On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Markus Ernst <derer...@gmx.ch> wrote:
> Hi > > Something that I asked myself for years already: If you have some floating > boxes, you may want them to fill the available width and then continue at a > next row. Now, if these boxes do not have a fixed height, this will result > in rows that do not start at the left edge, as this example illustrates: > http://www.markusernst.ch/**stuff_for_the_world/test-**floating-boxes.html<http://www.markusernst.ch/stuff_for_the_world/test-floating-boxes.html> > > Vary the window width to see how new rows are started according to the > heights of the boxes in the upper row. > > The only CSS way I have been able to work around this so far (without > scripting) is defining a fixed box height, which is not a good solution for > multiple reasons. I would like the boxes to be rendered as if they were > wrapped in table rows, each row having the height necessary for the tallest > box in the row. But of course I cannot actually wrap them (or use table-* > styles), because the number of boxes per row varies with the width of the > viewport. > > Is there a good solution for this problem? > > Thanks for your comments! > Markus > Hi Markus, Here is my solution with jQuery. My script searches floating divs and finds highest div and makes other divs the same height. Please review it. http://demo.pidizayn.com/floating-boxes-jquery-height-fix.html -- Boray Eris www.pidizayn.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
