Faux Columns Technique
Posted on April 2, 2011 | No Comments
It is very common in layouts to have 2 columns next to each other, with one column having a background color, and the other column just being white. Since the columns will almost never have the same amount of content in them, the easiest way to fake this, is to have a 1px tall background image being repeated vertically in the containing element of the 2 columns.
The Markup
<div id="container">
<div id="primaryContent">
<h1>Primary Column</h1>
<p>…</p>
</div>
<div id="secondaryContent">
<h2>Secondary Column</h2>
<p>…</p>
</div>
<div class="clearing"></div>
</div>
The CSS
div#container {
background: url(/images/content/2008/03/content-bg.gif) repeat-y top right;
padding: 10px 0;
width: 640px;
}
div#primaryContent { float: left; padding: 0 10px; width: 400px; }
div#secondaryContent { float: right; padding: 0 10px; width: 200px; }
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Sameera Thilakasiri is a front-end developer and UX Architect based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, specialist in User Interface Design, User Experience, Usability and Accessibility, Information Architecture, Responsive Web Design, Interactive Design, Search Engine Optimization, Trainging and Public Speaking.
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