2 Columns CSS example

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2 columns code source

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>2 Columns example</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<style type="text/css">
/*the following class surrounds the 2 columns to set a fixed width for the 2 columns*/
.topcolumns{width:606px;height:auto;}
/*the float value tells the browser to add following content on the right side*/
.leftcol{float:left;width:200px;height:auto;border:1px solid orange;background-color:#fefefe}
/*the margin tells the browser to add the content on the right and not under or on top*/
.rightcol{margin-left:202px;width:400px;height:auto;border:1px solid red;background-color:#cfcfcf;color:#343434}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Example of 2 columns</h1>

<div class="topcolumns">

	<div class="leftcol">
	Some text here<br />
	Or a menu...
	text, links, images, videos...<br />
	<p>
	The width is fixed (200px) and the height automatically fits the amount of text.
	</p>
	</div>
	
	
	<div class="rightcol">

	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />

	<p>
	The width is fixed (400px) and the height automatically fits the amount of text.
	</p>
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />
	A lot text can be added here,<br />

	</div>

</div>
<p>
Some text under the columns
</p>

</body>
</html>

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- The topcolumns class forces the browser not to move the right column on resize, - You may change the values of the CSS style to change the design of the borders, colors, columns' size, margin and padding.

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2 Columns CSS example

2 Columns CSS example

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