3 column layout HTML/CSS
Something like this should do it:
.column-left{ float: left; width: 33.333%; }
.column-right{ float: right; width: 33.333%; }
.column-center{ display: inline-block; width: 33.333%; }
DEMO
EDIT
To do this with a larger number of columns you could build a very simple grid system. For example, something like this should work for a five column layout:
.column {
float: left;
position: relative;
width: 20%;
/*for demo purposes only */
background: #f2f2f2;
border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.column-offset-1 {
left: 20%;
}
.column-offset-2 {
left: 40%;
}
.column-offset-3 {
left: 60%;
}
.column-offset-4 {
left: 80%;
}
.column-inset-1 {
left: -20%;
}
.column-inset-2 {
left: -40%;
}
.column-inset-3 {
left: -60%;
}
.column-inset-4 {
left: -80%;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="column column-one column-offset-2">Column one</div>
<div class="column column-two column-inset-1">Column two</div>
<div class="column column-three column-offset-1">Column three</div>
<div class="column column-four column-inset-2">Column four</div>
<div class="column column-five">Column five</div>
</div>
Or, if you are lucky enough to be able to support only modern browsers, you can use flexible boxes:
.container {
display: flex;
}
.column {
flex: 1;
/*for demo purposes only */
background: #f2f2f2;
border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.column-one {
order: 3;
}
.column-two {
order: 1;
}
.column-three {
order: 4;
}
.column-four {
order: 2;
}
.column-five {
order: 5;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="column column-one">Column one</div>
<div class="column column-two">Column two</div>
<div class="column column-three">Column three</div>
<div class="column column-four">Column four</div>
<div class="column column-five">Column five</div>
</div>
This is less for @easwee and more for others that might have the same question:
If you do not require support for IE < 10, you can use Flexbox. It's an exciting CSS3 property that unfortunately was implemented in several different versions,; add in vendor prefixes, and getting good cross-browser support suddenly requires quite a few more properties than it should.
With the current, final standard, you would be done with
.container {
display: flex;
}
.container div {
flex: 1;
}
.column_center {
order: 2;
}
That's it. If you want to support older implementations like iOS 6, Safari < 6, Firefox 19 or IE10, this blossoms into
.container {
display: -webkit-box; /* OLD - iOS 6-, Safari 3.1-6 */
display: -moz-box; /* OLD - Firefox 19- (buggy but mostly works) */
display: -ms-flexbox; /* TWEENER - IE 10 */
display: -webkit-flex; /* NEW - Chrome */
display: flex; /* NEW, Spec - Opera 12.1, Firefox 20+ */
}
.container div {
-webkit-box-flex: 1; /* OLD - iOS 6-, Safari 3.1-6 */
-moz-box-flex: 1; /* OLD - Firefox 19- */
-webkit-flex: 1; /* Chrome */
-ms-flex: 1; /* IE 10 */
flex: 1; /* NEW, Spec - Opera 12.1, Firefox 20+ */
}
.column_center {
-webkit-box-ordinal-group: 2; /* OLD - iOS 6-, Safari 3.1-6 */
-moz-box-ordinal-group: 2; /* OLD - Firefox 19- */
-ms-flex-order: 2; /* TWEENER - IE 10 */
-webkit-order: 2; /* NEW - Chrome */
order: 2; /* NEW, Spec - Opera 12.1, Firefox 20+ */
}
jsFiddle demo
Here is an excellent article about Flexbox cross-browser support: Using Flexbox: Mixing Old And New
.container{
height:100px;
width:500px;
border:2px dotted #F00;
border-left:none;
border-right:none;
text-align:center;
}
.container div{
display: inline-block;
border-left: 2px dotted #ccc;
vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 100px;
}
.column-left{ float: left; width: 32%; height:100px;}
.column-right{ float: right; width: 32%; height:100px; border-right: 2px dotted #ccc;}
.column-center{ display: inline-block; width: 33%; height:100px;}
<div class="container">
<div class="column-left">Column left</div>
<div class="column-center">Column center</div>
<div class="column-right">Column right</div>
</div>
See this link http://jsfiddle.net/bipin_kumar/XD8RW/2/