Sent by Highpowered on 1 February 2008 00:12
Reese wrote:
> I'm faced with an issue I worked around once before, it presents
> again with a new face so I'd like to find an ultimate cure, not
> make do with the cheesy work-around.
>
> I need a div container with div-class items that auto-fill left
> or right. Such that:
> Item1 seeks top-left position(possibly unique ID but this should
> be a source code issue - if it's at the top of the stack then it
> is at the top of the stack),
> Item2 fills a right position only if the left is non-empty,
> Item3 fills a right position only if the left is non-empty,
> Item4 fills a right position only if the left is non-empty, etc.
>
> The goal is left-to right recursive, in rows.
>
> Below, a crude ascii graphic. I've been through the CSS so many
> times and changed so many things, I'm getting lost and I'd like
> to start over. What can I do, to make "item" elements auto-fill
> in rows starting from top-left?
>
> Reese
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------/
> |Logo | Header content area /
> |Area | /
> |-------------------------------------------------------------/
> |Left | ----------------------- ------------------------- /
> |Nav | | Item 1 || Item 2 |/
> |Menu | | || |/
> |Item | | || |/
> |Area | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | ----------------------- -------------------------|/
> | | | Item3 || Item 4 |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | ----------------------- -------------------------|/
> | | | Item 5 || Item 6 |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> | | | || |/
> ctrl^v
Have you tried using a <ul> to contain each Item as an <li>, and
assigning definite dimensions to the <li>s and floating them left, or
assigning display:inline to the <li>s? With each Item/<li> in either
case, they will flow like that.
Starting with that in mind, you could take it further, and I'm thinking
that what you want is a bit more complicated, and I've oversimplified or
not understood what you're asking. I apologize for that if I have done that.
-HP
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