Ask HN: Is there a way to do this layout in HTML 5?

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by ge • 14 years ago

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Meanwhile jlft has posted the right answer to this. Scroll way down to see it. Its on the second last position of this thread.

meric• 14 years ago

Do you have to use <table>?

leviathan• 14 years ago

that's precisely his question I guess; can you do this in HTML5 and CSS without resorting to javascript hacks?

ge13• 14 years ago

Right, im looking for a pure HTML 5 + CSS solution. Just like it is in quirks mode.

ge13• 14 years ago

I just need this layout. With or without a table. As long as it looks and behaves the same.

jbranchaud• 14 years ago

IMO, the use of <table> should be avoided in a solution, tables are not intended for page layout.

JOfferijns• 14 years ago

You should probably ask this question on StackOverflow.com

ge13• 14 years ago

Good suggestion. Will do that if no solution comes up on HN.

benmanns• 14 years ago

Here's a jsFiddle in HTML5 mode with the table code pre-entered if anyone wants to play with it: http://jsfiddle.net/bzf9W/

the1• 14 years ago

http://pastehtml.com/view/c6bge5hig.html

table { position:absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; ....

ge13• 14 years ago

Its not the same. The textarea does not resize to the parents height in this solution. Also it extends into the right half of the screen.

dous• 14 years ago

https://gist.github.com/3193548

ge13• 14 years ago

Same problem as with "the1"s solution.

EvaPeron• 14 years ago

It has been a while since I have played around with HTML (do Java at work, mostly) but surely one can do tables in HTML 5, as in previous versions? If not, something wrong there, IMO...

jlft• 14 years ago

Add this:

form { height: 100%; } td {height: 100%; }

ge13• 14 years ago

The best solution so far!

http://raw.gibney.org/height_test_standards_1

Only problem: The textare is slighty misaligned.

b0gey5• 14 years ago

you just need to add this to textarea

-webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box;

fallenhitokiri• 14 years ago

You need 6 div. one container. Everything goes in there. One header, one wrapper that holds the two big boxes and a footer.

Set HTML & body height to 100%. If you don't your container and other divs will likely ignore your height:100%

Everything else you need from there is float, position, clear, width and height. Should even be compatible with most versions of IE.

Sp yes it is possible and even simple with HTML and CSS. No need for tables.

ge13• 14 years ago

There have been solutions been suggested without tables. Look through this thread. Nothing works so far.

Fyrilin• 14 years ago

You may find this useful: http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/equal-height-columns-2-co...

thegooley2• 14 years ago

Is this the kind of code that you're looking for? http://files.thegooley.com/example-fullpage-app.html

ge13• 14 years ago

No, its not the same. When the text in the footer wraps, it leaves the page so you cannot read it anymore. In my example that does not happen. If you left all the text the same, that would be easier to see.

thegooley2• 14 years ago

Ah yes, this method does set the height of the header and footer as constant.

Olreich• 14 years ago

The form is the element screwing you over. It's compressing everything to minimum. Set form{height:100%} and it spans the page again. You can also move the form just inside of the table and get the desired effect.

ge13• 14 years ago

jlft already suggested this. Please see his reply. And if possible upvote it. He made the best solution so far, but his post is burried down below.

tambourine_man3• 14 years ago

Sure there is, here is my saturday morning no coffee's take on it:

   <!doctype html>
   
           <style type="text/css">
               * { -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
       
               html, body { 
                   height: 100%;
                   width: 100%;
                   border: 0px;
                   margin: 0px;
                   padding: 0px;
               }
   
               .header,.footer { 
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 10%; /*use percentage or fixed size*/
                   border: 1px solid red;
               }
   
               .content {
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 80%;
               }
   
               .leftPanel, .rightPanel {
                   width: 50%;
                   float: left;
                   border: 1px solid red;
                   height: 100%;
               }
   
           </style>
   
           <body>
               <div class="header">Hey I'm a header</div>
               <div class="content">
                   <div class="leftPanel">Left Panel Here</div>
                   <div class="rightPanel">Right Panel</div>
               </div>
               <div class="footer">I'm a footer</div>
           </body>

You should probably ask this question on StackOverflow.com

And it's probably been answered there already.But what heck.

ge13• 14 years ago

Its not the same. You made a lot of changes. For example deleting the textarea and other elements.

tambourine_man3• 14 years ago

Just put the textarea in the left panel.

He asked for the layout in HTML5, not the same code. Separating content from presentation is a better practice than shoveling it all in a table.

   <!doctype html>
   
           <style type="text/css">
               * { -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
       
               html, body, form { 
                   height: 100%;
                   width: 100%;
                   border: 0px;
                   margin: 0px;
                   padding: 0px;
               }
   
               .header,.footer { 
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 10%; /*use percentage or fixed size*/
                   border: 1px solid red;
               }
   
               .content {
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 80%;
               }
   
               .leftPanel, .rightPanel {
                   width: 50%;
                   float: left;
                   border: 1px solid red;
                   height: 100%;
               }

               textarea { width: 100%; height: 100% }
   
           </style>
   
           <body>
               <form action="go.php" method="post">
                   <div class="header">Hey I'm a header</div>
                   <div class="content">
                       <div class="leftPanel">
                           <textarea name="text">Write here</textarea>
                       </div>
                       <div class="rightPanel">Right Panel</div>
                   </div>
                   <div class="footer">
                       I'm a footer, hit submit<br>
                       <input type="submit" class="submit" value="submit" name="" />
                   </div>
               </form>
           </body>

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