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Reputation: 3523

Tiling <div> elements without mosaic

I like using mosaic because when a user increases the size of their browser, it will automatically move around to find the best possible fit. 5 columns can resize to four columns quite nicely. I'd like an effect similar to this, but without the "move to find best fit".

Right now I'm using a table to store some data, each cell of size 300x250. The problem arises when a user increases the size of the page, since cells are rigid and will not reduce column size to compensate, and I end up with cells outside the width of the page, necessitating scrolling.

How can I achieve this effect? To summarize:

Is there an easy method to get this tiling scheme? Here's an image to illustrate:

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 158

Answers (1)

T.J. Crowder
T.J. Crowder

Reputation: 1074445

That's how display: inline-block elements are laid out. Combine with min-width if you want them to be uniform rather than dictated by their actual content.

Example: Live Copy

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Example</title>
  <style>
    .box {
      display: inline-block;
      border: 1px solid black;
      min-width: 100px;
      text-align: center;
      margin-bottom: 2px;
      margin-right: 2px;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="box">1</div>
  <div class="box">2</div>
  <div class="box">3</div>
  <div class="box">4</div>
  <div class="box">5</div>
</body>
</html>

Note that some old versions of IE don't like you to take an element (like div) that defaults to display: block and make it inline-block instead. If you need to support them, use an element (like span) that defaults to inline-block instead.

Upvotes: 1

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