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CSS

Posted by Maxim Andreev
Maxim Andreev
24,529 Points

Multiple DIVs within DIV formatting

Hi,

I am trying to format DIVs a certain way. If anyone could help that would be great.

main ->center horizontally and vertically based on its parent

topic -> have them be listed horizontally (and centered!) within main

subject -> have them listed vertically within topic

basically:

<DIV id="parent">
<DIV id="main">
    <DIV class="topic">
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
    </DIV>
    <DIV class="topic">
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
    </DIV>
    <DIV class="topic">
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
        <DIV class="subject">
        </DIV>
    </DIV>
</DIV>
</DIV>

3 Answers

Maxim Andreev
Maxim Andreev
24,529 Points

Took me a while but I came up with a solution.

Here it is in case someone else will have the same question.

http://jsfiddle.net/9DBCv/51/

#main
{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background: pink;
    padding: 10px 30px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center; /* align horizontal */

}

.topic
{
    width: 12em;
    height: 100%;
    background: green;
    display:inline-block;
    margin: 0 5px;
    position: relative;
}

.subject, .subjectc{
  height: 3em;
  min-height:100px;
  width:100%;
  background-color:blue;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

.subject + .subjectc {
    margin-top:1em;
}

.subjectc + .subject {
    margin-top:1em;
}

.subject:first-child{
    margin-top:20px;
}

I've also added a margin-top element for the first child in case there is a menu bar (Just delete this part if you don't need it): 

.subject:first-child{
    margin-top:20px;
}
Maxim Andreev
Maxim Andreev
24,529 Points
Maxim Andreev
Maxim Andreev
24,529 Points

This is how far I got:

http://jsfiddle.net/9DBCv/42/

I need the blue boxes to be in the horizontal middle of the green..

Cheers.

Diane Houghton
Diane Houghton
5,773 Points
Diane Houghton
Diane Houghton
5,773 Points

To position the blue boxes in the horiz middle of the green: remove height:1000px of main selector. change subject margin-top to margin: 20px 0;