Geek Answers Handbook

How to convert this HTML table layout solution to a floating point solution?

I often need to list items with images size on the left and text on the right, for example:

alt text http://www.deviantsart.com/upload/7s01l5.png

Over the course of 17 years, I solved this with HTML tables , for example:

<html>

  <style>

    * { margin: 0; padding: 0 }

    body {
      padding: 20px;
    } 

    #content {
      width: 600px;
      padding: 20px;
      margin-left: auto;
      margin-right: auto;
      background: green;  
    }

    .item {
      margin: 0 0 20px 0;
    }

    .itemIcon {
      float:left;
    }

    .itemBody {
      float:right;
    }

    .clear {
      clear: both;
    }

  </style>

<body>

<div id="content">

  <div class="item">
    <div class="itemIcon">
      <img src="icon.png" alt=""/>  
    </div>
    <div class="itemBody">
      <h1>This is the first item</h1>
      <p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p> 
    </div> 
    <br class="clear"/>
  </div>

  <div class="item">  
    <div class="itemIcon">
      <img src="bigIcon.png" alt=""/>  
    </div>
    <div class="itemBody">
      <h1>This is the second item</h1>
      <p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p> 
    </div>    
    <br class="clear"/>
  </div> 

  <div class="item">
    <div class="itemIcon">
      <img src="icon.png" alt=""/>  
    </div>
    <div class="itemBody">
      <h1>This is the first item</h1>
      <p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p> 
    </div> 
    <br class="clear"/>
  </div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

Every time I tried to switch to floating divs , for one reason or another failed , here is my current attempt:

alt text http://www.deviantsart.com/upload/tuvquv.png

What do I need to change to this code so that this div solution looks like a table solution ?

<html>

  <style>

    * { margin: 0; padding: 0 }

    body {
      padding: 20px;
    } 

    #content {
      width: 600px;
      padding: 20px;
      margin-left: auto;
      margin-right: auto;
      background: green;  
    }

    .item {
      margin: 0 0 20px 0;
    }

    .itemIcon {
      float:left;
    }

    .itemBody {
      float:right;
    }

    .clear {
      clear: both;
    }

  </style>

<body>

<div id="content">

  <div class="item">
    <div class="itemIcon">
      <img src="icon.png" alt=""/>  
    </div>
    <div class="itemBody">
      <h1>This is the first item</h1>
      <p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p> 
    </div> 
    <br class="clear"/>
  </div>

  <div class="item">  
    <div class="itemIcon">
      <img src="bigIcon.png" alt=""/>  
    </div>
    <div class="itemBody">
      <h1>This is the second item</h1>
      <p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p> 
    </div>    
    <br class="clear"/>
  </div> 

  <div class="item">
    <div class="itemIcon">
      <img src="icon.png" alt=""/>  
    </div>
    <div class="itemBody">
      <h1>This is the first item</h1>
      <p>Aliquid aliquam fabulas duo an, eu delenit intellegebat has, in sit commodo aliquip. Inermis neglegentur vis an, ea mei habeo animal verterem. Cum vivendo intellegam disputando id, usu id dicta harum convenire. Cibo corpora ut pri, sed legere probatus aliquyam no, vidisse suscipiantur eu mea. Modus etiam concludaturque pro an, ut latine quaeque per. Harum ignota mnesarchum pri ad, duo et diam oblique epicurei, pri ne vivendo omnesque epicurei.</p> 
    </div> 
    <br class="clear"/>
  </div>

</div>

</body>
</html>
+5
2

- DIV , :

<style>
div.one {
   padding-left: 210px;
   overflow: auto;
}
div.one img {
    float: left;
    margin-left: -210px;
}
</style>


<div class="one">
<img src="http://www.pixeloution.com/breakdown.png" width="200" />
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum blandit orci sed turpis aliquet ac mattis sem t...
</div>

: http://jsbin.com/iniqu3/2

, , .

+2

, <p> itemBody ( , ):

.itemBody p { 
  width:400px;
  padding-left:20px;
}

.itemBody h1 { 
  padding-left:20px;
}

, - , , . , . (, , javascript.)

, , . , , . , , .

+1

More articles:


All Articles