Irregular bootstrap column wrapping
HtmlCssRuby on-RailsRubyTwitter BootstrapHtml Problem Overview
Running Rails 4.1.4 with the latest releases of haml, haml-rails, sass, and bootstrap-sass. For a user display, my HAML is as such:
.tutors-listing
.row
- @users.each do |tutor|
.col-xs-12.col-md-3
.row.tutor
.col-xs-offset-1.col-xs-4.col-md-12
= image_tag tutor.photo, :class => 'img-responsive img-circle tutor-photo'
%h4.tutor-name
= tutor.first_name
%p
teaches
%strong.tutor-skills
= tutor.teachables
However, this markup results in the following glitch:
I'm hoping somenone can devine what's wrong here. At the medium breakpoint, there should be 4 columns evenly.
Html Solutions
Solution 1 - Html
This is caused by skills with 2 lines of text or more. It's a well-known bug when using float
property. Here is a little picture to understand :
Option #1 : Force the height
Your first option is to force elements to have the same height :
.tutor {
height: 500px;
}
- [Pro] Simple and work everywhere
- [Con] Use a magic number
- [Con] Limit the number of lines in skills
- [Con] Useless whitespaces on modile version
Option #2 : Use a clearfix
Your second option is to use a clearfix, and force the 5th element to be on a new line (same for the 9th, the 13th...) :
.tutors-listing > .row > .col-md-3:nth-child(4n+1) {
clear: both;
}
- [Pro] Doesn't limit the number of lines in skills
- [Pro] No useless whitespaces
- [Pro] No magic number
- [Con] One CSS rule per size (
xs/sm/md/lg
) - [Con] The rule depends of your grid (
.col-xx-3
)
Solution 2 - Html
In my case I wanted to show 3 items per row on large screens, 2 on medium screens, and 1 on smaller screens.
You may also uncomment the background colors to verify when the effect is triggering.
http://www.bootply.com/QOor73wFAY#
/* fixes for columns wrapping in odd ways due to variable height */
/* when showing 2 items per row, clear #1, 3, 5 */
@media (min-width: $screen-sm-min){
.cell-box:nth-child(2n+1){
clear: both;
/* background-color: rgba(0, 0, 255, .5); /* blue */
}
}
/* when showing 3 items per row, clear #1, 4, 7 */
@media (min-width: $screen-md-min){
.cell-box:nth-child(2n+1){
clear: none;
}
.cell-box:nth-child(3n+1){
clear: both;
/* background-color: rgba(0, 255, 0, .5); /* green */
}
}
Solution 3 - Html
Sometimes, I run into this issue as well. I recommend trying to overwrite any padding or margin that you do NOT need. Try changing the margin to 0 first. Then remove some of the padding. That has helped in some of my cases.
Solution 4 - Html
By the looks of it you are rendering all of the columns in a single row. You need to change it so that it starts a new row every 4 columns i.e. (in plain old erb)
<% @users.each_slice(4).to_a.each do |chunk| %>
<div class="row">
<% chunk.each do |tutors| %>
<div class="col-sm-3">
...
</div>
<% end %>
</div>
<% end %>
You might not need the to_a on the first loop