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Ky -
Ky -

Reputation: 32093

Making a Pure CSS Dock

After playing with CSS 3, I had the crazy idea to make an OS X-style dock with it (a DIV container with elements inside it, which, using the CSS :hover subclass, increase in size upon mouseover). However, I'm running into some strange effects when implementing it. So far, this is what I've tried:

Code

<html>
<head>
<style>
body{
    margin:0;
}
.dockHolder{
    width:100%;
    position:absolute;
    text-align:center;
    display:block;
    bottom:0;
}
.dock{
    margin-left:auto;
    margin-right:auto;
    bottom:0;
    text-align:center;
}
.dockItem{
    height:50%;
    display:inline-block;
    position:relative;
    bottom:0;
    vertical-align:bottom;
    text-align:center;

    transition-property:width, height;
    -o-transition-property:width, height;
    -moz-transition-property:width, height;
    -webkit-transition-property:width, height;
    transition-duration:.25s;
    -o-transition-duration:.25s;
    -moz-transition-duration:.25s;
    -webkit-transition-duration:.25s;
    transition-timing-function:linear;
    -o-transition-timing-function:linear;
    -moz-transition-timing-function:linear;
    -webkit-transition-timing-function:linear;
}
.dockItem:hover{
    height:100%;
    width:auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="dockHolder" style="height:64px;max-height:64px;border:1px solid black;">
    <div class="dock" style="background-color:lightgray;">
        <center>
            <div class="dockItem" style="background-color:magenta;"><img height="100%" src="pony.png" /></div>
            <div class="dockItem" style="background-color:magenta;"><img height="100%" src="bhs256.png" /></div>
        </center>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

My test page is at http://s.supuhstar.operaunite.com/s/content/testAnims.htm(died with Opera Unite) if you wanna see what I have so far.

Missing functionality

Unexpected effects include:

Intended effects that are not present include:

Question

Does anyone have a solution that will fix the unexpected effects andor implement the absent intended effects?

Final implementation

Below is the code of my final solution:

<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
body{
    margin:0;
}
.dockHolder {
    position: fixed;
    text-align: center;
    bottom: 0; 
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 128px;
    line-height: 128px;
}

.dock {
    background:#CCCCCC;
    background:
        -o-linear-gradient(top, #AAA 0, #CCC 49%, #AAA 51%, #808080 100%);
    background:
        -moz-linear-gradient(top, #AAA 0, #CCC 49%, #AAA 51%, #808080 100%);
    background:
        -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #AAA 0, #CCC 49%, #AAA 51%, #808080 100%);
    border: 1px solid gray;
    max-width:100%;
    vertical-align: bottom;
    line-height: 1em;
    padding: 0 8px;
    border-radius: 100%;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
}

.dockItem {
    display: inline;
    height: 50%;
    vertical-align: bottom;

    transition-property:width, height;
    -o-transition-property:width, height;
    -ms-transition-property:width, height;
    -moz-transition-property:width, height;
    -webkit-transition-property:width, height;
    transition-duration:.25s;
    -o-transition-duration:.25s;
    -ms-transition-duration:.25s;
    -moz-transition-duration:.25s;
    -webkit-transition-duration:.25s;
    transition-timing-function:ease-in-out;
    -o-transition-timing-function:ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition-timing-function:ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition-timing-function:ease-in-out;
    -webkit-transition-timing-function:ease-in-out;
}
.dockItem:hover {
    height: 100%;
}
.dockItem:active {
    vertical-align:top;
    height:95%
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="dockHolder" style="height:128px;line-height:128px;">
        <span class="dock">
            <img class="dockItem" src="pony.png"/>
            <img class="dockItem" src="bhs256.png"/>
            <img class="dockItem" src="mcgrass.png"/>
        </span>
    </div>

</body>
</html>

Working example (might go out of date): http://admin.s.supuhstar.operaunite.com/s/content/testDock.html (died with Opera Unite)

Upvotes: 6

Views: 14617

Answers (3)

seahorsepip
seahorsepip

Reputation: 4809

Use javascript and css to make the icons before and after the hovered icon a little bigger too for a smoother animation ;)

Upvotes: 0

Šime Vidas
Šime Vidas

Reputation: 185933

How's this?

HTML:

<div class="dockbg"></div>
<div class="dock">
    <img src="foo.png">
    <img src="bar.png">
</div>

CSS:

.dockbg {
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 35px;
    background: #bbb;
}

.dock {
    position: fixed;
    text-align: center;
    bottom: 5px;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 100px;
    line-height: 100px;
}

.dock img {
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: bottom;
    height: 50%;
    padding: 0 5px;
    /* + your animation properties */
}


.dock img:hover {
    height: 100%;
}

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/simevidas/QM7M7/3/show/

Upvotes: 6

xeonarno
xeonarno

Reputation: 426

  • For me the problem comes from the fact that you don't specify a fixed width size. My idea is cancel the dockItem class , you don't need it. Play with an CSS img class directly.
  • To center your element use "margin : auto 0px auto 0px;".
  • First of it, use a reset, it will help you to do it correctly : http://html5doctor.com/html-5-reset-stylesheet/#comment-18168
  • you should you a display:block; and float:left; than the display:inline-block;
  • you should you a <ul> and <li> element to help you.

Upvotes: 0

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