I'm trying to create the overall layout of a webapp. The app is full-screen and has a fixed header and three columns/panes. The center pane consists of two rows:
The panes should be resizable through dragging the pane edges with the mouse (see arrows in image above).
The individual panes have should have vertical scrollbars in case of overflowing content, that is, no global browser window scrollbar.
Using jQuery and jQuery UI Resizable, I've created this (partly working) JSFiddle.
HTML:
<div class="header">
Fixed header
</div>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="inner-wrapper">
<div class="left pane">Left</div>
<div class="center pane">
<div class="inner">
<div class="top">Center top</div>
<div class="bottom">Center bottom</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="right pane">Right</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.header {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
height: 20px;
background-color: moccasin;
}
.wrapper {
position:absolute;
top: 21px;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: fuchsia;
}
.inner-wrapper,
.center.pane .inner {
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.pane {
display: table-cell;
}
.left.pane {
background-color: olivedrab;
}
.center.pane {
background-color: lightblue;
}
.center.pane .inner .top,
.center.pane .inner .bottom{
display: table-row;
}
.center.pane .inner .top {
background-color: lightcoral;
}
.center.pane .inner .bottom {
background-color: orange;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.right.pane {
background-color: #999;
}
JavaScript:
$(function () {
$(".left.pane").resizable({
handles: "e, w"
});
$(".right.pane").resizable({
handles: "e, w"
});
$(".center.pane .inner .bottom").resizable({
handles: "n, s"
});
});
It has several issues, including:
- When resizing Left, Right is also resized (which it shouldn't)
- When resizing Left towards full width, Center content is hidden under Right
- When resizing Right the wrapper (Fuchsia-colored) is partly visible
- Center bottom is resized through the top of the Center top, not through it's own top
I'm aware of the jQuery Layout plugin, but as far as I can see, it doesn't offer quite the layout I'm after. Also, I want to keep it as simple as possible.
Furthermore, I have tried Methvins splitter plugin, but couldn't get it to work.
My question:
Any suggestions for how to create a layout as in the image from jQuery UI Resizable and what I have in the JSFiddle?
