RE: [WSG] centering floats?
Alan Trick wrote: Centering the containiner is meaningless though if it doesn't have a fixed width (that's smaller than it's container), and if it does have a fixed width, than it ruins the whole point of the thing, to allow the boxes to flow depending on the size of the container. David Laakso wrote: You could center the container holding the floats using margin auto; however, you would not be able to center the floats within that container-- it's pick your poison, either float them left, or float them right. You could let JavaScript handle it. As soon as the page loads, check where the rightmost float falls and adjust the width of the (centered) container accordingly. If the user doesn't have JavaScript, they'll still get the left-floated version that you're settling for anyway. Martin Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
[WSG] centering floats?
I have a bunch of boxes that are all a fixed width and a fixed height. I have them floated in a containiner so that they lineup nicely into rows. However, I want them centered so that when I only have one or two they'll be, well, in the center. There's no float:center as far as I know, but is there some other way to achive this? I can't make them inline elements because then i'll lose the fixed height and width, and if I make them display:block then they won't line up in the rows. Alan Trick ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] centering floats?
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:44:39 -0500, Alan Trick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of boxes that are all a fixed width and a fixed height. I have them floated in a container so that they lineup nicely into rows. However, I want them centered so that when I only have one or two they'll be, well, in the center. There's no float:center as far as I know, but is there some other way to archive this? I can't make them inline elements because then i'll lose the fixed height and width, and if I make them display:block then they won't line up in the rows. Alan Trick You could center the container holding the floats using margin auto; however, you would not be able to center the floats within that container-- it's pick your poison, either float them left, or float them right. Best, ~david -- de gustibus non est disputandum http://www.dlaakso.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] centering floats?
Centering the containiner is meaningless though if it doesn't have a fixed width (that's smaller than it's container), and if it does have a fixed width, than it ruins the whole point of the thing, to allow the boxes to flow depending on the size of the container. I guess i'll just have to float to the left. David Laakso wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:44:39 -0500, Alan Trick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a bunch of boxes that are all a fixed width and a fixed height. I have them floated in a container so that they lineup nicely into rows. However, I want them centered so that when I only have one or two they'll be, well, in the center. There's no float:center as far as I know, but is there some other way to archive this? I can't make them inline elements because then i'll lose the fixed height and width, and if I make them display:block then they won't line up in the rows. Alan Trick You could center the container holding the floats using margin auto; however, you would not be able to center the floats within that container-- it's pick your poison, either float them left, or float them right. Best, ~david ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
