I want a two-column div layout, where each one can have variable width e.g.
Use calc
:
.leftSide {
float: left;
width: 50px;
background-color: green;
}
.rightSide {
float: left;
width: calc(100% - 50px);
background-color: red;
}
<div style="width:200px">
<div class="leftSide">a</div>
<div class="rightSide">b</div>
</div>
The problem with this is that all widths must be explicitly defined, either as a value(px and em work fine), or as a percent of something explicitly defined itself.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
div.box {
background: #EEE;
height: 100px;
width: 500px;
}
div.left {
background: #999;
float: left;
height: 100%;
width: auto;
}
div.right {
background: #666;
height: 100%;
}
div.clear {
clear: both;
height: 1px;
overflow: hidden;
font-size: 0pt;
margin-top: -1px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="box">
<div class="left">Tree</div>
<div class="right">View</div>
<div class="right">View</div>
<div style="width: <=100% getTreeWidth()100 %>">Tree</div>
<div class="clear" />
</div>
<div class="ColumnWrapper">
<div class="ColumnOneHalf">Tree</div>
<div class="ColumnOneHalf">View</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Use the CSS Flexbox flex-grow
property to achieve this.
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
body {
display: flex;
}
.second {
flex-grow: 1;
}
<div style="background: #bef;">Tree</div>
<div class="second" style="background: #ff9;">View</div>
flex-grow - This defines the ability for a flex item to grow if necessary. It accepts a unitless value that serves as a proportion. It dictates what amount of the available space inside the flex container the item should take up.
If all items have flex-grow set to 1, the remaining space in the container will be distributed equally to all children. If one of the children has a value of 2, the remaining space would take up twice as much space as the others (or it will try to, at least). See more here
.parent {
display: flex;
}
.child {
flex-grow: 1; // It accepts a unitless value that serves as a proportion
}
.left {
background: red;
}
.right {
background: green;
}
<div class="parent">
<div class="child left">
Left 50%
</div>
<div class="child right">
Right 50%
</div>
</div>
You can use W3's CSS library that contains a class called rest
that does just that:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css">
<div class="w3-row">
<div class="w3-col " style="width:150px">
<p>150px</p>
</div>
<div class="w3-rest w3-green">
<p>w3-rest</p>
</div>
</div>
Don't forget to link the CSS library in the page's header
:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css">
Here's the official demo: W3 School Tryit Editor
Pat - You are right. That's why this solution would satisfy both "dinosaurs" and contemporaries. :)
.btnCont {
display: table-layout;
width: 500px;
}
.txtCont {
display: table-cell;
width: 70%;
max-width: 80%;
min-width: 20%;
}
.subCont {
display: table-cell;
width: 30%;
max-width: 80%;
min-width: 20%;
}
<div class="btnCont">
<div class="txtCont">
Long text that will auto adjust as it grows. The best part is that the width of the container would not go beyond 500px!
</div>
<div class="subCont">
This column as well as the entire container works like a table. Isn't Amazing!!!
</div>
</div>