Width Absorbing HTML Elements
Im trying to think how to do this with html elements. There is nothing special about the colors, so I don't need to make them images. Do note that the text is right aligned. Also,
Solution 1:
Here's my attempt. Note: to the horror of some anti-table zealots this does use tables. Floats just can't do "take up all available space" like tables can.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
table { width: 300px; background: #DDD; empty-cells: show; }
th { padding-left: 8px; width: 100%; height: 1em; }
td { padding-left: 12px; width: auto; }
div { white-space: nowrap; }
#row1 th { background: red; }
#row2 th { background: blue; }
#row3 th { background: green; }
#row4 th { background: yellow; }
#row5 th { background: pink; }
#row6 th { background: gray; }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("jquery", "1.3.2");
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
$(function() {
$("th").animate({ width: 0 }, 2000);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table><tr id="row1"><th></th><td><div>FOO</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row2"><th></th><td><div>BAR</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row3"><th></th><td><div>THESE PRETZELS ARE</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row4"><th></th><td><div>MAKING ME THIRSTY</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row5"><th></th><td><div>BLAH</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row6"><th></th><td><div>BLAH</div></td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>
I thought of a non-tables way of doing it that works pretty well, so here it is:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
div div { height: 1.3em; }
#wrapper { width: 300px; overflow: hidden; }
div.text { float: right; white-space: nowrap; clear: both; background: white; padding-left: 12px; text-align: left; }
#row1, #row2, #row3, #row4, #row5, #row6 { width: 270px; margin-bottom: 4px; }
#row1 { background: red; }
#row2 { background: blue; }
#row3 { background: green; }
#row4 { background: yellow; }
#row5 { background: pink; }
#row6 { background: gray; }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("jquery", "1.3.2");
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
$(function() {
$("div.text").animate({ width: "90%" }, 2000);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div class="text">FOO</div><div id="row1"></div>
<div class="text">BAR</div><div id="row2"></div>
<div class="text">THESE PRETZELS ARE</div><div id="row3"></div>
<div class="text">MAKING ME THIRSTY</div><div id="row4"></div>
<div class="text">BLAH</div><div id="row5"></div>
<div class="text">BLAH</div><div id="row6"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Solution 2:
This is tested and it works perfectly (no stupid tables and very simple CSS/jQuery):
<style type="text/css">
.crazy_slider { display:block; height:25px; width:500px; clear:both; position:relative; z-index:0; text-decoration:none; }
.crazy_slider_text { position:absolute; right:0px; top:0px; height:100%; background-color:white; color:#666; font-size:1em; display:block; text-align:left; z-index:1px; padding-left:10px; }
#red { background-color:red; }
#blue { background-color:blue; }
#green { background-color:green; }
#yellow { background-color:yellow; }
#pink { background-color:pink; }
#grey { background-color:grey; }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$('.crazy_slider').hover(
function() {
var bar_width = $(this).width();
var $crazy_slider_text = $(this).children('.crazy_slider_text');
if($crazy_slider_text.data('original_width') == null || $crazy_slider_text.data('original_width') == undefined || !$crazy_slider_text.data('original_width')) {
var original_width = $crazy_slider_text.width();
$crazy_slider_text.data('original_width',original_width);
}
$crazy_slider_text.stop().animate({width:95+'%'},500);
},
function() {
var $crazy_slider_text = $(this).children('.crazy_slider_text');
var text_width = $crazy_slider_text.data('original_width');
$crazy_slider_text.stop().animate({width:text_width+"px"},500);
}
);
});
</script>
<a href="#" class="crazy_slider" id="red"><div class="crazy_slider_text">FOO</div></a>
<a href="#" class="crazy_slider" id="blue"><div class="crazy_slider_text">BAR</div></a>
<a href="#" class="crazy_slider" id="green"><div class="crazy_slider_text">BAZ</div></a>
<a href="#" class="crazy_slider" id="yellow"><div class="crazy_slider_text">FOOBAR</div></a>
<a href="#" class="crazy_slider" id="pink"><div class="crazy_slider_text">FOOBARBAZ</div></a>
<a href="#" class="crazy_slider" id="grey"><div class="crazy_slider_text">BAZAGAIN</div></a>
Edit: I was assuming you were tying to make some kind of navigation elements with these so I added the mouse interaction logic. In any case, it might be useful, haha?
Second Edit: I've changed the code to be more efficient and more predictable... if anyone cares. ;)
Solution 3:
Do the coloured bars need to be a particular width, or just fill the space between the words on the right and the origin on the left? Assuming that my assumption's correct:
<style>
#container {width: 50%;
margin: 0 auto;
}
span {width: 100%;
display: block;
text-align: right;
margin: 0.2em 0;
}
span p {text-align: right;
background-color: #fff;
color: #333;
display: inline-block;
padding: 0 0 0 0.4em;
line-height: 1.4em;
font-weight: bold;
}
span#foo {background-color: #f00;
}
span#bar {background-color: #0f0;
}
span#foobar {background-color: #00f;
}
</style>
<div id="container">
<span id="foo">
<p>foo</p>
</span>
<span id="bar">
<p>bar</p>
</span>
<span id="foobar">
<p>foobar</p>
</span>
</div>
Working demo: http://davidrhysthomas.co.uk/so/colouredfoobars.html
Post a Comment for "Width Absorbing HTML Elements"