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maintain browser compatibility?
For the most part yes, but it depends what you are definning as browser compatibility. Older borwsers won't support a lot of <div> layouts depending on the CSS version you are using and the degree of complexity of the layout.
Marshall
What is the simplest way to produce 5 columns with divs and CSS?
Seriously, give me about 20 minutes and I will post the code for you.
Marshall
This should give you the desired effect. Jusst remember that border, margin and padding settings affect overall width. I put additional notes in the CSS and HTML. Good luck.
Marshall
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" />
<title>5 Column CSS Layout</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body {
height: 100%
font: normal normal arial,helevtica,verdana,sans-serif;
color: #000;
}
#container {
height: 100%;
padding: 5px;
background: #CCC;
}
#col_one {
margin: 0; /* Applied to first column only in lieu of padding (personal thing) */
width: 18%; /* Allows for fluid design. Can be set to pixels */
float: left;
background: #cff; /* Only here so you can see the different columns */
border: thin solid #000; /* again, just so you can see the different columns */
}
#col_two {
margin: 0 0 0 10px; /* Puts a 10 pixel space between columns (left side) - think cellspacing */
width: 18%;
float: left;
background: #6cf; /* Only here so you can see the different columns */
border: thin solid #000; /* again, just so you can see the different columns */
}
#col_three {
margin: 0 0 0 10px; /* Puts a 10 pixel space between columns (left side) - think cellspacing */
width: 18%;
float: left;
background: #3cf; /* Only here so you can see the different columns */
border: thin solid #000; /* again, just so you can see the different columns */
}
#col_four {
margin: 0 0 0 10px; /* Puts a 10 pixel space between columns (left side) - think cellspacing */
width: 18%;
float: left;
background: #0cf; /* Only here so you can see the different columns */
border: thin solid #000; /* again, just so you can see the different columns */
}
#col_five {
margin: 0 0 0 10px; /* Puts a 10 pixel space between columns (left side) - think cellspacing */
width: 18%;
float: left;
background: #09c; /* Only here so you can see the different columns */
border: thin solid #000; /* again, just so you can see the different columns */
}
/* Note: adding larger margins or padding to columns requires that you decrease the width setting proportionally,
that is why the width is currently set to 18%. If you add padding to the container, the same applies. */
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="col_one">Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One Column One</div>
<div id="col_two">Column Two Column Two Column Two Column Two Column Two Column Two Column Two Column Two</div>
<div id="col_three">Column Three Column Three Column Three Column Three Column Three Column Three Column Three Column Three Column Three Column Three</div>
<div id="col_four">Colimn Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four Column Four</div>
<div id="col_five">Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five Column Five</div>
<br style="clear: both;" /> <!-- Included to force the container to wrap the columns -->
</div>
</body>
</html>
Marshall
