In order to better balance out a page I am working on I would like to find a way to increase the top margin of a DIV depending on the screen resolution. What is my best way
To get screen resolution in JS use screen
object
screen.height;
screen.width;
Based on that values you can calculate your margin to whatever suits you.
var space = $(window).height();
var diff = space - HEIGHT;
var margin = (diff > 0) ? (space - HEIGHT)/2 : 0;
$('#container').css({'margin-top': margin});
Check out the jQuery dimensions plugin
Here is an example on how to center an object vertically with jQuery:
var div= $('#div_SomeDivYouWantToAdjust');
div.css("top", ($(window).height() - div.height())/2 + 'px');
But you could easily change that to whatever your needs are.
Another example for vertically and horizontally centered div or any object(s):
var obj = $("#divID");
var halfsc = $(window).height()/2;
var halfh = $(obj).height() / 2;
var halfscrn = screen.width/2;
var halfobj =$(obj).width() / 2;
var goRight = halfscrn - halfobj ;
var goBottom = halfsc - halfh;
$(obj).css({marginLeft: goRight }).css({marginTop: goBottom });