I'd like to have a [Fixed][Liquid][Fixed] cross-browser compatible layout.
HTML:
body
div#col-1
div#col-2
div#col-3
CSS:
#col-1 {
width:150px;
float:left;
}
#col-2 {
width:100%;
padding:0 150x;
}
#col-3 {
positon:absolute:
right:0;
width:150px;
}
Would this work/better way to do it?
This is pretty simple.
here is the code
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#left {
float: left;
width: 150px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #999;
height: 50px;
}
#right {
float: right;
width: 150px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #999;
height: 50px;
}
#center {
/* margin with 10px margin between the blocks*/
margin: 0 160px;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 50px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="left">Text</div>
<div id="right">Text</div>
<div id="center">Text</div>
</body>
</html>
I'm using floats instead of position absolute. The advantage of using floats above absolute positioning is that you can put a nother div beneath it, lets say the footer. And just give it a clear: both and it will automatically display at the bottom of the page.
here is an example with a footer
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#left {
float: left;
width: 150px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #999;
height: 50px;
}
#right {
float: right;
width: 150px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #999;
height: 50px;
}
#center {
/* margin with 10px margin between the blocks*/
margin: 0 160px;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 50px;
}
#footer {
clear: both;
margin-top: 10px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="left">Text</div>
<div id="right">Text</div>
<div id="center">Text</div>
<div id="footer">footer</div>
</body>
</html>
Voila! You've got your liquid layout.
check this out: http://siteroller.net/articles/3-column-no-tables-no-floats
But no,I don't think that would work. There are plenty of links in said article though to address your issue.
And if there is any interest, I will extend what is written there.
Okay, got it: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/layouts/item/css-liquid-layout-31-fixed-fluid-fixed/
I like Robert's answer. I would also add a wrapper around the left, right, center and footer. Here, I set the id to "page":
<body>
<div id="page">
<div id="left">Text</div>
<div id="right">Text</div>
<div id="center">Text</div>
<div id="footer">footer</div>
</div>
</body>
Then, you can also add the style for the "page":
#page {
min-width: 600px;
}
This way, if the user shrinks their browser down to a very small size, the content still looks good.
