Content within div elements in Hypertext Markup Language

I am in the process of creating a website to showcase my skills as a pianist. I am sticking to using only HTML and CSS for now, as I have yet to explore JavaScript or Flash. It's all still very new to me since I just started learning HTML two days ago.

Here's the idea: I thought it would be fun to incorporate a set of piano keys at the top of the site to function as a navigation panel. Currently, they are simply linked to Google.

Now, I have a couple of questions:

  • How can I elegantly insert text into the divs (keys) without causing them to shift positions?
    I'm struggling with this - the key keeps dropping down inexplicably.

  • Am I missing a simpler approach to positioning each key individually?
    I attempted grouping them together, considering C & F are essentially the same keys, and likewise with Csharp & Fsharp, but ultimately decided against it for better management of each key separately.

Any additional advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.

This is what the index file currently looks like:

<html>
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css">
    <title>Thijs Waleson, Pianist in Utrecht and Surrounding Areas</title>
</head>

<body>
...

And this is the snippet from the CSS stylesheet:

.white-key {
...
}

.black-key {
...
}

.footer {
...
}

a div:hover {
...
}

/* Positioning of the piano keys */
#C {
...
}
...

Answer №1

It may not be ideal to have fixed pixel positions for your divs. I recommend checking out CSS positioning tutorials such as this one for a more effective approach.

Answer №2

Big shoutout to Stefan Denchev for sharing this solution!

Check out the HTML code below:

<body>
<div id="menu">
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="C">C</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key black"ID="Csharp">C#</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="D">D</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key black"ID="Dsharp">D#</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white nosharp"ID="E">E</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="F">F</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key black"ID="Fsharp">F#</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="G">G</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key black"ID="Gsharp">G#</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="A">A</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key black"ID="Asharp">A#</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white nosharp"ID="B">B</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="C"></div>C</a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key black"ID="Csharp">C#</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="D">D</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key black"ID="Dsharp">D#</div></a>
<a href="www.google.com"><div class="key white"ID="E">E</div></a>
<div class="footer"></div>
</div>
</body>

Also, here is the accompanying CSS code:

.key{
float: left;
border-radius: 5px;
border: 3px solid black;
position: relative;
text-align:center;}

.white{
background: #FFFFFF;
height: 575px;
width: 100px;
z-index: 1;
margin-left: -66px;
left:66px;}

.black{
background-color: #000000;
height:375px;
width: 60px;
z-index: 2;
left:33px;}

.nosharp{
margin-right: 66px;}

body{
width: 1100px;}

.footer{
background-color: #000000;
height: 3px;
width: auto;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;}

a div:hover{
background-color: grey;}

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