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Ask HN: Is there a way to do this layout in HTML 5? (raw.gibney.org)
26 points by ge 5072 days ago
Meanwhile jlft has posted the right answer to this. Scroll way down to see it. Its on the second last position of this thread.
12 comments
tambourine_man 5072 days ago
Sure there is, here is my saturday morning no coffee's take on it:

   <!doctype html>
   
           <style type="text/css">
               * { -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
       
               html, body { 
                   height: 100%;
                   width: 100%;
                   border: 0px;
                   margin: 0px;
                   padding: 0px;
               }
   
               .header,.footer { 
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 10%; /*use percentage or fixed size*/
                   border: 1px solid red;
               }
   
               .content {
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 80%;
               }
   
               .leftPanel, .rightPanel {
                   width: 50%;
                   float: left;
                   border: 1px solid red;
                   height: 100%;
               }
   
           </style>
   
           <body>
               <div class="header">Hey I'm a header</div>
               <div class="content">
                   <div class="leftPanel">Left Panel Here</div>
                   <div class="rightPanel">Right Panel</div>
               </div>
               <div class="footer">I'm a footer</div>
           </body>
You should probably ask this question on StackOverflow.com

And it's probably been answered there already.But what heck.

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ge 5072 days ago
Its not the same. You made a lot of changes. For example deleting the textarea and other elements.
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tambourine_man 5072 days ago
Just put the textarea in the left panel.

He asked for the layout in HTML5, not the same code. Separating content from presentation is a better practice than shoveling it all in a table.

   <!doctype html>
   
           <style type="text/css">
               * { -moz-box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
       
               html, body, form { 
                   height: 100%;
                   width: 100%;
                   border: 0px;
                   margin: 0px;
                   padding: 0px;
               }
   
               .header,.footer { 
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 10%; /*use percentage or fixed size*/
                   border: 1px solid red;
               }
   
               .content {
                   width: 100%;
                   height: 80%;
               }
   
               .leftPanel, .rightPanel {
                   width: 50%;
                   float: left;
                   border: 1px solid red;
                   height: 100%;
               }

               textarea { width: 100%; height: 100% }
   
           </style>
   
           <body>
               <form action="go.php" method="post">
                   <div class="header">Hey I'm a header</div>
                   <div class="content">
                       <div class="leftPanel">
                           <textarea name="text">Write here</textarea>
                       </div>
                       <div class="rightPanel">Right Panel</div>
                   </div>
                   <div class="footer">
                       I'm a footer, hit submit<br>
                       <input type="submit" class="submit" value="submit" name="" />
                   </div>
               </form>
           </body>
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ge 5072 days ago
Same problem as with "thegooley"s solution.
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tambourine_man 5072 days ago
change height: 10% to min-height: 10% in “.header, .footer” ?
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ge 5072 days ago
Not the same. In the original, the footer adopts its height to its content. Putting in a min-height of 10% will not accomplish that. You can simply verify it by comparing your solution and the original visually. They look completely different.

Please be aware, that meanwhile there is a working solution here:

http://raw.gibney.org/height_test_standards_2

It was suggested by jlft but his post got no upvotes, so its burried almost on the bottom of this thread.

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JOfferijns 5072 days ago
You should probably ask this question on StackOverflow.com
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ge 5072 days ago
Good suggestion. Will do that if no solution comes up on HN.
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the1 5072 days ago
http://pastehtml.com/view/c6bge5hig.html

table { position:absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; ....

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ge 5072 days ago
Its not the same. The textarea does not resize to the parents height in this solution. Also it extends into the right half of the screen.
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fallenhitokiri 5072 days ago
You need 6 div. one container. Everything goes in there. One header, one wrapper that holds the two big boxes and a footer.

Set HTML & body height to 100%. If you don't your container and other divs will likely ignore your height:100%

Everything else you need from there is float, position, clear, width and height. Should even be compatible with most versions of IE.

Sp yes it is possible and even simple with HTML and CSS. No need for tables.

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ge 5072 days ago
There have been solutions been suggested without tables. Look through this thread. Nothing works so far.
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jlft 5072 days ago
Add this:

form { height: 100%; } td {height: 100%; }

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ge 5072 days ago
The best solution so far!

http://raw.gibney.org/height_test_standards_1

Only problem: The textare is slighty misaligned.

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b0gey5 5072 days ago
you just need to add this to textarea

-webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box;

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ge 5072 days ago
Awesome! We got it!

http://raw.gibney.org/height_test_standards_2

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Olreich 5072 days ago
The form is the element screwing you over. It's compressing everything to minimum. Set form{height:100%} and it spans the page again. You can also move the form just inside of the table and get the desired effect.
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ge 5072 days ago
jlft already suggested this. Please see his reply. And if possible upvote it. He made the best solution so far, but his post is burried down below.
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Fyrilin 5072 days ago
You may find this useful: http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/equal-height-columns-2-co...
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EvaPeron 5072 days ago
It has been a while since I have played around with HTML (do Java at work, mostly) but surely one can do tables in HTML 5, as in previous versions? If not, something wrong there, IMO...
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thegooley 5072 days ago
Is this the kind of code that you're looking for? http://files.thegooley.com/example-fullpage-app.html
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ge 5072 days ago
No, its not the same. When the text in the footer wraps, it leaves the page so you cannot read it anymore. In my example that does not happen. If you left all the text the same, that would be easier to see.
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thegooley 5072 days ago
Ah yes, this method does set the height of the header and footer as constant.
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benmanns 5072 days ago
Here's a jsFiddle in HTML5 mode with the table code pre-entered if anyone wants to play with it: http://jsfiddle.net/bzf9W/
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dous 5072 days ago
https://gist.github.com/3193548
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ge 5072 days ago
Same problem as with "the1"s solution.
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meric 5072 days ago
Do you have to use <table>?
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leviathan 5072 days ago
that's precisely his question I guess; can you do this in HTML5 and CSS without resorting to javascript hacks?
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ge 5072 days ago
Right, im looking for a pure HTML 5 + CSS solution. Just like it is in quirks mode.
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jbranchaud 5072 days ago
IMO, the use of <table> should be avoided in a solution, tables are not intended for page layout.
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ge 5072 days ago
I just need this layout. With or without a table. As long as it looks and behaves the same.
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