I have 2 divs: one in the left side and one in the right side of my page. The one in the left side has fixed width and I want the one of the right side to fill the remaining space.
#search {
width: 160px;
height: 25px;
float: left;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
#navigation {
width: 780px;
float: left;
background-color: #A53030;
}<div id="search">Text</div>
<div id="navigation">Navigation</div>This seems to accomplish what you're going for.
#left {
float:left;
width:180px;
background-color:#ff0000;
}
#right {
width: 100%;
background-color:#00FF00;
}<div>
<div id="left">
left
</div>
<div id="right">
right
</div>
</div>You can use the Grid CSS properties, is the most clear, clean and intuitive way structure your boxes.
#container{
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 100px auto;
color:white;
}
#fixed{
background: red;
grid-column: 1;
}
#remaining{
background: green;
grid-column: 2;
}<div id="container">
<div id="fixed">Fixed</div>
<div id="remaining">Remaining</div>
</div>If anyone needs the same solution but without the fixed length of left div:
If you want the left side div to take all the space it needs you can remove the fixed size 180px. See CSS below:
#left {
float: left;
background-color: red;
}
#right {
background-color: yellow;
flex-grow: 1
}
See here in JSFiddle: jsfiddle-div-space
/* * css */
#search {
position: absolute;
width: 100px;
}
.right-wrapper {
display: table;
width: 100%;
padding-left:100px;
}
.right-wrapper #navigation {
display: table-cell;
background-color: #A53030;
}
/* * html */
<div id="search"></div>
<div class="right-wrapper">
<div id="navigation"></div>
</div>
I have been working on this problem for two days and have a solution that may work for you and anyone else trying to make a responsive Fixed width left and have the right side fill in the remainder of the screen without wrapping around the left side. The intention I assume is to make the page responsive in browsers as well as mobile devices.
Here is the Code
// Fix the width of the right side to cover the screen when resized
$thePageRefreshed = true;
// The delay time below is needed to insure that the resize happens after the window resize event fires
// In addition the show() helps. Without this delay the right div may go off screen when browser is refreshed
setTimeout(function(){
fixRightSideWidth();
$('.right_content_container').show(600);
}, 50);
// Capture the window resize event (only fires when you resize the browser).
$( window ).resize(function() {
fixRightSideWidth();
});
function fixRightSideWidth(){
$blockWrap = 300; // Point at which you allow the right div to drop below the top div
$normalRightResize = $( window ).width() - $('.left_navigator_items').width() - 20; // The -20 forces the right block to fall below the left
if( ($normalRightResize >= $blockWrap) || $thePageRefreshed == true ){
$('.right_content_container').width( $normalRightResize );
$('.right_content_container').css("padding-left","0px");
/* Begin test lines these can be deleted */
$rightrightPosition = $('.right_content_container').css("right");
$rightleftPosition = $('.right_content_container').css("left");
$rightwidthPosition = $('.right_content_container').css("width");
$(".top_title").html('window width: '+$( window ).width()+" "+'width: '+$rightwidthPosition+" "+'right: '+$rightrightPosition);
/* End test lines these can be deleted */
}
else{
if( $('.right_content_container').width() > 300 ){
$('.right_content_container').width(300);
}
/* Begin test lines these can be deleted */
$rightrightPosition = $('.right_content_container').css("right");
$rightleftPosition = $('.right_content_container').css("left");
$rightwidthPosition = $('.right_content_container').css("width");
$(".top_title").html('window width: '+$( window ).width()+" "+'width: '+$rightwidthPosition+" "+'right: '+$rightrightPosition);
/* End test lines these can be deleted */
}
if( $thePageRefreshed == true ){
$thePageRefreshed = false;
}
}/* NOTE: The html and body settings are needed for full functionality
and they are ignored by jsfiddle so create this exapmle on your web site
*/
html {
min-width: 310px;
background: #333;
min-height:100vh;
}
body{
background: #333;
background-color: #333;
color: white;
min-height:100vh;
}
.top_title{
background-color: blue;
text-align: center;
}
.bottom_content{
border: 0px;
height: 100%;
}
.left_right_container * {
position: relative;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background: #333 !important;
background-color: #333 !important;
display:inline-block;
text-shadow: none;
text-transform: none;
letter-spacing: normal;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: 400;
font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;
border-radius: 0;
box-sizing: content-box;
transition: none;
}
.left_navigator_item{
display:inline-block;
margin-right: 5px;
margin-bottom: 0px !important;
width: 100%;
min-height: 20px !important;
text-align:center !important;
margin: 0px;
padding-top: 3px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
vertical-align: top;
}
.left_navigator_items {
float: left;
width: 150px;
}
.right_content_container{
float: right;
overflow: visible!important;
width:95%; /* width don't matter jqoery overwrites on refresh */
display:none;
right:0px;
}
.span_text{
background: #eee !important;
background-color: #eee !important;
color: black !important;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0px;
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="top_title">Test Title</div>
<div class="bottom_content">
<div class="left_right_container">
<div class="left_navigator_items">
<div class="left_navigator_item">Dashboard</div>
<div class="left_navigator_item">Calendar</div>
<div class="left_navigator_item">Calendar Validator</div>
<div class="left_navigator_item">Bulletin Board Slide Editor</div>
<div class="left_navigator_item">Bulletin Board Slide Show (Live)</div>
<div class="left_navigator_item">TV Guide</div>
</div>
<div class="right_content_container">
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</div>
</div>
</div>Here is my fiddle that may just work for you as it did for me. https://jsfiddle.net/Larry_Robertson/62LLjapm/
Rules for items and containers;
Container: {*** display: table; ***}
Items: {*** display: table-cell; width: 100%; ***}
Use white-space: nowrap; for texts in last items for their undestructuring.
Item X% | Item Y% | Item Z%
Total length always = 100%!
if
Item X=50%
Item Y=10%
Item z=20%
then
Item X=70%
Item X is dominant (first items are dominant in table CSS layout)!
Try max-content; property for div inside for spreading div in container:
div[class="item"] {
...
width: -webkit-max-content;
width: -moz-max-content;
width: max-content;
...
}
Simplest solution is to just make the left div width equal 100% - the width of the right div plus any margin between them.
<div class="cont">
<div class="search">
Big Logo Text
</div>
<nav>
<ul class="navbar">
<li><a href="#1">NavLink1</a></li>
<li><a href="#2">NavLink2</a></li>
<li><a href="#3">NavLink3</a></li>
<li><a href="#4">NavLink4</a></li>
<li><a href="#5">NavLink5</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
.cont{
display: inline-grid;
grid-template-columns: 160px 10px calc(100% - 170px);
grid-template-rows: auto;
grid-template-areas: "search . navigation";
width: 100%;
height: auto;
text-align: center;
}
.search {
grid-area: search;
height: 90px;
background-color: #00FF00;
line-height: 80px;
font-size: 1.4rem;
font-weight: 600;
}
nav {
grid-area: navigation;
height: 90px;
background-color: #A53030;
}
.navbar{
display: flex;
height: 30px;
width: 100%;
padding: 0%;
list-style-type: none;
flex-flow: row wrap;
flex: 0 1 auto;
justify-content: space-between;
align-content: flex-start;
align-items: flex-start;
}
.navbar a{
outline: 0;
text-decoration: none;
}
The easiest solution is to use margin. This will also be responsive!
<div style="margin-right: auto">left</div>
<div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto">center</div>
<div style="margin-left: auto">right</div>
I ran into this same problem trying to layout some jqueryUI controls. Although the common philosophy now is "use DIV instead of TABLE", I found in my case using TABLE worked much better. In particular, if you need to have straightforward alignment within the two elements (e.g., vertical centering, horizontal centering, etc.) the options available with TABLE give simple, intuitive controls for this.
Here's my solution:
<html>
<head>
<title>Sample solution for fixed left, variable right layout</title>
<style type="text/css">
#controls {
width: 100%;
}
#RightSide {
background-color:green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="controls">
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<TR>
<TD>
<button>
FixedWidth
</button>
</TD>
<TD width="99%" ALIGN="CENTER">
<div id="RightSide">Right</div>
</TD>
</TR>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>