Vertically align middle divs with float to right and left
I have a username and a photo that are displayed side by side and in the middle as shown below.
Now I am trying to change the css so that the photo moves dynamically to the left and the username dynamically moves to the right.
I tried adding float: right and float left to css, but that only makes the photo appear under the username.
I've read several similar threads and tried a lot of things, but I can't seem to work it out. This is really frustrating. It might be a simple fix, but I can't see it.
Using CSS, how can I display the username on the right and the photo on the left and still have the username and photo vertically: medium with 100% width? The photo that the user uploads can be of different heights, so I cannot use the line height.
Here is my HTML code:
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitle17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17">User Name</div>
</div>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17">
{# image has max-height: 149px & max-width: 149px; assigned in the css file #}
<img class="name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions" src="{{ image_url }}" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Here is my css code:
.resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17 {
display: table-cell;
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitle17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
display: table-cell;
float: left;
text-align: left;
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
display: table-cell;
max-height: 149px;
padding: 2px;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17 {
direction: ltr;
font-size: 32px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
display: table-cell;
max-height: 149px;
max-width: 149px;
padding: 2px;
text-align: right;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17 {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions {
max-height: 149px;
max-width: 149px;
}
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Here's one way to do it using CSS3 Transforms to take care of the vertical alignment of the name / title element.
I have defined two classes, .flipLeft
and .flipRight
, to control the placement of name / title and image elements.
I assumed the image height would be as high or higher than the name / title height, otherwise things get complicated.
The trick is to use a property text-align
to position the image to the left or right of the parent block.
I then use absolute positioning to get the name / title element out of the content flow and snap to the opposite edge of the parent block and adjust the offset top
to 50% to get an approximate vertical centering.
Finally, I am using CSS3 transforms to adjust the height of the name / title element.
Note. In the snippet below, scroll vertically to see both examples.
.resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17 {
display: block;
width: auto;
border: 1px dotted blue;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitle17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
position: relative;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17 {
font-size: 32px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17 {
border: 1px dotted yellow;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17 {
}
.name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions {
max-height: 149px;
max-width: 149px;
display: block;
}
.flipLeft.resumeStyleResumeTitle17 {
text-align: left;
}
.flipLeft .resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17 {
border: 1px dotted yellow;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
.flipRight.resumeStyleResumeTitle17 {
text-align: right;
}
.flipRight .resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17 {
border: 1px dotted yellow;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
<h2>Flip Image to Left</h2>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitle17 flipLeft">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17">User Name</div>
</div>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17">
<img class="name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions" src="http://placehold.it/140x100" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h2>Flip Image to Right</h2>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitle17 flipRight">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17">User Name</div>
</div>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17">
<img class="name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions" src="http://placehold.it/140x100" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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Failed to execute it with float
, but I got my desired layout withdisplay: flex;
div.container {
display: flex;
width: 100%;
align-items: center;
background-color: black;
height: 100px;
padding: 20px 0;
}
div.user_name {
display: flex;
font-size: 32px;
font-family: Helvetica;
color: white;
width: 50%;
padding-left: 20px;
}
div.user_img {
display: flex;
justify-content: flex-end;
width: 50%;
height: 100%;
padding-right: 20px;
}
div.user_img > img {
height: 100%!important;
width: auto;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="user_name">User Name</div>
<div class="user_img">
<img src="http://www.lessons4living.com/images/penclchk.gif"/>
</div>
</div>
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Found fix for this problem, please update your HTML to the following,
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitle17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17">
<img class="name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTWd99Qkjbg4ZVu-XHvaIo4LX1MittAmD0CvsiN6QcYeuv4XOQm" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17">User Name</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
In CSS,
.resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17 {
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitle17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
float: left;
text-align: left;
width: 100%;
height: 150px;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
max-height: 149px;
padding: 2px;
text-align: left;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17 {
direction: ltr;
font-size: 32px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
max-height: 149px;
max-width: 149px;
text-align: right;
vertical-align: middle;
display: inline-block;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17 {
}
.name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions {
max-height: 149px;
max-width: 149px;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitle17:before{
content: '';
display: inline-block;
height: 100%;
vertical-align: middle;
margin-right: -2px;
}
Basically I added an element .resumeStyleResumeTitle17:before
that acts like a ghost element and takes full height and allows all adjacent elements to be aligned with display:inline-block
, and now the property is applicable vertical-align:middle
.
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Ok, this should point you in the right direction, but obviously you don't really understand what's going on. You have too many divs and very bad naming conventions on the classes. This is how I got it working somewhat in the direction you want without deleting the divs and starting (this is what I would do differently): (Here is a live jsfiddle ).
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<style>
.resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17 {
position:relative;
width: 100%;
display:block;
background-color: #000;
height:175px;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitle17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
text-align: left;
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
float:right;
width: 100%;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17 {
font-size: 32px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
text-transform: uppercase;
float:right;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17 {
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
direction: ltr;
}
.resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotographInner17 {
float:left;
height:175px;
}
.name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions {
max-height: 149px;
max-width: 149px;
}
</style>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleWrapper17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitle17">
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitleInner17">
<span class="resumeStyleResumeTitleFontChange17">User Name</span>
</div>
<div class="resumeStyleResumeTitlePhotograph17">
<!-- image has max-height: 149px & max-width: 149px; assigned in the css file -->
<img class="name_details_photograph_preview_dimensions" src="http://www.lessons4living.com/images/penclchk.gif" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</html>
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