Hi, I'm an old webdev who is rusty in CSS; I learn about calc() recently and never really learnt display: flex properly.
I made some webs with a responsive menu layout (relevant CSS code posted on bottom). I tried using flex but I still had to do one ugly hack: I have the menu heights for the different resolutions hardcoded and I have to update them manually every time a new chapter is added. It's not a big deal, but I would like to know if there is a proper way to do this.
Some alternatives I've thought about:
- The new
round(), but it's too new and not supported by most browsers. - JavaScript
... but I feel like there must be a clean CSS-only way to achieve this.
Thanks!
Relevant CSS code (link to full stylesheet in case I missed something).
ul {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
flex-wrap: wrap;
height: 624px; /* =27x23+3 | 23 = 91/4 */
margin: 0;
padding: 16px 16px 4px 16px;
vertical-align: top;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
ul {
height: 840px; /* =27x31+3 | 31 = 91/3 */
}
}
@media screen and (max-width: 582px) {
ul {
height: 1245px; /* =27x46+3 | 46 = 91/2 */
}
}
@media screen and (max-width: 400px) {
ul {
height: auto;
}
}
ul li {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 2px 16px 2px 4px;
font-size: 120%;
}
ul li a {
display: inline-block;
background-color: #3fa79e;
color: #d2e7e2;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 2px 8px;
border: solid 1px #d2e7e2;
}
ul li a:first-child {
width: 106px;
margin-right: -3px;
}
ul li a:hover {
background-color: #144c48;
color: #fff;
border: solid 1px #fff;
}