Arnaud Denoyelle
Reputation: 31235
Scrollbar needed on flex item, not main container
I have a left menu which has a fixed size and a main part which should take the remaining place and contain a table. A scrollbar must appear if the table is too large.
In order to achieve this, I use a flex-box and it works well :
See the code snippet :
.h-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
}
.left-container {
width: 300px;
background-color: lightgray;
}
.container {
overflow-x:auto;
flex: 1;
}<div class="h-container">
<div class="left-container">Left menu</div>
<div class="container">
<table>
<thead>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
<th>Column 4</th>
<th>Column 5</th>
<th>Column 6</th>
<th>Column 7</th>
<th>Column 8</th>
<th>Column 9</th>
<th>Column 10</th>
<th>Column 11</th>
<th>Column 12</th>
<th>Column 13</th>
<th>Column 14</th>
<th>Column 15</th>
<th>Column 16</th>
<th>Column 17</th>
<th>Column 18</th>
<th>Column 19</th>
<th>Column 20</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>Now, I am trying to insert a banner at the top of the table. In order to achieve this, I wanted to use another flex-box (a vertical flex-box nested in the horizontal flex-box).
Problem : the <table> does not take 100% of its container's width anymore. Instead, it increases the size of its container in order to fit into it without scroll bars. Because of that, a new scroll bar appear on the main container.
See the code snippet :
.h-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
}
.left-container {
width: 300px;
flex-shrink:0;
background-color: lightgray;
}
.v-container {
flex: 1;
}
.banner {
height: 50px;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
.container {
overflow-x:auto;
flex:1;
}<div class="h-container">
<div class="left-container">Left menu</div>
<div class="v-container">
<div class="banner">
Banner
</div>
<div class="container">
<table>
<thead>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
<th>Column 4</th>
<th>Column 5</th>
<th>Column 6</th>
<th>Column 7</th>
<th>Column 8</th>
<th>Column 9</th>
<th>Column 10</th>
<th>Column 11</th>
<th>Column 12</th>
<th>Column 13</th>
<th>Column 14</th>
<th>Column 15</th>
<th>Column 16</th>
<th>Column 17</th>
<th>Column 18</th>
<th>Column 19</th>
<th>Column 20</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>Any ideas?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 86
Answers (3)
Michael Benjamin
Reputation: 371391
Solution
Add min-width: 0 to .v-container (demo).
Tested in Chrome, FF and IE11.
Explanation
You're bumping up against the implied minimum sizing algorithm of flex items.
This is a default setting that prevents a flex item from shrinking past the size of its content.
The defaults are...
min-height: automin-width: auto
...for flex items in column-direction and row-direction, respectively.
You can override these settings with:
min-height: 0min-width: 0
From the spec:
4.5. Implied Minimum Size of Flex Items
To provide a more reasonable default minimum size for flex items, this specification introduces a new
autovalue as the initial value of themin-widthandmin-heightproperties defined in CSS 2.1... read more
.h-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
}
.left-container {
flex: 0 0 300px;
background-color: lightgray;
}
.v-container {
flex: 1;
min-width: 0; /* NEW */
}
.banner {
height: 50px;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
.container {
overflow-x: auto;
flex: 1;
}<div class="h-container">
<div class="left-container">Left menu</div>
<div class="v-container">
<div class="banner">Banner</div>
<div class="container">
<table>
<thead>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
<th>Column 4</th>
<th>Column 5</th>
<th>Column 6</th>
<th>Column 7</th>
<th>Column 8</th>
<th>Column 9</th>
<th>Column 10</th>
<th>Column 11</th>
<th>Column 12</th>
<th>Column 13</th>
<th>Column 14</th>
<th>Column 15</th>
<th>Column 16</th>
<th>Column 17</th>
<th>Column 18</th>
<th>Column 19</th>
<th>Column 20</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>Upvotes: 1
user4994625
Reputation:
You can do another flexbox in the right div but in columns:
.h-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
}
.left-container {
width: 300px;
flex-shrink:0;
background-color: lightgray;
}
.v-container {
flex: 1;
overflow-x:auto;
display:flex;
flex-direction:column;
}
.banner {
height: 50px;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
.container {
overflow-x:auto;
flex:1;
}<div class="h-container">
<div class="left-container">Left menu</div>
<div class="v-container">
<div class="banner">
Banner
</div>
<div class="container">
<table>
<thead>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
<th>Column 4</th>
<th>Column 5</th>
<th>Column 6</th>
<th>Column 7</th>
<th>Column 8</th>
<th>Column 9</th>
<th>Column 10</th>
<th>Column 11</th>
<th>Column 12</th>
<th>Column 13</th>
<th>Column 14</th>
<th>Column 15</th>
<th>Column 16</th>
<th>Column 17</th>
<th>Column 18</th>
<th>Column 19</th>
<th>Column 20</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>Upvotes: 1
eye-wonder
Reputation: 1193
What about using calc(100% - 300px) on the v-container and 100% width on the container.
.h-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
}
.left-container {
width: 300px;
flex-shrink:0;
background-color: lightgray;
}
.v-container {
/* flex: 1; */
width: calc(100% - 300px);
}
.banner {
height: 50px;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
.container {
overflow-x:auto;
/* flex:1;*/
width:100%;
}<div class="h-container">
<div class="left-container">Left menu</div>
<div class="v-container">
<div class="banner">
Banner
</div>
<div class="container">
<table>
<thead>
<th>Column 1</th>
<th>Column 2</th>
<th>Column 3</th>
<th>Column 4</th>
<th>Column 5</th>
<th>Column 6</th>
<th>Column 7</th>
<th>Column 8</th>
<th>Column 9</th>
<th>Column 10</th>
<th>Column 11</th>
<th>Column 12</th>
<th>Column 13</th>
<th>Column 14</th>
<th>Column 15</th>
<th>Column 16</th>
<th>Column 17</th>
<th>Column 18</th>
<th>Column 19</th>
<th>Column 20</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td>
<td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>Upvotes: 1
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