Situation: I have two fixed-height divs, overflow set to hidden on both, and dynamic text content within the first div. Should that content exceed the overflow boundaries of the first div, I would like for it to automatically spill into the second div.
My questions is simply how to do this? I've researched, and the closest thing I found was a JQuery plugin that automatically creates columns for a newspaper-like layout. While this is not exactly what I need, it does give me hope that this is achievable on a simpler level.
Visual Example:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
div{height:1in;width:4in;overflow:hidden}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="d1">...(enough text to cause overflow exceeding 1in height)...</div>
<div id="d2">...(the rest of the text that got cut off from the first div)...</div>
</body>
</html>
Thanks everyone! Based on all the input, I put this together. NOTE: this may not suit everyone's purpose:
- I did it in JQuery
- This is very conceptual
- Each additional item it its own element, and not just open text
- I already know for my needs that a single div will not break the overflow limits
That being said:
HTML
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#base{border:1px black solid;height:2in;width:3in;overflow:hidden;}
#overflow{border:1px black solid;width:3in;}
.content{width:2in}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="ref/js/jquery-1.6.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="work.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="base">
<div id="sub"></div>
</div>
<br />
<div id="overflow">
</div>
JQ
$(document).ready(function(){
// An array of content, loaded however you wish
var items=new Array();
items[0]='<div class="content" id="C0" style="border:1px blue solid;height:.75in">content 1</div>';
items[1]='<div class="content" id="C1" style="border:1px green solid;height:.75in">content 2</div>';
items[2]='<div class="content" id="C2" style="border:1px red solid;height:.75in">content 3</div>';
items[3]='<div class="content" id="C3" style="border:1px yellow solid;height:.75in">content 4</div>';
items[4]='<div class="content" id="C4" style="border:1px orange solid;height:.75in">content 5</div>';
// Variable for the height of the parent div with the fixed width
var baseheight=$("#base").css('height').substring(0,$("#base").css('height').length-2);
// Function to dynamically get the height of the child div within the fixed width div
function subheight(){return $("#sub").css('height').substring(0,$("#sub").css('height').length-2);}
// For each individual piece of content...
for(i=0;i<items.length;i++)
{
// Add it to the child div
$("#sub").append(items[i]);
// Variable for the difference in height between the parent and child divs
var diff=subheight()-baseheight;
// If this piece of content causes overflow...
if(diff>0)
{
// Remove it...
var tooMuch="#C"+i;$(tooMuch).remove();
// And put it in the overflow div instead
$("#overflow").append(items[i]);
}
}
});
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