I am facing a complex issue that requires attention. Let me explain the situation:
There is an unordered list consisting of list items displayed vertically with alternating background colors, all having the same width within a fixed-width div. Some list items have list item indicators while others do not. Each list item contains three floated <div>s with text content. One needs to align left and the other two need to align right within the list item. The first and right-aligned <div> require fixed widths to prevent overflow or content extending beyond the boundaries. The other two also need fixed widths due to minimal changes in content size.
Here's a simplified text example:
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| • <Some Text> <text2><text3>|
| <Some more text>...<text2><text3>|
| <other text> <text2><text3>|
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The CSS for the first item includes:
text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap;The challenge arises as floating elements in major browsers result in list items having no height, except for those with list indicators (list-style-type). Adding a clearfix div at the end causes the content to be displayed below the list indicator:
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| • |
| <Some Text> <text2><text3> |
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The issue would be resolved if the first text did not require a fixed width (as the layout currently functions), but it is necessary here.
For demonstration purposes, the following HTML illustrates the problem:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd'>
<html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' lang='en' xml:lang='en'>
<head>
<title>HTML List Problem</title>
<style type="text/css">
#container { width: 420px; }
#container ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 20px;
background: green;
}
.item { padding: 5px 0 4px 20px; }
.item-current {
list-style-type: square;
list-style-position: inside;
}
.item-even { background: yellow; }
.item-odd { background: orange; }
.text1 {
width: 200px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
white-space: nowrap;
float: left;
}
.text2, .text3 {
float: right;
width: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<ul>
<li class="item item-current item-even">
<div class="text1 item-current">
Some Text
</div>
<div class="text2">
text2
</div>
<div class="text3">
text3
</div>
</li>
<li class="item item-odd">
<div class="text1">
Some Text
</div>
<div class="text2">
text2
</div>
<div class="text3">
text3
</div>
</li>
<li class="item item-even">
<div class="text1">
Some Text
</div>
<div class="text2">
text2
</div>
<div class="text3">
text3
</div>
</li>
<li class="item item-odd">
<div class="text1">
Some Text
</div>
<div class="text2">
text2
</div>
<div class="text3">
text3
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>