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CSS

Posted by James Moran
James Moran
7,271 Points

Setting element to fixed position breaks its width out of container

I am setting my .buttons div to fixed, but now its (100%) width does not match the containers. Any ideas how to fix this?

Here's the image of the site: http://imgur.com/ppcinkk

The HTML

<div id="create-advert" class="container">
        <form id="create-advert-form" action="" method="POST">

            <div class="buttons">
                <button id="next-button" class="mdl-button mdl-js-button mdl-button--raised mdl-js-ripple-effect mdl-button--accent" type="button">Continue</button>
            </div>
        </form>
    </div>

The CSS

.buttons{
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 0px;
  width: 100%;
}

.mdl-button {
        width: 100%;
        height: 40px;
        margin: 20px 15px 20px 0;
}

Thanks to anyone that helps!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

Are you sure you want to use fixed position on these items? Fixed elements are not part of the normal document flow, and are positioned relative to the window, not to their containers.

Maybe you want to use fixed position on the containers instead?

James Moran
James Moran
7,271 Points

Yes, There are other components in the page and form.