Issues with the presentation of HTML DIV elements

I am puzzled by a situation where my HTML layout to present financial data does not seem to update properly in certain browsers. Despite using jQuery and inspecting it with Firebug, the visual display of the parent divs remains unaltered. This issue becomes more evident when viewed in a web browser.

For styling, I have incorporated the Bluetrip CSS framework.

Below is the HTML code snippet:

<!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">
<head>
<title>test</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="screen.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />
<!--[if IE]>
            <link rel="stylesheet" href="ie.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="test.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />
<link href="jquery.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script>
  $(function() {
    $('#txn-41').css("background-color", 'yellow')
  });
</script>
</head>

<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="main span-19">
  <div class="span-19 push-1">
    <h2>Recently added</h2>

    <div id="transaction-list">
      <div id="transactions">
        <div class="header">
          <div class="cell span-3">
            date
          </div>

          <div class="cell span-3">
            w/d
          </div>

          <div class="cell span-3">
            deposit
          </div>

          <div class="cell span-3">
            category
          </div>

          <div class="cell span-3">
            user
          </div>

          <div class="cell span-3">
            account
          </div>
        </div>

        <div id="txn-41">
          <div class="cell date" title="Monday September 21, 2009">
            2009-09-29
          </div>

          <div class="cell wd">
            $2,233.00
          </div>

          <div class="cell deposit">
            &nbsp;
          </div>

          <div class="cell category">
            Entertainment
          </div>

          <div class="cell user">
            Tim
          </div>

          <div class="cell account">
            Checking
          </div>

        </div>

        <div id="edit-txn-41" style="display: none; clear: both;"></div>

        <div id="txn-40">
          <div class="cell date" title="Monday September 21, 2009">
            2009-09-29
          </div>

          <div class="cell wd">
            $5,555.00
          </div>

          <div class="cell deposit">
            &nbsp;
          </div>

          <div class="cell category">
            Groceries
          </div>

          <div class="cell user">
            Tim
          </div>

          <div class="cell account">
            Checking
          </div>

        </div>

        <div id="edit-txn-40" style="display: none; clear: both;"></div>

        <div id="txn-39">
          <div class="cell date" title="Monday September 21, 2009">
            2009-09-29
          </div>

          <div class="cell wd">
            $5,555.00
          </div>

          <div class="cell deposit">
            &nbsp;
          </div>

          <div class="cell category">
            Groceries
          </div>

          <div class="cell user">
            Tim
          </div>

          <div class="cell account">
            Checking
          </div>

        </div>

        <div id="edit-txn-39" style="display: none; clear: both;"></div>

        <div id="txn-38">
          <div class="cell date" title="Monday September 21, 2009">
            2009-09-29
          </div>

          <div class="cell wd">
            $123.00
          </div>

          <div class="cell deposit">
            &nbsp;
          </div>

          <div class="cell category">
            Groceries
          </div>

          <div class="cell user">
            Tim
          </div>

          <div class="cell account">
            Checking
          </div>
        </div>

        <div id="edit-txn-38" style="display: none; clear: both;"></div>

        <div id="txn-37">
          <div class="cell date" title="Monday September 21, 2009">
            2009-09-29
          </div>

          <div class="cell wd">
            $223.00
          </div>

          <div class="cell deposit">
            &nbsp;
          </div>

          <div class="cell category">
            Entertainment
          </div>

          <div class="cell user">
            Tim
          </div>

          <div class="cell account">
            Savings
          </div>

        </div>

        <div id="edit-txn-37" style="display: none; clear: both;"></div>

        <div id="txn-36">
          <div class="cell date" title="Monday September 21, 2009">
            2009-09-29
          </div>

          <div class="cell wd">
            $998.00
          </div>

          <div class="cell deposit">
            &nbsp;
          </div>

          <div class="cell category">
            Entertainment
          </div>

          <div class="cell user">
            Tim
          </div>

          <div class="cell account">
            Savings
          </div>

        </div>

        <div id="edit-txn-36" style="display: none; clear: both;"></div>

        <div id="txn-34">
          <div class="cell date" title="Monday September 21, 2009">
            2009-09-29
          </div>

          <div class="cell wd">
            $20.00
          </div>

          <div class="cell deposit">
            &nbsp;
          </div>

          <div class="cell category">
            Groceries
          </div>

          <div class="cell user">
            Tim
          </div>

          <div class="cell account">
            Checking
          </div>

        </div>

        <div id="edit-txn-34" style="display: none; clear: both;"></div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="sidebar span-5 last"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

This is the accompanying CSS stylesheet:

    /* @override http://localhost:3000/stylesheets/dough.css */

    body {
        background-color: #E5E5E5;
    }

    .main, .sidebar {
        background-color: white;
        padding-top: 8px;
    }

    .clear {
        clear: both;
    }

    .txn {
        clear: both;
    }

    .cell {
        float:left;
        margin-right: 10px;
        font-size: 14px;
    }

    .cell.date {
        width: 110px;
    }

    .cell.wd {
        width: 110px;
        text-align: right;
    }

    .cell.deposit {
        width: 110px;
        text-align: right;
    }

    .cell.category {
        width: 110px;
    }

    .cell.user {
        width: 110px;
    }

    .cell.account {
        width: 110px;
    }

An interesting observation one can make using Firebug or Safari's inspect element feature is that while the jQuery manipulation successfully alters the #txn-41 div's style properties, these changes are not reflecting in the actual browser rendering.

What could be causing the #txn-41 div to remain invisible even though its contents are visible? I am struggling to apply effects to the parent container!

Your help regarding this matter would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

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Answer №1

One possible reason for this issue could be that all child divs are floated within the container. When elements are floated, they do not affect the height of their parent container (except in some cases like IE), which may result in a height of 0 for your #txn-41 div.

To resolve this problem, you can add a "clearing" div as the last child element:

<div style="clear: both"></div>

Alternatively, there are CSS techniques available to automatically clear floats by inserting content that clears them.

For a detailed explanation of this issue and how to fix it using CSS methods without additional markup, you can check out this informative article. In summary, you can include the following CSS rule for your #txn-41 div:

#txn-41:after {
    content: ".";
    display: block;
    height: 0;
    clear: both;
    visibility: hidden;
}

(or turn it into a class)

I recently came across an interesting read on this Sitepoint article, discussing various methods to solve this floating issue. Surprisingly, one simple solution mentioned is just setting overflow: auto for the outer container div. Strangely enough, this method seems to work effectively.

#txn-41 { overflow: auto; }

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