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Old August 31st, 2002, 10:47 AM
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CSS: Two-Columns
Greetings,

I've been angrily been trying to get a two-column website using css instead of tables. There are many examples out there, but they do not suffice for what I need.
I need the two columns to be static instead of using margins and a float.

#mainbody {
margin:0px 0px 0px 150px;
padding:0px;
}

#leftmenu {
position: static;
align: top;
top:40px;
left:0px;
width:125px;
padding:20px;
background-color:#eee;
border:1px dashed #999;
line-height:auto;
}

This is what I'm working with. The problem is that the "mainbody" appears below the left menu when I need them side by side.

Any Ideas???

Thanks in advance.
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Old August 31st, 2002, 11:31 AM
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"position: static means that the HTML element is positioned by the natural flow and that this position cannot be changed. I gave the paragraph below a top and left declaration, these should be ignored."

I dont think that Static is what you should be using for Position.
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Old August 31st, 2002, 12:05 PM
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I omitted "position:static;"

Is there any alternative of "<tr valign="top">" in CSS???
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<html>
<head>
<title>untitled</title>
<style type="text/css">

#container {
position: relative;
top: 40px;
}

#leftmenu {
position: relative;
width: 125px;
padding: 20px;
background-color: #eee;
border: 1px dashed #999;
line-height: auto;
}

#mainbody {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 150px;
padding: 0px;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="leftmenu"></div>
<div id="mainbody">
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah<br>
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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I used your example, but have a few questions:

How could I get the menu to be as high as the mainbody???

How can I place a footer below the container??? I tried just using another div, but it didn't show unless I put it in the container. Then it shows under the menu.

Thank you
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Old September 3rd, 2002, 08:08 PM
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Kinda like that old one: how do I get a table column to bottom-justify? Still haven't found a satisfactory answer; I've resorted to scripting instead, on occasion:


<html>
<head>
<title>untitled</title>
<style type="text/css">

#container {
position: relative;
top: 20px;
width: 98%;
}

#leftmenu {
position: relative;
width: 125px;
float: left;
background-color: #eee;
border: 1px dashed #999;
line-height: auto;
}

#mainbody {
position: relative;
float: right;
font: 200 12px arial;
padding: 8px;
background: #d8d8d8;
}

#footer {
width: 100%;
height: 40px;
font: 200 10px arial;
text-indent: 4px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
clear: all;
border: 1px black solid;
background: silver;
}

</style>

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">

function redo() {
document.getElementById('leftmenu').style.height =
document.getElementById('mainbody').offsetHeight + 'px';
}

onload = redo;
onresize = redo;

</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="leftmenu"></div>
<div id="mainbody">
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
for (var i=0;i<400;i++) document.write('mainbody ');
</script>
</div>
<div id="footer">footer</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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