[SOLVED] multiple columns, text floats out of area... Best solution?

alfandango · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 15th, 2008, 18:51

This is probably very simple but I'm trying to figure the best way to achieve having mulitple columns in a box that automatically expand to the allow for the text in the left and right collumns, they are currently overflowing from the content into the footer.

Basically, the "content_left" & "content_right" text are supposed to be in the brown box with the content text. Do I need to use clearing somewhere?

Is using floats the best way for this? If so, what would happen if I wanted to add more columns?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated... Here's my HTML:

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<body>

<div id="wrapper">
    <div id="content">
        <p>content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text content text </p>
        <div id="content_left">
        <p>left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text left text </p>
        </div>
        <div id="content_right">
        <p>right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text right text </p>
        </div>
    </div>
    
    <div id="footer">
        <p>footer text footer text footer text</p>
    </div>
</div>


</body>

...And the CSS:

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* {
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0; 
}


#wrapper {
    margin:0px auto;
    margin-top:25px;
    width:950px;
    position:relative;
    border:none;
}

#content {
    background-color:#663300;
}

#content_left {
    color:red;
    width:45%;
    float:left;
}

#content_right {
    color:blue;
    width:45%;
    float:right;
}

#footer {
    background-color:yellow;
}

dab42pat · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 15th, 2008, 19:15

If you add overflow:auto; to your #content in your css

That should allow your brown box to expand as you add your text.

Cheers

Pat

alfandango · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 15th, 2008, 19:18

Pat, you are a true genious!

alfandango · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 16th, 2008, 16:45

Whoops, I just realised that it works fine until tested on evil ie6. Any suggestions how to get around it?

dab42pat · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 16th, 2008, 17:36

Try adding height:1% in your #content.

There is a name for this fix but I cant remember the name.

Pat

Aso · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 16th, 2008, 18:21

^were you thinking of hasLayout?

dab42pat · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 16th, 2008, 18:33

Thank you Aso.

alfandango · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2008, 12:00

Fantastic! It worked perfectly.

I owe you one

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