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Laravel jQuery - Check if row exists in database

In my application, I build a page where the user sees a progress bar which displays the progress of an action that is happening in the background. One part of this progress bar is the following: I have to check in jQuery if a certain row with a certain id exists in the database. If it does exist, The progress bar has to skip to 30%. If it does not exists then It has to do nothing.
I have a database table called Droplets, In there-there is a field called Webshop_id. If a Droplet exists in this table which has the webshop_id of the one that the user just created, The progress bar goes to 30%.
A small summary to clarify
Check if a droplet with the webshop_id exists in the database using jQuery
If it does exist, Make the progress bar a width of 30%;
If it does NOT exists. Do nothing.
A simple if-statement in PHP of this issue would look something like this
if( Droplet::where("webshop_id", "=", $webshop->id)->exists())
Make the progress bar 30% in width
else {
Just do nothing
}
But this needs to be done in jQuery in order to make the progress bar a width of 30%. What is the best way to handle this issue?
The page where this needs to happen looks like this.
#extends('layouts.home') #section('content')
<div class="container" id="showEffect">
<div class="row justify-content-md-center">
<div class="col-md-10">
<div class="card depth-5 p-4 mb-5">
<div class="card-header p-4 bg-white">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h2 class="mb-4 text-green"><i class="fal fa-check-circle mr-3"></i> Payment succesfull!</h2>
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<p class="text-muted m-0">Thank you! Your payment has been recieved! The order is confirmed. A reciept is being send to <b>{{ $order->user->email }}</b></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h5>Summary</h5>
<div class="card depth-2">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 text-right">
<ul class="list-unstyled">
<li class="text-muted">Payment ID:</li>
<li class="text-muted">Order date:</li>
<li class="text-muted">Payment method:</li>
<li class="text-muted">Total sum: </li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 text-left">
<ul class="list-unstyled">
<li>{{ $payment->id }}</li>
<li>{{ $order->created_at->toFormattedDateString() }}</li>
<li>{{ $payment->method }}</li>
<li>€ {{ $order->price_sum }}</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-footer mt-3 bg-white">
<h4>Your Webshop</h4>
<p class="text-muted">Your webshop is installing! We advise you not to click away if u want to prevent cancelling the installation</p>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12 text-right">
<h3>37%</h3>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 mb-3">
<div class="progress mb-3">
<div id="progress-install" class="progress-bar andcode-progress progress-bar-striped progress-bar-animated" role="progressbar" aria-valuenow="10" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" style="width: 10%"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 text-right">
See the result
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{{ $webshop->id }}
<div class="andcode-clouds">
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
var checkdb = function() {
// Bestaat de droplet met de webshop id van de aangemaakte webshop in de database. Als deze wel bestaat, Spring naar 30%. Als hij niet bestaat. Dan niks
var ele = document.getElementById('progress-install');
ele.style.width = 30 + '%';
};
setInterval(checkdb(), 1000 * 60);
})
</script>
#endsection
I can call {{ $webshop->id }} anytime in this blade file. This ID has to match to the "Webshop_ID" in the droplets table

Make one controller function with your logic
function() {
if( Droplet::where("webshop_id", "=", $webshop->id)->exists())
$id_exists = 1;
else {
$id_exists = 0;
}
return response()->json(['id_exists' => $id_exists]);
}
Then in your blade file
In script make ajax call to above controller function and get value of id_exists now you can decide whether to show progressbar or not upon this result

You can use do this from database and controller validation in such way
$table->string('abc')->unique();
This is your table column in migration file
$this->validate($request,[
'abc'=>'table_name:unique',
]);
This is your controller code in which abc is your request key and in
$table->string('abc')->unique(); which is your column name of table and table_name is your table name you must replace with your own table name.

How can I choose a sub document to insert and update with a click function from the client side

I have two collections, one is a Posts collection which has posts, with an id.
And the other is a Sets collection which has an array called ArticleId that can be updated by the user by inserting a post id from the Posts collection into it via a click function with the button toggle-addToSet.
The user Creates the Array called ArticleId, gives it a name and saves articles in it periodically. Think Pinterest Boards or G+ collections.
I have a button on the post item that when a user clicks the icon, all the Sets he has created come up in a dialogue and the user chooses which Set he want to save the post id into.
<template name="summeryArticle">
<li>
<div class="row col s12 m7">
<div class="card" id="cardId">
<div class="card-image waves-effect waves-block waves-light">
<img src="{{better_featured_image.source_url}}">
</div>
<div class="card-content">
<h5 class=" truncate grey-text text-darken-4">{{title.rendered}}</h5>
MORE <i class="waves-effect waves-teal small material-icons right">playlist_add</i>{{>
likePartial}}{{> reblogPartial}}
<!-- The modal below is what brings up all the sets the user has created so that the user can pick with set they wat to save the article in -->
<div id="modal2" class="modal bottom-sheet">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="row">
{{#each set}}
<div class="col s6 m6 addSet teal">
<div class="card ">
<div class="card-image">
<span class="card-title cardSet">{{name}}</span>
</div>
<div class="card-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn toggle-addToSet" name="button">add Article Id to this Set!</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{{/each}}
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</template>
Graphically it looks like this
And when the user clicks the icon modal-trigger to bring up the Sets he created, it looks like this
As you can see, the user has three Sets, Lifestyle, Love, Business, they can choose to save the posts id into any one of those three.
## GOAL ##
I want to be able to choose a Set, click the add button of my chosen Set, and somehow capture the post Id of the current post in my foreach loop, and insert it into that via the click function, at the moment all I have is this
Template.summeryArticle.events({
'click .toggle-addToSet': function(e, template) {
var ob = this.id
console.log(ob);
}
});
and when I console log that, I just get the Set id instead of the post id.
Question
How can I capture the post id of the current post,
Choose a Set of my liking, then insert the post id into my chosen set?
And if there is a better way to achieve this, please let me know.
EDIT AFTER FEEDBACK
I did the second option like this
<template name="summeryArticle">
{{#let article=this}}
<li>
<div class="row col s12 m7">
<div class="card" id="cardId">
<div class="card-image waves-effect waves-block waves-light">
<img src="{{better_featured_image.source_url}}">
</div>
<div class="card-content">
<h5 class=" truncate grey-text text-darken-4">{{title.rendered}}</h5>
MORE <i class="waves-effect waves-teal small material-icons right">playlist_add</i>{{>
likePartial}}{{> reblogPartial}}
<!-- The modal below is what brings up all the sets the user has created so that the user can pick with set they wat to save the article in -->
<div id="modal2" class="modal bottom-sheet">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="row">
{{#each set}}
<div class="col s6 m6 addSet teal">
<div class="card ">
<div class="card-image">
<span class="card-title cardSet">{{name}}</span>
</div>
<div class="card-footer">
{{#each s in set}}
<button type="button" class="btn toggle-addToSet" name="button" data-setid="{{s._id}}" articleid="{{article._id}}">add Article Id to this Set!</button> {{/each}}
</div>
</div>
</div>
{{/each}}
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
{{/let}}
</template>
my helper is like this
Template.summeryArticle.events({
'click .toggle-addToSet': function(e, template) {
var ob = this
console.log(ob);
var sid = $(e.currentTarget).data('setid');
var aid = $(e.currentTarget).data('articleid');
console.log(sid);
console.log(aid);
}
});
However, this is what I'm getting.
and the log looks like this
where 7MgLCEnTWjXFRhLg6 is the Sets_id depending on which of the three buttons I clicked
SECOND EDIT. CONTEXT
when i do this
<template name="summeryArticle">
{{#let article=_id}}
<li>
<div class="row col s12 m7">
<div class="card" id="cardId">
<div class="card-image waves-effect waves-block waves-light">
<img src="{{better_featured_image.source_url}}">
</div>
<div class="card-content">
<h5 class=" truncate grey-text text-darken-4">{{title.rendered}}</h5>
MORE <i class="waves-effect waves-teal small material-icons right">playlist_add</i>{{> likePartial}}{{> reblogPartial}}
<!-- The modal below is what brings up all the sets the user has created so that the user can pick with set they wat to save the article in -->
<div id="modal2" class="modal bottom-sheet">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="row">
{{#each s in set}}
<div class="col s6 m6 addSet teal">
<div class="card ">
<div class="card-image">
<span class="card-title cardSet">{{name}}</span>
</div>
<div class="card-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn toggle-addToSet" name="button" data-setid="{{s._id}}" articleid="{{article._id}}">add Article Id to this Set!</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{{/each}}
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
{{/let}}
</template>
I get this
What's going on here is that I have the articles organised in categories, so what's going on now is that the article=_idbeing captured is the last article in the category, no matter what articles I try to add, it's just one article being caught, and its always the one at the bottom. I have no idea why

There are several ways. One would be something like this:
I would but article id and set id to toggle-addToSet button's data-attributes:
<button type="button" class="btn toggle-addToSet" name="button" data-setid="SETID" data-articleid="ARTID">add Article Id to this Set!</button>
If you call your summeryArticle like this:
{{#each article in articles}}
{{>summeryArticle article=article}}
{{/each}}
(another opotion is use let-helper:
<template name="summeryArticle">
{{#let article=this}}
...
{{/let}}
</template>
Then in your summeryArticle-template you can get article id in sets-loop:
{{#each s in set}}
<button type="button" class="btn toggle-addToSet" name="button" data-setid="{{s._id}}" articleid="{{article._id}}>add Article Id to this Set!</button>
{{/each}}
Then in template events:
Template.summeryArticle.events({
'click .toggle-addToSet': function(e, template) {
var ob = this.id
console.log(ob);
var sid = $(e.currentTarget).data('setid');
var aid = $(e.currentTarget).data('articleid');
Sets.update({_id: sid}, {$addToSet: {ArticlesId: aid}});
}
});
Note!
This assumes you can update your collection directly from client side! Depending on your situation, but usually it is not recommended. Normally you should deny client side updates and use methods for updating collections:
Method.call('mymethd', sid, aid, function(e, r) {
if (!e) {
console.log(r);
} else {
console.error(e);
}
});

Hiding and showing fields via Javascript based on the type of the category the results item has

I have a dynamic list of properties on a search results page, the problem I am having on each individual search result is that if it is a certain property type i.e. Land it does not need the bedrooms and bathrooms fields within that search result to show, but if it is a Villa, the fields would show.
I would need to show and hide fields on the page load in JS like my example above on each individual search result as if I do a general JS function for Land hiding the div classes for bedrooms and bathrooms, there could also be a Villa on the page needing those fields.
If anyone could help with some JS to help me solve this issue above, it would be much appreciated!
Heres some of the Html Results below, you will see there are multiple property types, so different fields should be show/hidden
<div class="property-listing">
<ul>
<li class="col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-4">
<a href="/propertydetails.aspx?SalePropertyID=615237" class="property-featured-image"><div class="overlay" style="line-height:167px"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></div>
<img src="http://example.com/ImageProcessor.aspx?watermarkImageFileName=&Text=NEW LISTING&imageURL=487/Sales/615237/615237_7969.jpg" alt="Villa in Javea">
<span class="images-count">
<i class="fa fa-link"></i>
MidasS
</span>
</a>
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="property-info">
<div class="price"><span>115.000</span><strong>€</strong></div>
<div class="title">
<a href="/propertydetails.aspx?SalePropertyID=615237" title="Villa in Javea">
Villa in Javea
</a>
</div>
<span class="location"><i class="fa fa-map-marker"></i> Alicante, SPAIN</span>
<p>A beautiful and rustic style 'home' offering spectacular views over the coast, the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.</p>
</div>
<div class="property-amenities clearfix">
<span id="spbeds"><strong>2</strong>Bedrooms</span>
<span id="spbaths"><strong>1</strong>Bathrooms</span>
<span id="sppool"><strong>Yes</strong>Pool</span>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-4">
<a href="/propertydetails.aspx?SalePropertyID=638700" class="property-featured-image"><div class="overlay" style="line-height:167px"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></div>
<img src="http://example.com/ImageProcessor.aspx?watermarkImageFileName=&Text=REDUCED&imageURL=487/Sales/638700/638700_1145.jpg" alt="Apartment in Famagusta">
<span class="images-count">
<i class="fa fa-link"></i>
PRO1011
</span>
</a>
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="property-info">
<div class="price"><span>155.000</span><strong>€</strong></div>
<div class="title">
<a href="/propertydetails.aspx?SalePropertyID=638700" title="Apartment in Famagusta">
Apartment in Famagusta
</a>
</div>
<span class="location"><i class="fa fa-map-marker"></i> Famagusta, CYPRUS</span>
<p>hnglkrehnblarjl;kbkhmtr;mnb;rstlmnstrn</p>
</div>
<div class="property-amenities clearfix">
<span id="spbeds"><strong>0</strong>Bedrooms</span>
<span id="spbaths"><strong>0</strong>Bathrooms</span>
<span id="sppool"><strong>No</strong>Pool</span>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="col-md-12">
<div class="col-md-4">
<a href="/propertydetails.aspx?SalePropertyID=636364" class="property-featured-image"><div class="overlay" style="line-height:188px"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></div>
<img src="http://example.com/487/Sales/636364/636364_5562.jpg" alt="Country House in Not Specified">
<span class="images-count">
<i class="fa fa-link"></i>
cyc130
</span>
</a>
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="property-info">
<div class="price"><span>175.000</span><strong>€</strong></div>
<div class="title">
<a href="/propertydetails.aspx?SalePropertyID=636364" title="Country House in Not Specified">
Country House in Not Specified
</a>
</div>
<span class="location"><i class="fa fa-map-marker"></i> Andalucia, SPAIN</span>
<p>;.lkijuhygtfrdeswaq</p>
</div>
<div class="property-amenities clearfix">
<span id="spbeds"><strong>3</strong>Bedrooms</span>
<span id="spbaths"><strong>1</strong>Bathrooms</span>
<span id="sppool"><strong>Yes</strong>Pool</span>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<br> <br>
<div class="pagination">
<span class="disabled"><i class="fa fa-chevron-left"></i></span>
1
2
3
4
<i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i>
</div>
</ul>
</div>

I'm just gonna go ahead and make up my own HTML structure to demonstrate the simple if/else statement you would make with jQuery.
function hideFields() {
$(".result").each( function() {
if ( $(this).hasClass("land") ) {
$(this).children(".bedroom").hide();
$(this).children(".bathroom").hide();
}
else if ( $(this).hasClass("villa") ) {
$(this).children(".land-area").hide();
}
});
}
hideFields();
span {
display:block;
border:1px solid black;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
<div class="result villa"><b>Villa</b><br>
<span class="bedroom">Bedroom</span>
<span class="bathroom">Bathroom</span>
<span class="location">Location</span>
<span class="land-area">Land-area</span>
</div>
<br>
<div class="result land"><b>Land</b><br>
<span class="bedroom">Bedroom</span>
<span class="bathroom">Bathroom</span>
<span class="location">Location</span>
<span class="land-area">Land-area</span>
</div>
Your HTML seems confusing for multiple reasons, which you can easily fix to use this method:
1) sppools, spbaths, spbeds should indeed be classes rather than IDs. This is due to IDs being unique identifiers - they should hence not appear more than once on each page, whereas classes identify a "type" (class) of item, which may appear multiple times. Multiple instances of the same ID will mess with your CSS and JS.
2) There is no clear definition within each result of what type of result this is (or I can't seem to find it, at least?).
Words like "villa" or "house" indeed appear in the title-tag, but having to search within these is an inefficient way of performing the action.
Instead, make your code show the type of content as a class on each li-item or the initial div-item.

jQuery ScrollSpy only highlighting for part of scrolled section

I'm using jQuery ScrollSpy to apply a .underlined class to some navigation links when the <div> in question selected by id is currently scrolled to. The code I have at the moment isn't working for the second two sections, and the first section which it is working for it only applies the .underlined class to #tenantsandowners_link for a little part of the #tenantsandowners div.
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#tenantsandowners').scrollspy({
min: $('#tenantsandowners').offset().top,
onEnter: function(element, position) {
$("#tenantsandowners_link").addClass('underlined');
},
onLeave: function(element, position) {
$("#tenantsandowners_link").removeClass('underlined');
}
});
$('#payment').scrollspy({
min: $('#payment').offset().top,
onEnter: function(element, position) {
$("#payment_link").addClass('underlined');
},
onLeave: function(element, position) {
$("#payment_link").removeClass('underlined');
}
});
$('#paymentpage').scrollspy({
min: $('#paymentpage').offset().top,
onEnter: function(element, position) {
$("#paymentpage_link").addClass('underlined');
},
onLeave: function(element, position) {
$("#paymentpage_link").removeClass('underlined');
}
});
});
</script>
Here is the related markup:
<div class="pull-right interlinks">
Tenants & Property Owners
Payment Options
Personalised Payment Page
</div>
<div id="tenantsandowners">
<div class="container">
<center><h2>Tenants and Property Owners</h2></center>
<br>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<img style="margin-bottom:-30px;" src="/assets/img/businessman.jpg" width="100%" />
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<br>
<ul class="lead fa-ul">
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Pay and receive your Rent and Maintenance charges</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Instant or Schedule Payment</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Multiple Payment options with different currencies</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Pay from around the world</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Have fastest settlements</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> All in single account</li>
</ul>
GET STARTED NOW
</div>
</div>
<br><br>
</div>
</div>
<div id="payment">
<div class="container">
<center><h2>Payment Options</h2></center>
<br>
<div class="row" id="">
<div class="col-md-7">
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<ul class="fa-ul lead pull-right">
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Domestic & International Payment Option</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Highly Secured Environment</li>
<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;"><i class="fa-li fa fa-check"></i> Multiple Payment Gateways</li>
</ul>
<br>
<span class="well lead hidden-xs hidden-sm pull-right" style="color:black;">
Credit Card / Debit Card / Net Banking / PayPal
</span>
<span class="well hidden-lg hidden-md pull-right" style="color:black;">
Credit Card / Debit Card / Net Banking / PayPal
</span>
</div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<div class="text-center">
<img class="paymentimage" src="assets/img/visa.png" /><br>
<img class="paymentimage" src="assets/img/mastercard.png" /><br>
<img class="paymentimage" src="assets/img/maestro.png" /><br>
<img class="paymentimage" src="assets/img/amex.png" /><br>
<img class="paymentimage" src="assets/img/paypal.png" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="paymentpage">
<div class="container">
<center><h2>Personalised Payment Page</h2></center>
<br>
<div class="row" id="">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<center>
<img src="/assets/img/iphone.png" />
</center>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<br>
<p class="lead">Create in 2 Minutes</p>
<p class="lead">Property Owners, Builders, Owners Associations<br>can create your own payment collection page to<br>receive the rent and maintenance charges.</p>
<br>
<p class="lead">Use your own Logo, Company Name and make<br> your personalised one stop instant payment page<br>with multiple payment gateways. Full Benefits</p>
<div style="position: absolute; text-align:center;">
CREATE YOURS NOW<br>
<b style="color: #388e3c;">(FREE - LIMITED PERIOD)</b>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
How do I solve this?

I think your issue is due to using multiple scrollspy instances.
None of the examples on the authors website seem to use multiple instances and I've seen issues like this before.
I solved the problem by using only one instance of scrollspy and changing the script to be mostly dynamic.
Here is a fiddle - I included the jquery-scroll plugin directly on the page so your JavaScript code starts from line: 100 (I also left in some comments so you can play around with it):
http://jsfiddle.net/16m79c35/
(Fiddle with padding: http://jsfiddle.net/7q26hptu/)
(Fiddle with padding and a fixed header: http://jsfiddle.net/05akLpj6/)
I used this example on the authors website and edited it to suit your needs.
Let me know if this solves your problem :)
Note: This script can decoupled further from your content by replacing the static ID selectors on line: 106 $('#tenantsandowners, #payment, #paymentpage') with a class of say $('.scrollspy') and adding this class to the previously mentioned div elements alongside their IDs. I haven't tested it but it should work fine.

Aligning multiple div boxes horizontally and vertically

I'm using https://almsaeedstudio.com/preview theme which gives some brilliant boxes layout and social widget boxes layout which I want to use in my project.
Refer to simple box screenshot
and social widget box
.
I'm trying to arrange multiple simple boxes horizontally where each of the simple box can contain multiple social widget boxes.
Refer to this screenshot for more clarity:
.
I tried playing with the exiting simple boxes and social widget boxes code and come up with this snippet.
I have created this plunker, somehow css is not getting loaded properly.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div style="overflow:auto;">
<div class="" style="width:2050px;">
<div class="box" style="display:inline-block;width:1000px;">
<div class="box-header with-border">
<h3 class="box-title">Monthly Recap Report</h3>
<div class="box-tools pull-right">
<button class="btn btn-box-tool" data-widget="collapse"><i class="fa fa-minus"></i>
</button>
<div class="btn-group">
<button class="btn btn-box-tool dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-wrench"></i>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Action
</li>
<li>Another action
</li>
<li>Something else here
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<button class="btn btn-box-tool" data-widget="remove"><i class="fa fa-times"></i>
</button>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.box-header -->
<div class="box-body" style="display: block;">
<div class="">
<div class="box box-widget collapsed-box">
<hr>
<div class="box-header with-border">
<div class="user-block">
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad"><span class="username">Jonathan Burke Jr.</span><span class="description">7:30 PM Today</span>
</div>
<!-- /.user-block-->
<div class="box-tools">
<button data-widget="collapse" class="btn btn-box-tool"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i>
</button>
</div>
<!-- /.box-tools-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-header-->
<div class="box-body" style="display: block;">
<p>I took this photo this morning. What do you guys think?</p>
<button class="btn btn-default btn-xs"><i class="fa fa-thumbs-o-up"></i> Like</button><span class="pull-right text-muted">127 likes - 3 comments</span>
</div>
<!-- /.box-body-->
<div class="box-footer box-comments" style="display: block;">
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Maria Gonzales<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img class="img-responsive img-circle img-sm" src="../dist/img/user4-128x128.jpg" alt="alt text">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Luna Stark<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
<div class="box-footer" style="display: block;">
<form>
<img class="img-responsive img-circle img-sm" src="../dist/img/user4-128x128.jpg" alt="alt text">
<div class="img-push">
<input type="text" placeholder="Press enter to post comment" class="form-control input-sm">
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
</div>
<div class="box box-widget collapsed-box">
<hr>
<div class="box-header with-border">
<div class="user-block">
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad"><span class="username">Jonathan Burke Jr.</span><span class="description">7:30 PM Today</span>
</div>
<!-- /.user-block-->
<div class="box-tools">
<button data-widget="collapse" class="btn btn-box-tool"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i>
</button>
</div>
<!-- /.box-tools-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-header-->
<div class="box-body" style="display: block;">
<p>I took this photo this morning. What do you guys think?</p>
<button class="btn btn-default btn-xs"><i class="fa fa-thumbs-o-up"></i> Like</button><span class="pull-right text-muted">127 likes - 3 comments</span>
</div>
<!-- /.box-body-->
<div class="box-footer box-comments" style="display: block;">
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Maria Gonzales<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img class="img-responsive img-circle img-sm" src="../dist/img/user4-128x128.jpg" alt="alt text">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Luna Stark<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
<div class="box-footer" style="display: block;">
<form>
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad">
<div class="img-push">
<input type="text" placeholder="Press enter to post comment" class="form-control input-sm">
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.row -->
</div>
<!-- ./box-body -->
<div class="box-footer" style="display: block;">
<!-- /.row -->
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer -->
</div>
<!-- /.box -->
<div class="box" style="display:inline-block;width:1000px;">
<div class="box-header with-border">
<h3 class="box-title">Monthly Recap Report</h3>
<div class="box-tools pull-right">
<button class="btn btn-box-tool" data-widget="collapse"><i class="fa fa-minus"></i>
</button>
<div class="btn-group">
<button class="btn btn-box-tool dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-wrench"></i>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Action
</li>
<li>Another action
</li>
<li>Something else here
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<button class="btn btn-box-tool" data-widget="remove"><i class="fa fa-times"></i>
</button>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.box-header -->
<div class="box-body" style="display: block;">
<div class="">
<div class="box box-widget collapsed-box">
<hr>
<div class="box-header with-border">
<div class="user-block">
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad"><span class="username">Jonathan Burke Jr.</span><span class="description">7:30 PM Today</span>
</div>
<!-- /.user-block-->
<div class="box-tools">
<button data-widget="collapse" class="btn btn-box-tool"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i>
</button>
</div>
<!-- /.box-tools-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-header-->
<div class="box-body" style="display: block;">
<p>I took this photo this morning. What do you guys think?</p>
<button class="btn btn-default btn-xs"><i class="fa fa-thumbs-o-up"></i> Like</button><span class="pull-right text-muted">127 likes - 3 comments</span>
</div>
<!-- /.box-body-->
<div class="box-footer box-comments" style="display: block;">
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img class="img-responsive img-circle img-sm" src="../dist/img/user4-128x128.jpg" alt="alt text">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Maria Gonzales<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img src="../dist/img/user4-128x128.jpg" alt="user image" class="img-circle img-sm">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Luna Stark<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
<div class="box-footer" style="display: block;">
<form>
<img class="img-responsive img-circle img-sm" src="../dist/img/user4-128x128.jpg" alt="alt text">
<div class="img-push">
<input type="text" placeholder="Press enter to post comment" class="form-control input-sm">
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
</div>
<div class="box box-widget collapsed-box">
<hr>
<div class="box-header with-border">
<div class="user-block">
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad"><span class="username">Jonathan Burke Jr.</span><span class="description">7:30 PM Today</span>
</div>
<!-- /.user-block-->
<div class="box-tools">
<button data-widget="collapse" class="btn btn-box-tool"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i>
</button>
</div>
<!-- /.box-tools-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-header-->
<div class="box-body" style="display: block;">
<p>I took this photo this morning. What do you guys think?</p>
<button class="btn btn-default btn-xs"><i class="fa fa-thumbs-o-up"></i> Like</button><span class="pull-right text-muted">127 likes - 3 comments</span>
</div>
<!-- /.box-body-->
<div class="box-footer box-comments" style="display: block;">
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Maria Gonzales<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
<div class="box-comment">
<!-- User image-->
<img src="../dist/img/user4-128x128.jpg" alt="user image" class="img-circle img-sm">
<div class="comment-text"><span class="username">Luna Stark<span class="text-muted pull-right">8:03 PM Today</span></span>
<!-- /.username-->It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout.
</div>
<!-- /.comment-text-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-comment-->
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
<div class="box-footer" style="display: block;">
<form>
<img src="../dist/img/photo2.png" alt="Photo" class="img-responsive pad">
<div class="img-push">
<input type="text" placeholder="Press enter to post comment" class="form-control input-sm">
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer-->
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.row -->
</div>
<!-- ./box-body -->
<div class="box-footer" style="display: block;">
<!-- /.row -->
</div>
<!-- /.box-footer -->
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.col -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
http://plnkr.co/edit/slpJLIRVGfMSC8JWG1bT?p=preview
But its not working. Can anyone please help me how to accomplish this ?
P.S.: I have searched on internet and found similar threads but none is working for me.
Horizontally align div without float
I'm still a beginner in CSS and would really appreciate if I can get some help here. I'm breaking my head on this for a long time.
Update
I think it makes sense to clearly write out the actual issues and try to solve them one by one.
Horizontal boxes are not aligned on the same row if the inner social widget box is collapsed/expanded. How can I ensure the height of the horizontal box is fixed irrespective of the inner social widget box height ? Refer to screenshot for same.
There are some answers which mention the use of display: float:left; but my issue is the variable width which actually ensures all horizontal boxes on the same row.
<div class="" style="width:2050px;">
How do I ensure the width:2050px; to increase dynamically as I will be adding inner boxes on fly. P.S.: I'm using angularjs for ui. Is there any CSS trick which is independent of the width:2050px; That way there will be no dependency on the total width calculation.
How to fix the height of inner social widget box ? The inner social widget box overflows the actual horizontol container. how can I fix this ?
Sharing an image of what actually I'm trying to accomplish. .
In short I want to accomplish point 4 with this theme's existing boxes and social widget boxes. If there is any other better way of doing this, please share the same.
In case anything is not clear, please feel free to mention it in comment. I'll update the question accordingly.
Thanks
Update 2:
I think same height columns is what making this problem more complicated. What I can do is having a scroll bar inside horizontol box which can have multiple social widgets boxes. That way we can have a fixed height for each of the horizontol column.
Update 3:
While zer00ne# has provided one solution which is based on Flex. I have read on some forums that it doesn;t work on all browsers. Since my web-page is going to be mobile friendly, I;m more inclined towards achieving my desired results using general CSS techniques.
In path of achieving my result, I created following version http://plnkr.co/edit/awVmJWJo0AdrQvdbXG2y?p=preview using this SO thread. Following is screenshot of same:
Now I'm facing one issue of text getting out of inner social widget box. I need some help on this thing.
In addition to that, can people take a review of these if this solution is any better or not ?
Thanks

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FLEXBOX SOLUTION<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Here is the REAL SOLUTION to the ORIGINAL QUESTION if anyone is actually interested.
dark_shadow:
While zer00ne# has provided one solution which is based on Flex.
Problem resolved see my demos below, it speaks for itself. I have no idea why starikovs is getting upvotes at all when there is clearly no solution provided.
I had to recreate the page because the extra classless <div>s you placed inside the markup was confusing. The significant change was adding flexbox to the layout. I used two flexbox containers, one that controlled the two columns .flexRow and another inside of each column to control the widgetboxes, .flexCol. Those classless <div>s are combined into a <section class="colWrap" I added intrinsic measurements so that your layout isn't stuck at a fixed width of 2050px, you'll still need to adjust both .box to an intrinsic measurement, 1000px fixed is going to give grief in the future. The changes will be annotated when I get back. Unless of course this isn't what you wanted?
LAST to the LAST UPDATE
>>>>>>>>>>PLUNKER<<<<<<<<<<
EDIT
Just add a fixed height to .colWrap, suggest 100vh to 150vh
I checked out the height of both columns and they are in fact identical down to the decimal. See the screenshots:
Column 1
Column 2
OLD
You just need everything aligned, correct? Ok, look here please: http://embed.plnkr.co/MRI69qLoTkiL9F68g54M/preview
I added this to the <head>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<base href="https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/">
<link href="https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="https://code.ionicframework.com/ionicons/2.0.1/css/ionicons.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
UPDATE
Added the script as well. It's located before the closing </body> tag.
<script src="plugins/jQuery/jQuery-2.1.4.min.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap 3.3.5 -->
<script src="bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<!-- FastClick -->
<script src="plugins/fastclick/fastclick.min.js"></script>
<!-- AdminLTE App -->
<script src="dist/js/app.min.js"></script>
<!-- Sparkline -->
<script src="plugins/sparkline/jquery.sparkline.min.js"></script>
<!-- jvectormap -->
<script src="plugins/jvectormap/jquery-jvectormap-1.2.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="plugins/jvectormap/jquery-jvectormap-world-mill-en.js"></script>
<!-- SlimScroll 1.3.0 -->
<script src="plugins/slimScroll/jquery.slimscroll.min.js"></script>
<!-- ChartJS 1.0.1 -->
<script src="plugins/chartjs/Chart.min.js"></script>
<!-- AdminLTE dashboard demo (This is only for demo purposes) -->
<script src="dist/js/pages/dashboard2.js"></script>
<!-- AdminLTE for demo purposes -->
<script src="dist/js/demo.js"></script>
You probably don't need all of them, but the essential ones are:
bootstrap.min.css
font-awesome.min.css
jQuery-2.1.4.min.js
bootstrap.min.js
app.min.js
jquery.slimscroll.min.js
There's a lot of relative URLs (ex. ../dist/img/photo2.png), so I added the following to the top of the <head>:
<base href="https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/">
The majority of these external files are located at that base url. If the download package didn't properly provide adequate assets, I always go to the source of the site's demo. Frequently the developer(s) neglect the differences between the dist and the demo.
UPDATE
As I understand the problem is that the layout needs to be properly aligned with widgetboxes or in the absence of widgetboxes. I don't think using display:none on widgetboxes is the way this template was designed. Consider the following annotated excerpts from the file, app.min.js
Excerpts from the AdminLTE script, app.min.js
Notes at the bottom.
/*! AdminLTE app.js
* ================
* Main JS application file for AdminLTE v2. This file
* should be included in all pages. It controls some layout
* options and implements exclusive AdminLTE plugins.ᵃ
*
/*...*/†
$.AdminLTE.boxWidget = {
selectors: $.AdminLTE.options.boxWidgetOptions.boxWidgetSelectors,
icons: $.AdminLTE.options.boxWidgetOptions.boxWidgetIcons,
animationSpeed: $.AdminLTE.options.animationSpeed,
activate: function (a) {
var b = this;
a || (a = document), $(a).on("click", b.selectors.collapse,
function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), b.collapse($(this))
}), $(a).on("click", b.selectors.remove, function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), b.remove($(this))
})
},
ᵇcollapse: function (a) {
var b = this,
c = a.parents(".box").first(),
d = c.find(
"> .box-body, > .box-footer, > form >.box-body, > form > .box-footer"
);
c.hasClass("collapsed-box") ? (a.children(":first").removeClass(
b.icons.open).addClass(b.icons.collapse), d.slideDown(
b.animationSpeed,
function () {
c.removeClass("collapsed-box")
})) : (a.children(":first").removeClass(b.icons.collapse)
.addClass(b.icons.open), d.slideUp(b.animationSpeed,
function () {
c.addClass("collapsed-box")
}))
},
ᶜ remove: function (a) {
var b = a.parents(".box").first();
b.slideUp(this.animationSpeed)
}
}
}
if("undefined" == typeof jQuery) throw new Error(
"AdminLTE requires jQuery");
/*...*/†
ᵈ function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.boxRefresh = function (b) {
function c(a) {
a.append(f), e.onLoadStart.call(a)
}
function d(a) {
a.find(f).remove(), e.onLoadDone.call(a)
}
var e = a.extend({
trigger: ".refresh-btn",
source: "",
onLoadStart: function (a) {
return a
},
onLoadDone: function (a) {
return a
}
}, b),
f = a(
'<div class="overlay"><div class="fa fa-refresh fa-spin"></div></div>'
);
return this.each(function () {
if("" === e.source) return void(window.console &&
window.console.log(
"Please specify a source first - boxRefresh()")
);
var b = a(this),
f = b.find(e.trigger).first();
f.on("click", function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), c(b), b.find(".box-body").load(
e.source,
function () {
d(b)
})
})
})
}
}(jQuery),
function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.activateBox = function () {
a.AdminLTE.boxWidget.activate(this)
}
}(jQuery) function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.boxRefresh = function (b) {
function c(a) {
a.append(f), e.onLoadStart.call(a)
}
function d(a) {
a.find(f).remove(), e.onLoadDone.call(a)
}
var e = a.extend({
trigger: ".refresh-btn",
source: "",
onLoadStart: function (a) {
return a
},
onLoadDone: function (a) {
return a
}
}, b),
f = a(
'<div class="overlay"><div class="fa fa-refresh fa-spin"></div></div>'
);
return this.each(function () {
if("" === e.source) return void(window.console &&
window.console.log(
"Please specify a source first - boxRefresh()")
);
var b = a(this),
f = b.find(e.trigger).first();
f.on("click", function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), c(b), b.find(".box-body").load(
e.source,
function () {
d(b)
})
})
})
}
}(jQuery),
function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.activateBox = function () {
a.AdminLTE.boxWidget.activate(this)
}
}(jQuery)
† This code is skipped over
ᵃ The developer implies that this app is not a complete solution but a complete solution is available to buy.
ᵇ The boxwidgets collapse and height should adjust accordingly.
ᶜ The boxwidgets can be removed and height should be adjusted accordingly.
ᵈ The function boxRefresh() is a public method I believe. It could be used after an addition or subtraction of a widget I suppose.
I'm not the best at interpreting third party plugins, so any extra observations and/or corrections are welcome.
LAST UPDATE
I got it so when any section is collapsed, they will slide up rather than down. As for the 2 main columns, they behave as they should and if the first column is actually removed, then the second column will take the first column's place.

The new way of aligning is to use flexbox. Here's a simple example to show the power:
HTML:
<div class="wrapper">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
CSS:
.wrapper {
display: flex;
}
Now your divs inside .wrapper are aligned in a row.
BTW, you can use Autoprefixer to get the right browser prefixes.
Flexbox is supported by all the major browsers: http://caniuse.com/#search=flexbox (with prefixes)
With flexbox you can align items as you want simply, aligning them vertically in the center, horizontally in the center, etc.

You can use display: flex, read more: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/
P.S. But you need use prefixes for old browsers

You could use float to position the boxes horizontally. I forked your Plunker and changed the .box from display: inline-block; to float: left;: http://plnkr.co/edit/Woo31pPiHi4HcvXZ9NXE?p=preview

After reading your question and looking over the comments I see the theme you are using has (or you have added) twitter bootstrap. I am not sure why you wouldn't use its grid system based on the layout you are trying to achieve. Looking at the theme link you provided I see this layout which contains 4 horizontally aligned widgets which should be more than enough for what you are trying to achieve.
<section class="content">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
<!-- Column 1, example widget code below -->
<div class="info-box">
<span class="info-box-icon bg-aqua"><i class="fa fa-envelope-o"></i></span>
<div class="info-box-content">
<span class="info-box-text">Messages</span>
<span class="info-box-number">1,410</span>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Next widget underneath would go here -->
</div>
<div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
<!-- Column 2, add widgets in here -->
</div>
<div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
<!-- Column 3, add widgets in here -->
</div>
<div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
<!-- Column 4, add widgets in here -->
</div>
</div>
</section>
If I am misunderstanding the question please let me know. Hope that helps.
EDIT #2 - Added some CSS and Fiddle link
Based on your feedback here is how I would handle the multiple columns
CSS
.cust-table {
display: table;
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
}
.cust-tr {
display: table-row;
}
.cust-td {
border-collapse: collapse;
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: top;
background: pink;
border: 1px solid gray;
min-width: 100px;
}
HTML
<div class="cust-table">
<div class="cust-tr">
<div class="cust-td">
<!-- Column 1, example widget code below -->
<div class="info-box">
<span class="info-box-icon bg-aqua"><i class="fa fa-envelope-o"></i></span>
<div class="info-box-content">
<span class="info-box-text">Messages</span>
<span class="info-box-number">1,410</span>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Next widget underneath would go here -->
</div>
<div class="cust-td">
<p>Its all bang bang bloddy bang to me!</p>
</div>
<div class="cust-td">
<p>This is another column with text just for fun</p>
</div>
<div class="cust-td">
<p>This is another column with more excitement then the last column. Dont believe me?</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
This way if you end up with 20 columns they would all show horizontally. Depending on how wide you want them to show you could use min-width so they wouldn't end up too squished. Here is a JS.Fiddle link if you want to play around with the layout.