Columns side-by-side or stacked -- CSS to adjust for screen width


I recently had to brush up on my CSS skills to develop a solution where two buttons would appear side-by-side unless the viewport was less than 480 pixels, in which case they should then display stacked. Through a bit of research, I found a couple of solutions. When I tried to implement the solutions as presented, the buttons didn't appear side-by-side, but instead on separate rows -- I'm sure something I must have overlooked, but nevertheless, I, therefore, came up with my own modified solution.

My particular example used 3 columns -- the middle just for space, which could be done with padding and/or margin. The key is using "@media." By default the widths of the columns were all set for 100% -- configured for stacking. When the screen was 480 pixels or larger, using "@media" the widths are adjusted 45%, 10%, and 45%. If you're not sure what each of these CSS properties does for you, try searching "css [property]" such as "css clear" and click on the link for w3schools -- usually the first or second response.

This should be enough to get you going. Depending on your use you may need to do further work, so when you're on the 480+ pixel screen, you're not consuming all available width.

Class definitions

.mySection {
clear: both;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
zoom:1; /* For IE 6/7 */
}

.mySection:before {
content:"";
display:table;
}
.mySection:after {
content:"";
display:table;
clear:both;
}

.myGroup {
display: block;
}

.grid_1of3, .grid_2of3, .grid_3of3 {
width:100%;
}

.grid_2of3 {
height:10px;
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) {
.myGroup {
display: inline;
}

.grid_1of3,
.grid_3of3 {
width:45%;
}

.grid_2of3 {
width:10%;
}
}


HTML code

<div class="mySection" style="text-align:center;">
        <div class="myGroup grid_1of3"><img src="first_btn.png" border="0" /></div>
        <div class="myGroup grid_2of3"> </div>
        <div class="myGroup grid_3of3">< img src="second_btn.png" border="0" /></div>
</div>

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