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Z.Dima
Z.Dima

Reputation: 136

CSS - Fixed border width change when resizing browser window

I made 2 simple link buttons that are located within 2 div tags.

This is the css and html code I tried:

.lang-box {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 60px;
  left: 2%;
  z-index: 3;
}

.flex-container {
  display: flex;
}

.flex-direction-column {
  flex-direction: column;
}

.border-gold {
  border: 2px solid #ac8b45;
}

.text-gold {
  color: #ac8b45;
}

.background-gold {
  background-color: #ac8b45;
}

.text-black {
  color: #000;
}

.no-background {
  background-color: transparent;
}

.lang-a-button {
  text-decoration: none;
  outline: 0;
  display: block;
  font-size: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 6px;
  padding-top: 10px;
  padding-left: 6px;
  padding-right: 6px;
  height: auto;
  text-align: center;
}

.lang-a-button:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  opacity: .7;
}
<div class="lang-box">
  <div class="flex-container flex-direction-column border-gold">
    <a href="/en" target="_self" class="lang-a-button no-background text-gold" title="Change to English">EN</a>
    <a href="/" target="_self" class="active_lang lang-a-button text-black background-gold" title="Cambia in Italiano">IT</a>
  </div>
</div>

And this is the final result:

this is the final result

The problem is that the right border of .border-gold changes in thickness when I resize the browser screen:

Problem with border 1 Problem with border 2

I don't understand why this happens. I tried to use this but nothing changes.

I use Google Chrome v69 for testing.

Do I need to add something?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2719

Answers (1)

SVE
SVE

Reputation: 1655

Try add links flex-grow:0; flex-shrink:0; and fixed width, like this:

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.lang-box {
    position: absolute; 
    top: 60px;
    left: 2%; 
    z-index: 3;
  
  width: 42px;
}

.flex-container{
  display: flex;
  width: 100%;
}

.flex-direction-column{
    flex-direction: column;
}

.border-gold{
    border: 2px solid #ac8b45;
}

.text-gold{
  color: #ac8b45;
}

.background-gold{
    background-color: #ac8b45;
}

.text-black{
    color: #000;
}

.no-background{
  background-color: transparent;
}

.lang-a-button{
    text-decoration: none;
    outline: 0;
    display: block;
    font-size: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 6px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    /* padding-left: 6px;
    padding-right: 6px; */
    height: auto;
    text-align: center;
  
  width: 100%;
  flex-grow:0;
  flex-shrink:0;
  width: 40px;
}

.lang-a-button:hover{
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: .7;
}
<div class="lang-box">
    <div class="flex-container flex-direction-column border-gold">
         <a href="/en" target="_self" class="lang-a-button no-background text-gold" title="Change to English">EN</a>
          <a href="/" target="_self" class="active_lang lang-a-button text-black background-gold" title="Cambia in Italiano">IT</a>
    </div>
</div>

I do not have an exact answer but i think that this is because of the peculiarity flex & flex-direction: column. Even when we set the fixed width of the element inside flex block, it does not always take it into account. Therefore, for blocks with a fixed width, you need to additionally specify flex-grow: 0; flex-shrink: 0;.

So ... for flex-direction: column ... add fix width for wrap & inner links.

Upvotes: 2

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