OddCore
Reputation: 1594
How to spread three columns in CSS across a page equally
So I have looked at other questions on SE and from Google results but either they are too duct tape-y (using magic numbers, i.e. X amount of pixels in margin or padding or whatever, which I don't like cause it's not scalable) or using methods that someone in some other search result says I shouldn't unless as a last resort (like float: left) or they are doing things I have done but which for whatever reason don't work.
HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>GDb</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav>
<ul class="NavBanner">
<li><a class="Activatable" href="Home.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a class="Activatable" href="#">Search</a></li>
<li><a class="Active" href="#">Browse</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div class="MainContent">
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Genre</h1>
<h2>Action</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Adventure</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Strategy</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>RPG</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Developer</h1>
<h2>CD Projekt RED</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Creative Assembly</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Failbetter Games</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Paradox Interactive</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Ubisoft</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Year</h1>
<h2>2016</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Stellaris</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2015</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2014</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
body
{
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #b3b3b0, #e3e2dd);
background-color: #b3b3b0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
background-size: cover;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.NavBanner
{
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333;
}
.Activatable
{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.Activatable:hover:not(.active)
{
background-color: #111;
}
.Active
{
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
cursor: default;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.MainContent
{
background-color: whitesmoke;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
padding: 56px 14px 15px;
width: 1700px;
margin: auto;
position: relative;
}
.Column
{
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid #000;
padding: 10px;
margin: 0 10px;
display: inline-block;
width: 500px;
vertical-align: top;
}
.TextContainer
{
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
}
I almost have the desired result, but there is more space on the right of the right column than on the left of the left column as the columns aren't centered. I don't really care about the width or specific margin, padding or whatever of the columns, I just want them to be the same width and to be centered, if that makes sense.
Upvotes: 0
Views: 1437
Answers (6)
mooiamaduck
Reputation: 2156
You have extra space to the right because each of the columns has a set width of 522px, but the container has a width of 1700px. The columns align to the left, leaving 134px of empty space.
A nice trick is to use display: table on the container of the columns and display: table-cell on the columns themselves. Then, set a width of 33.3333...% on each of the columns. This way, the width of the columns will be determined automatically and does not need to be hard-coded.
body
{
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #b3b3b0, #e3e2dd);
background-color: #b3b3b0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
background-size: cover;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.NavBanner
{
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333;
}
.Activatable
{
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.Activatable:hover:not(.active)
{
background-color: #111;
}
.Active
{
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
cursor: default;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.MainContent
{
background-color: whitesmoke;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
padding: 15px;
width: 1700px;
margin: auto;
display: table;
}
.Column
{
padding: 10px;
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: top;
width: 33.333333%;
}
.TextContainer
{
display: block;
border: 1px solid #000;
padding: 0 15px;
}
.TextContainer h1 {
text-align: center;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>GDb</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav>
<ul class="NavBanner">
<li><a class="Activatable" href="Home.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a class="Activatable" href="#">Search</a></li>
<li><a class="Active" href="#">Browse</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div class="MainContent">
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Genre</h1>
<h2>Action</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Adventure</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Strategy</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>RPG</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Developer</h1>
<h2>CD Projekt RED</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Creative Assembly</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Failbetter Games</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Paradox Interactive</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Ubisoft</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Year</h1>
<h2>2016</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Stellaris</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2015</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2014</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>Upvotes: 1
Marc Audet
Reputation: 46825
Your CSS is very close to what you need to achieve your layout.
There are two minor but important changes.
First, to .MainContent add the rule text-align: center and this will center your the inline-block .columns.
Second, to get your text to flow normally, add text-align: left to .column (text-align is inherited).
Note: You can use flex but I (personally) always hesitate because of current browser support (though this is always getting better).
body {
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #b3b3b0, #e3e2dd);
background-color: #b3b3b0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
background-size: cover;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.NavBanner {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333;
}
.Activatable {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.Activatable:hover:not(.active) {
background-color: #111;
}
.Active {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
cursor: default;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.MainContent {
background-color: whitesmoke;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
padding: 56px 14px 15px;
width: 1700px;
margin: auto;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
}
.Column {
text-align: left;
border: 1px solid #000;
padding: 10px;
margin: 0 10px;
display: inline-block;
width: 500px;
vertical-align: top;
}
.TextContainer {
}<header>
<nav>
<ul class="NavBanner">
<li><a class="Activatable" href="Home.html">Home</a>
</li>
<li><a class="Activatable" href="#">Search</a>
</li>
<li><a class="Active" href="#">Browse</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div class="MainContent">
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Genre</h1>
<h2>Action</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Adventure</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Strategy</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>RPG</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Developer</h1>
<h2>CD Projekt RED</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Creative Assembly</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Failbetter Games</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Paradox Interactive</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Ubisoft</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Year</h1>
<h2>2016</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Stellaris</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2015</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2014</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>Upvotes: 1
Priti
Reputation: 1
it will be easy if you go with bootstrap, just add bootstrap css files into your code and code like this:-
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-1q8mTJOASx8j1Au+a5WDVnPi2lkFfwwEAa8hDDdjZlpLegxhjVME1fgjWPGmkzs7" crossorigin="anonymous">
Upvotes: 0
Dhaval Chheda
Reputation: 5187
just add display:flex; in the parent container ( if not there then create 1) and in the child elements put flex:1; and they will occupy the full width of the parent..
Upvotes: 1
G-Cyrillus
Reputation: 106078
you may use flex :
You can simply test adding these 2 rules to your style sheet: (snippet below to see by yourself :) )
.MainContent {
display: flex;
}
.Column {
flex: 1;
}
body {
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #b3b3b0, #e3e2dd);
background-color: #b3b3b0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
background-size: cover;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.NavBanner {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333;
}
.Activatable {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.Activatable:hover:not(.active) {
background-color: #111;
}
.Active {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
cursor: default;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 14px 16px;
float: left;
text-align: center;
}
.MainContent {
background-color: whitesmoke;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
padding: 56px 14px 15px;
width: 1700px;
margin: auto;
position: relative;
display: flex;
}
.Column {
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid #000;
padding: 10px;
margin: 0 10px;
flex: 1;
vertical-align: top;
}
.TextContainer {
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
} <nav>
<ul class="NavBanner">
<li><a class="Activatable" href="Home.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a class="Activatable" href="#">Search</a></li>
<li><a class="Active" href="#">Browse</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div class="MainContent">
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Genre</h1>
<h2>Action</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Adventure</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Strategy</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>RPG</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Developer</h1>
<h2>CD Projekt RED</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Creative Assembly</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Failbetter Games</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Paradox Interactive</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
Stellaris
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Ubisoft</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="Column">
<div class="TextContainer">
<h1>By Year</h1>
<h2>2016</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Stellaris</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2015</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Rainbow Six: Siege</li>
<li>Sunless Sea</li>
<li>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>2014</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Alien: Isolation</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>Upvotes: 2
Noam Gur
Reputation: 65
Have you tried using bootstrap?
<div class="row">
<div class="Column col-md-4"></div>
<div class="Column col-md-4"></div>
<div class="Column col-md-4"></div>
</div>
Upvotes: 0
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