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Fixing vertical discrepancies with CSS
I have a "Our menu" webpage automatically created with Drupal 9 Views module which presents a miniature version of each menu dish webpage in that "Our menu" webpage (illustration image below).
My problem
The Drupal 9 Views module doesn't allow styling with CSS besides adding theme-dependent classes so generally the output of displaying a miniature version of each menu dish webpage in one single "Our menu" webpage is quite messy as with the following vertical discrepancies:
- No minimal height for the heading areas
- No minimal height for the images
- No minimal height for the notes chapter
My question
What CSS approach will you take to fix the vertical discrepancies?
1 answer
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| User | Comment | Date |
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| user36363 | (no comment) | Nov 13, 2021 at 06:55 |
I'm not familiar with Drupal, but I would do this with CSS Grid. One possible example looks like this:
<html>
<head>
<style>
.menu-container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
}
.menu-container > * { border: 1px; border-style: solid; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="menu-container">
<div><h2>Vegan Tali</h2></div>
<div><h2>Vegan Burger</h2></div>
<div><h2>Falafel</h2></div>
<div><img src=tali.jpg></div>
<div><img src=burger.jpg></div>
<div><img src=falafel.jpg></div>
<div><p>Notes: tali notes here...</p></div>
<div><p>Notes: burger notes here...</p></div>
<div><p>Notes: falafel notes here...</p></div>
<div><p>Price: 120</p></div>
<div><p>Price: 80</p></div>
<div><p>Price: 75</p></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
That arranges the children of .menu-container left-to-right in three columns, and preserves alignment between items in the same row/column. The border is unnecessary but makes it easier to see what's going on. There are many other possible variants; the link has a comprehensive list.
(I'm not entirely happy with the above; I'd prefer to group the child divs by menu item instead of visual row. I think that is possible but I'm not sure what incantation will produce it.)
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