right
.clear
SASS:
.container {
right: 0;
text-align: center;
.left, .center, .right { display: inline-block; }
.left { float: left; }
.center { margin: 0 auto; }
.right { float: right; }
.clear { clear: both; }
}
This can be easily done using the CSS3 Flexbox, a feature which will be used in the future(When <IE9 is completely dead) by almost every browser.
Check the Browser Compatibility Table
HTML
<div class="container">
<div class="left">
Left
</div>
<div class="center">
Center
</div>
<div class="right">
Right
</div>
</div>
CSS
.container {
display: flex;
flex-flow: row nowrap; /* Align on the same line */
justify-content: space-between; /* Equal margin between the child elements */
}
Output:
.container {
display: flex;
flex-flow: row nowrap; /* Align on the same line */
justify-content: space-between; /* Equal margin between the child elements */
}
/* For Presentation, not needed */
.container > div {
background: #5F85DB;
padding: 5px;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Tahoma;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="left">
Left
</div>
<div class="center">
Center
</div>
<div class="right">
Right
</div>
</div>
With twitter bootstrap :
<p class="pull-left">Left aligned text.</p>
<p class="pull-right">Right aligned text.</p>
<p class="text-center">Center aligned text.</p>
possible answer, if you want to keep the order of the html and not use flex.
HTML
<div class="a">
<div class="c">
the
</div>
<div class="c e">
jai ho
</div>
<div class="c d">
watsup
</div>
</div>
CSS
.a {
width: 500px;
margin: 0 auto;
border: 1px solid red;
position: relative;
display: table;
}
.c {
display: table-cell;
width:33%;
}
.d {
text-align: right;
}
.e {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
display: inline;
width: auto;
transform: translateX(-50%);
}
Code Pen Link
CSS grid can do the job easily:
#container {
display: grid; /* (1) a grid container */
grid-auto-flow:column; /* (2) column layout */
justify-content: space-between; /* (3) align the columns*/
background-color: lightyellow;
}
#container > div {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
border: 2px dashed red;
}
<div id="container">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
HTML:
<div id="container" class="blog-pager">
<div id="left">Left</div>
<div id="right">Right</div>
<div id="center">Center</div>
</div>
CSS:
#container{width:98%; }
#left{float:left;}
#center{text-align:center;}
#right{float:right;}
text-align:center; gives perfect centre align.
JSFiddle Demo
I did another attempt to simplify this and achieve it without the necessity of a container.
HTML
<div class="box1">left side of the page</div>
<div class="box2">right side of the page</div>
<div class="box3">center of the page </div>
CSS
.box1 {
background-color: #ff0000;
width: 200px;
float: left;
}
.box2 {
background-color: #00ff00;
width: 200px;
float: right;
}
.box3 {
background-color: #0fffff;
width: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
You can see it live at JSFiddle
Using Bootstrap 3 I create 3 divs of equal width (in 12 column layout 4 columns for each div).
This way you can keep your central zone centered even if left/right sections have different widths (if they don't overflow their columns' space).
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div id="left" class="col col-xs-4 text-left">Left</div>
<div id="center" class="col col-xs-4 text-center">Center</div>
<div id="right" class="col col-xs-4 text-right">Right</div>
</div>
CSS:
#container {
border: 1px solid #aaa;
margin: 10px;
padding: 10px;
height: 100px;
}
.col {
border: 1px solid #07f;
padding: 0;
}
CodePen
To create that structure without libraries I copied some rules from Bootstrap CSS.
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div id="left" class="col">Left</div>
<div id="center" class="col">Center</div>
<div id="right" class="col">Right</div>
</div>
CSS:
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
#container {
border: 1px solid #aaa;
margin: 10px;
padding: 10px;
height: 100px;
}
.col {
float: left;
width: 33.33333333%;
border: 1px solid #07f;
padding: 0;
}
#left {
text-align: left;
}
#center {
text-align: center;
}
#right {
text-align: right;
}
CopePen
If the left, center, and right DIVs have different widths, you can accomplish this as follows:
#container {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
}
#left {
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
}
#right {
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
}
#center {
display: inline-block;
}
If your center DIV is text, you don't need the #center CSS.
Here are the changes that I had to make to the accepted answer when I did this with an image as the centre element:
Make sure the image is enclosed within a div (#center in this case). If it isn't, you'll have to set display to block, and it seems to centre relative to the space between the floated elements.
Make sure to set the size of both the image and its container:
#center {
margin: 0 auto;
}
#center, #center > img {
width: 100px;
height: auto;
}
You can try this:
Your html code like this:
<div id="container">
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="right"></div>
<div id="center"></div>
</div>
and your css code like this:
#container{width:100%;}
#left{float:left;width:100px;}
#right{float:right;width:100px;}
#center{margin:0 auto;width:100px;}
so, it's output should be get like this:
[[LEFT] [CENTER] [RIGHT]]
Use CSS Grid
layout {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr);
}
start-column {
justify-self: start;
}
center-column {
justify-self: center;
}
end-column {
justify-self: end;
}
<layout>
<start-column>
<button>Start</button>
</start-column>
<center-column>
<p>Center Donec non urna ipsum. Nullam euismod, lacus ac malesuada varius, mauris erat ullamcorper erat, eget dignissim tortor felis et sapien. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Morbi faucibus turpis et augue dapibus bibendum.</p>
</center-column>
<end-column>
End
</end-column>
</layout>
.processList
text-align: center
li
.leftProcess
float: left
.centerProcess
float: none
display: inline-block
.rightProcess
float: right
html
ul.processList.clearfix
li.leftProcess
li.centerProcess
li.rightProcess
You've done it correctly, you only need to clear your floats.
Simply add
overflow: auto;
to your container class.
The easiest solution is to crate a table with 3 columns and center that table.
html:
<div id="cont">
<table class="aa">
<tr>
<td>
<div id="left">
<h3 class="hh">Content1</h3>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div id="center">
<h3 class="hh">Content2</h3>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div id="right"><h3 class="hh">Content3</h3>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
css:
#cont
{
margin: 0px auto;
padding: 10px 10px;
}
#left
{
width: 200px;
height: 160px;
border: 5px solid #fff;
}
#center
{
width: 200px;
height: 160px;
border: 5px solid #fff;
}
#right
{
width: 200px;
height: 160px;
border: 5px solid #fff;
}
#warpcontainer {width:800px; height:auto; border: 1px solid #000; float:left; }
#warpcontainer2 {width:260px; height:auto; border: 1px solid #000; float:left; clear:both; margin-top:10px }
I have two hr tags and i am trying to take them near each other but they go under each other what should i do for this
here are my codes
html
<hr style="margin-right: 2%;width:70%;border-width:2px;border-color:black;border-radius:4px;">
there are two of these hr tags this is the second one
<hr style="margin-right: 2%;width: 2%;border-width:2px;border-color:black;border-radius:4px;">
now what should i do to these lines go near each other like this
Just make them display: inline-block
hr {
display: inline-block;
width: 30%;
}
https://codepen.io/alexmoronto/pen/aaboNj
You can give border bottom for both div's. Try to avoid hr tag. If you need that hr tag then use bootstrap column method. it will be essay
Assign the width for big and small lines in their class respectively.
.line-container {
width: 100%;
height: 4px;
}
.line {
background-color: #000;
height: 100%;
display: inline-block;
}
.big {
width: 85%;
float: left;
}
.small {
width: 10%;
float: right;
}
<div class="line-container">
<span class="line big"></span>
<span class="line small"></span>
</div>
Use display:flex and instead hr use div and in style use border and margin
.wrap{
display:flex
}
.line{
border-bottom:1px solid black;
width:50%;
margin:5px;
}
<div class="wrap">
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line"></div>
</div>
Or use display:inline-block; to hr and set width and margin
hr{
display:inline-block;
margin:5px;
width:45%;
}
<hr/>
<hr/>
I have this code here:
<div style="border:3px solid #808080;">
<h1 style="text-transform: uppercase;font-size: 38px;color: #808080;text-align: center;">Lowell</h1>
<div class="column-1">
<img src="images/ruler-icon.png">
</div>
<div class="column-2">
<img src="images/bed-icon.png">
</div>
<div class="column-3">
<img src="images/bath-icon.png">
</div>
</div>
my problem is that the border does not go over the column-1, column-2, column-3...those elements are floating left, how do I get them to be included in the border?
Here is the CSS
.column-1, .column-2, .column-3
{
float:left;
width: 33%;
border-right: 3px solid #808080;
height: 52px;
padding: 10px;
}
Either add a div in parent with clear:both property right after the floated divs as mentioned by RemyaJ. like this
https://jsfiddle.net/zmasvt8b/
Or
Simply give overflow:hidden property to the parent div. Like this
https://jsfiddle.net/jv5xtLg9/
I realize you've already chosen an answer, but here is an alternative - using flexbox. I also separated all the CSS from the HTML (like it should be!)
.container {
/* Important for columns */
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
}
.item {
/* Important for columns */
flex-grow: 1;
border: 3px solid #808080;
border-top: none;
height: 52px;
padding: 10px;
}
.heading {
border: 3px solid #808080;
margin: 0;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 38px;
color: #808080;
text-align: center;
}
/* Remove duplicate borders */
.item-2 {
border-left: none;
border-right: none;
}
<h1 class="heading">Lowell</h1>
<div class="container">
<div class="item item-1">
<img src="images/ruler-icon.png">
</div>
<div class="item item-2">
<img src="images/bed-icon.png">
</div>
<div class="item item-3">
<img src="images/bath-icon.png">
</div>
</div>
Add a div with style clear:both after the floated divs inside parent div. This will hopefully fix this issue.
I think this is the css you need. Choose the width according to your needs.
.column-1, .column-2, .column-3
{
width: 30%;
border-right: 3px solid #808080;
height: 52px;
padding: 10px;
display:inline-block;
}
The reason for this is that parent elements are never to contain floated elements. To make this happen, just add overflow:auto; to your main div. That will force the div to contain floated elements that "overflow" the container.
There are other, probably better ways to accomplish the same thing but this is the easiest.
Never, ever add HTML elements to do what CSS can and should do.
I am trying to set my panel/block to a different color when it has been clicked e.g. active.
My HTML is:
<div class="container">
<div class="content nobg">
<div class="sideEffectBox text-center medium-6 columns">
<div class="panel hlib"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Icon_Transparent_Loupe_256x256.png"/>
<span class="linkText">Record Side Effects</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
My CSS is:
.container .content .panel.hlib {
background: #ECC100;
border:none;
text-align:center;
}
.sideEffectBox :active{
background: pink;
}
.container .content .panel.hlib :active {
background: pink;
border:10px black solid;
}
.container .content .panel.hlib img {
display: block;
padding-bottom: 24px;
height: 110px;
}
.container .content .panel.hlib .linkText {
font-size: 20px;
color: #605748;
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
I have a JS fiddle located here: http://jsfiddle.net/liammccann1992/hSu4c/300/
The problem I am having is it's only setting the thing I click to active e.g. the text or the image but shouldn't there parent be active to?
Is there anyway I can force the parent to be active and not them?
as said in my comment, remove the space before :active and it should be solved :)
I have the following HTML:
<div class="mega_parent">
<div class="parent">
<div class="holder">
<span class="holder_under">Left heading</span>
<div class="holder_options">
<span class="holder_options_1">Option 1</span>
<span class="holder_options_2">Option 2</span>
<span class="holder_options_3">Option 3</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
and the following CSS:
.holder {
background-color: blue;
padding: 10px;
}
.holder_under {
padding-left: 10px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #999;
}
.parent {
float: left;
margin-right: 20px;
width: 600px;
}
.mega_parent {
background-color: blue;
margin: 130px auto;
min-height: 320px;
height: 100% auto;
overflow: auto;
width: 940px;
padding: 0px 10px;
}
Question:
How do I make the div with the class holder_options align in the same line as the span with the class .holder_under?
Here's what it looks like currently in jsFiddle.
Div's are by default block level elements. Please read up more about block level elements here.
"Block level elements - Their most significant characteristic is that they typically are
formatted with a line break before and after the element (thereby
creating a stand-alone block of content)."
Set it to display:inline-block;
.holder_options {
display:inline-block;
}
Working jsFiddle here.
by default div's are display:block which is set to take 100% of the width. set it to display:inline or display:inline-block to take only what it needs and allow others to fit on the same line
u need inline-block
This is where the magic value inline-block for the display property comes into play. Basically, it’s a way to make elements inline, but preserving their block capabilities such as setting width and height, top and bottom margins and paddings etc
css
.holder {
background-color: blue;
padding: 10px;
}
.holder_under {
padding-left: 10px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #999;
}
.holder_options {
display:inline-block;
}
html
<div class="holder">
<span class="holder_under">Left heading</span>
<div class="holder_options">
<span class="holder_options_1">Option 1</span> </div>
.holder_options
{
float:right;
}
Here's the JS Bin: http://jsbin.com/idilim/1/
Yes the structure you have laid out is not done well however, just float .holder_options to the left:
.holder_options {
float: left;
}
As Morpheus stated in a comment, style="display: inline;" should do it.
<div class="holder">
<span class="holder_under">Left heading</span>
<div class="holder_options" style="display: inline;">
<span class="holder_options_1">Option 1</span>
</div>
</div>