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CSS Height : Unable to increase the height of parent class?

An interesting problem in front of me. I have
<div class="box-content">
<p style="height: inherit; width: inherit;">
<iframe width="100%" height=" 100%" src="http://localhost/imagebase/image/data/banner/swf/Comp1.swf"></iframe>
</p>
</div>
I need to make this code mobile compatible as well. What I am seeing that if I fix the size of p then it takes same on mobile as we all know. but in case of inherit it takes the width of its parent div, which is mobile compatible.
But I am not able to get full height because it doesn't have that height. By default its 185px and I am required to have a width of 300px to show my swf file.
Is there any method that can change this box-content class height automatically in JavaScrip or jQuery as recommended by this p and iframe.
I cannot do directly change the height of this class because it is utilizing on many places.

Edit
As Brett suggested, and if you for what ever reason can't change the html, this css rule will do the trick:
.box-content p {
min-height: 300px;
}
But, below sample shows how it could/should look like.
I also moved the inline styles to css rules, which make it easier to later change the behavior, and the most appropiate tag as a container would be a div, not a p.
.swf-container {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
min-height: 300px;
}
.swf-container iframe {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
<div class="box-content">
<div class="swf-container">
<iframe src="http://localhost/imagebase/image/data/banner/swf/Comp1.swf"></iframe>
</div>
</div>

- CSS bootstrap, divs skip row how get neatly in a row dispite height difference -

The problem occurred on other projects, but then I made all the divs the same size. I made a print screen of my problem.
As you can see the the third div is a little longer then the others (and yes I want to keep this). My css or bootstrap wants to skip a row.
html
<div ng-repeat="work in myWork" class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-xs-12" id="myWorkHolders">
css
#myWorkHolders{
margin: 0px;
display: inline-table;
padding: 0px;
border: solid 1px #F4F4F4;
}
Problem
DIVS skip a row when the div above is not the same size as the others.
Question
what Css terms can I use so the divs will display under each other despite different sizes.

you can add an extra class with min-height to every div, just match the height of ur largest div and put that into css class.
<style>
.yourclass {
min-height:Xpx; //replace X with the height of your largest div.
}
</style>
and now just put this class into every div as:
<div class="col-md-3 yourclass">.col-md-3</div>

I have run into this problem before; I'm curious what other people say. Not sure if this is the best solution, but what I did that worked for me was assign a min-height to those divs. the min-height you assign will depend on the height of your largest div.
so:
#myWorkHolders{
margin: 0px;
display: inline-table;
padding: 0px;
border: solid 1px #F4F4F4;
/* the exact height specified will have to be experimented with */
min-height: 250px;
}

With bootstrap you need to use the row class to make sure the columns layout correctly no matter the height a particular column.
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
<div class="col-md-3">.col-md-3</div>
</div>
So when creating your loop you need to think about how to add in the row container after every fourth column.

How to fit a list of images in an HTML div to form a 2D grid?

EDIT: Problem fixed. See my own answer for details. Will mark it as the answer in 2 days when SO lets me.
I am populating a div with a list of square images using Knockout. The div is currently of fixed width and height, though will eventually be resizeable. I would like the images to fill up the div row by row. So when image n reaches the boundaries of the div's width, image n+1 is wrapped around to the next row. Currently, the images flow over the boundaries of the div to fill the entire window.
The current markup is as follows:
<div data-bind="foreach: images" width="500" height="500">
<img data-bind="attr: { src: fileName }">
</div>
I've played around with float and overflow with no success so far. I've also tried putting the images in their own divs. The images exhibit the wrapping behaviour I want in the whole window to form a grid, just not in the div I've put them in.
How do I make the images stay inside the div while getting the grid that I want? Is this possible with HTML/CSS alone or does it require some Javascript?

As Daniel Weiner said in his comment - floats are the way to go. Add in display : inline-block; to keep each element aligned. Example:
#container {
width: 100%;
background-color: black;
display: inline-block;
}
.block {
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background-color: #fff;
margin: 10px;
float: left;
}
<div id=container>
<div class="block">1</div>
<div class="block">2</div>
<div class="block">3</div>
<div class="block">4</div>
<div class="block">5</div>
<div class="block">6</div>
<div class="block">7</div>
<div class="block">8</div>
</div>

My problem was that I was not specifying the length units for my containing div. In my original markup, I was using the HTML attribute width="500". Changing this to inline CSS and specifying the length unit solved the problem, keeping my 2D grid inside the div: style="width: 500px"
Besides this, as suggested by wahwahwah, the following style was required for a containing div for each image: float: left;
Inlining the CSS, the end result is:
<div data-bind="foreach: images" style="width: 500px">
<div style="float: left;">
<img data-bind="attr: { src: fileName }">
</div>
</div>

How to create a responsive image that also scales up in Bootstrap 3

I am currently using twitter bootstrap 3 and I am facing a problem to create a responsive image. I have used img-responsive class. But the image size is not scaling up. If I use width:100% instead of max-width:100% then it works perfectly. Where is the problem? This is my code:
<div class="col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 ">
<div class="product">
<div class="product-img ">
<img class="img-responsive" src="img/show1.png" alt="" />
</div>
</div>
</div>

Bootstrap's responsive image class sets max-width to 100%. This limits its size, but does not force it to stretch to fill parent elements larger than the image itself. You'd have to use the width attribute to force upscaling.
http://getbootstrap.com/css/#images-responsive

Sure things!
.img-responsive is the right way to make images responsive with bootstrap 3
You can add some height rule for the picture you want to make responsive, because with responsibility, width changes along the height, fix it and there you are.

I had to do a small trick to make the image bigger but keeping it responsive:
#media screen and (max-width: 368px) {
img.smallResolution{
min-height: 150px;
}
}
P.S. The max width can be anything you like.

If setting a fixed width on the image is not an option, here's an alternative solution.
Having a parent div with display: table & table-layout: fixed.
Then setting the image to display: table-cell and max-width to 100%. That way the image will fit to the width of its parent.
Example:
<style>
.wrapper { float: left; clear: left; display: table; table-layout: fixed; }
img.img-responsive { display: table-cell; max-width: 100%; }
</style>
<div class="wrapper col-md-3">
<img class="img-responsive" src="https://www.google.co.uk/images/srpr/logo11w.png"/>
</div>
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/5y62c4af/

Try the following in your CSS stylesheet:
.img-responsive{
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
}

Try to do so:
1) In your index.html
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-xs-6 thumb">
<a class="thumbnail" href="#">
<div class="ratio" style="background-image:url('../Images/img1.jpg')"></div>
</a>
</div>
2) In your style.css
.ratio {
position:relative;
width: 100%;
height: 0;
padding-bottom: 50%;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center center;
background-size: cover;
}

I found that you can put the .col class on the image will do the trick - however this gives it extra padding along with any other attributes associated with the class such as float left, however these can be cancelled by say for example a no padding class as an addition.

I guess image is than corrupted.
Example: image size is 195px X 146px.
It will work inside lower resolutions like tablets. When you have 1280 X 800 resolution it will force larger as there is also width 100 %. Maybe CSS inside media query like icons fonts is the best solution.

Inherit div height from parent with absolute position

I want to achieve this kind of layout with pure CSS:
The gradient in the background is 100% the width of the browser window. The inner text is inside a 1000px div, centered inside the browser window. Now I want the text to define the height of the gradient. And here is the problem: The gradient is positioned absolute (left: 0px; width: 100%), but the text is inside another div.
I've tried some things with display:table; and display:table-cell; but once I put the gradient div to position:absolute it doesn't inherit the height of the text div.
Anyone a solution how to achieve this in pure CSS without javascript?
EDIT:
I'm sorry I forgot to mention that the gradient isn't the problem (I' using css3). And furthermore I also forgot to add the code: http://jsfiddle.net/kxu8N/1/

Absolutely-positioned elements are not part of the layout flow, therefore they cannot inherit dimensional information from parent elements.
You should be using a CSS background image (or a CSS3 gradient) on the element wrapping your text to give you the gradient instead of using a separate element.

You can use the css3 background-size property to scale the height of the gradient. Set the height to auto on a div with the gradient as its background.

Here's an answer without knowing your HTML structure: http://jsfiddle.net/8xagQ/1/
.gradient{
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,119,255,0) 0%,rgba(0,119,255,1) 25%,rgba(0,119,255,1) 50%,rgba(0,119,255,1) 75%,rgba(0,119,255,0) 100%);
margin:10px 0;
text-align:center;
color:#fff;
padding:10px 0;
}​
Note that I only included the gradient instructions for webkit.

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p,span{
margin-left:20px;
}
#logo{
font-weight: bold;
height:100px;
}
#slogan{
width:100%;
height:150px;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,119,255,0) 0%,rgba(0,200,230,15) 25%,rgba(0,200,230,15) 50%,rgba(0,200,230,15) 75%,rgba(0,119,255,0) 100%);}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="logo">
<p>Logo</p>
</div>
<div id="slogan">
<span>some text that defines hieght of this</span>
</div>
</body>
</html>

In my Case I move your blue into your gradient. that way, once you add more line, line of text it will increate automaticaly
<div id="container">
<div id="outer">
<div id="blue-background">
<div class="span3" id="blue">
Here is my content<br>
and this content should define the height of the underlying #blue-background <br />
and if we are adding more and more and more
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Then to the text into it I change few setting in the CSS
#blue {
z-index: 1;
position:relative;
margin:auto;
text-align:center;
}

Because I didn't find any solution, I hacked it. Cause my content gets added dynamically through javascript, I added the content two times. The first time visible inside the overlaying div (over the blue background), and the second time inside the blue background. With visibility: hidden I hide all the divs inside the blue background.
And because both divs got the same content, they get the same height. Not beautiful, but it works.