Relative+absolute positioning is your best bet: But you may run into issues with that. When I tried it I had problems with dropdown menus appearing below the content. It’s just not pretty. Honestly, for vertical centering issues and, well, any vertical alignment issues with the items aren’t fixed height, it’s easier just to use tables. … Read more
You need to set the width of the container (auto won’t work): The CSS reference by MDN explains it all. Check out these links: auto – CSS reference | MDN margin – CSS reference | MDN What is the meaning of auto value in a CSS property – Stack Overflow In action at jsFiddle.
<section> means that the content inside is grouped (i.e. relates to a single theme), and should appear as an entry in an outline of the page. <div>, on the other hand, does not convey any meaning, aside from any found in its class, lang and title attributes. So no: using a <div> does not define a section in HTML. From the spec: <section> The <section> element … Read more
Your div variable is a string, not a DOM element object: Strings don’t have an appendChild method. Instead of creating a raw HTML string, create the div as a DOM element and append a text node, then append the input element:
Expand snippet I would suggest learning about position: relative and child elements with position: absolute.
Is this possible via CSS? I’m trying to no avail. Maybe I’m doing something wrong?
Yes, you can use the CSS feature named @font-face. It has only been officially approved in CSS3, but been proposed and implemented in CSS2 and has been supported in IE for quite a long time. You declare it in the CSS like this: Then, you can just reference it like the other standard fonts: So, … Read more
Using !important is not a good option, as you will most likely want to override your own styles in the future. That leaves us with CSS priorities. Basically, every selector has its own numerical ‘weight’: 100 points for IDs 10 points for classes and pseudo-classes 1 point for tag selectors and pseudo-elements Note: If the element has … Read more
Likely not. Assign position:relative to #container, and then position:absolute; bottom:0; to #copyright.
In order for a percentage value to work for height, the parent’s height must be determined. The only exception is the root element <html>, which can be a percentage height. . So, you’ve given all of your elements height, except for the <html>, so what you should do is add this: And your code should work fine. JsFiddle example.