Positioning variable number of fixed width divs side by side in a fluid layout
In recent months, I have been experimenting a lot with fluid width layouts. As we now have devices with a range of screen sizes, to create a good user experience across all different resolutions, I think fluid layouts are the way to move forward.
One of the things, I got stuck with was displaying a number of fixed width divs on a fluid layout such that each row has the maximum number of divs it can take. In my initial version, everything floated to the left, but i finally figured out how to center the divs.
Style:
#container {
text-align: center;
}
.box {
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #ccc;
vertical-align: top;
display: inline-block;
}HTML:
<div id="container">
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
</div>This is especially useful as lists are becoming more visual, for example each blog post having a picture associated with it.



