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I am trying to make a search bar where a green div would be in the middle of the grey one(see http://codepen.io/anon/pen/LRBEvq?editors=1100), and checkboxes, select drop menu, and input field all inline with two buttons - so everything in the same row. I am using Bootstrap to make it responsive but got stuck and can't figure it out.. thank you for all the help!
Here's my html:
.main {
background-color: grey;
width: 1202px;
height: 156px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.formContainer {
width: 1140px;
height: 85px;
background-color: green;
}
button {
height: 37px;
width: 160px;
}
.choice {
background-color: lightgrey;
height: 37px;
}
.checkbox {
width: 207px;
border: 1px solid white;
}
.choice-select {
width: 173px;
}
.choice-input {
width: 390px;
}<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="main">
<div class="formContainer">
<div class="col-md-12">Lorem lorem lorem
<div class="pull-right">Ipsum lorem ipsum</div>
</div>
<div class="row mainContent">
<!-- mainContent -->
<div class="col-md-7">
<!-- main content -->
<div class="checkbox">
<span class="choice-details">
<label class="checkbox-inline">
<input type="checkbox" value="" checked>Lorem
</label>
<label class="checkbox-inline">
<input type="checkbox" value="">Ipsum
</label>
</span>
</div>
<div class="choice-select">
<select class="form-control">
<option value="one">One</option>
<option value="two">Two</option>
<option value="three">Three</option>
<option value="four">Four</option>
<option value="five">Five</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="choice-input">
<input type="text" placeholder="Placeholder text">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<button>Lorem ipsum lorem</button>
<button>Lorem lorem lorem</button>
</div>
<!-- end main content -->
</div>
<!-- end mainContent -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
402
Use display: inline-block; for your wrapper divs to behave like inline elements without losing their block properties:
.mainContent .checkbox,
.mainContent .choice-select,
.mainContent .choice-input {
display: inline-block;
}
If you also want the buttons to be in the same row, use a <div class="col-md-12"> for the whole content.
To center your menu bar horizontally, use margin: 0 auto;; to center it vertically, position it, apply a top: 50%; and translate it back the half of its size in negative y-direction (up):
.formContainer {
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(0,-50%);
}
To make the input text field as long as the remaining space, just set the width of the input the same as its wrapper div:
.mainContent .choice-input input {
width: inherit;
}
.main {
background-color: grey;
width: 1202px;
height: 156px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.formContainer {
width: 1140px;
height: 85px;
background-color: green;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(0, -50%);
}
button {
height: 37px;
width: 160px;
}
.choice {
background-color: lightgrey;
height: 37px;
}
.checkbox {
width: 207px;
border: 1px solid white;
}
.choice-select {
width: 173px;
}
.choice-input {
width: 390px;
}
.mainContent .checkbox,
.mainContent .choice-select,
.mainContent .choice-input {
display: inline-block;
}
.mainContent .choice-input input {
width: inherit;
}<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="main">
<div class="formContainer">
<div class="col-md-12">Lorem lorem lorem
<div class="pull-right">Ipsum lorem ipsum</div>
</div>
<div class="row mainContent">
<!-- mainContent -->
<div class="col-md-12">
<!-- main content -->
<div class="checkbox">
<span class="choice-details">
<label class="checkbox-inline">
<input type="checkbox" value="" checked>Lorem
</label>
<label class="checkbox-inline">
<input type="checkbox" value="">Ipsum
</label>
</span>
</div>
<div class="choice-select">
<select class="form-control">
<option value="one">One</option>
<option value="two">Two</option>
<option value="three">Three</option>
<option value="four">Four</option>
<option value="five">Five</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="choice-input">
<input type="text" placeholder="Placeholder text">
</div>
<button>Lorem ipsum lorem</button>
<button>Lorem lorem lorem</button>
</div>
<!-- end main content -->
</div>
<!-- end mainContent -->
</div>
</div>
</div>Horizontal centering:
For horizontal centering, we want the left and right margin to be equal. The way to do that is to set the margins to 'auto'. This is normally used with a block of fixed width, because if the block itself is flexible, it will simply take up all the available width.
Vertical centering:
The essential rules are:
Make the container relatively positioned, which declares it to be a container for absolutely positioned elements.
Make the element itself absolutely positioned.
Place it halfway down the container with 'top: 50%'. (Note that 50%' here means 50% of the height of the container.)
Use a translation to move the element up by half its own height. (The '50%' in 'translate(0, -50%)' refers to the height of the element itself.)
So your code may seem like this
.main {
background-color: grey;
width: 1202px;
height: 156px;
position: relative;
}
.formContainer {
width: 1140px;
height: 85px;
background-color: green;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(0, -50%);
}
I hope you solved all the other problems.
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answered Oct 23 '25 03:10
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