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How to have a non-rectangular div?


With HTML/CSS, how to create a non-rectangular red container like this:

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which is basically a "rectangle avoiding a top right rectangle":

Is there another solution than having float: right; for the top right blue container?

Reason: I'm looking for other methods than float: right because of an Electron bug that prevent clicks to be caught correctly on the top right blue container, when the red container is a "draggable" title bar for an app window.

The following snippet works perfectly, but I'm looking for another solution without float: right:

for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++)
document.getElementById("topleft").innerHTML += "<button>xyz" + i + "</button>";
* { margin: 0; }
#topright { float: right; width: 100px; background-color: blue; -webkit-app-region: no-drag; }
#topright:hover { background-color: black; }
#topleft { background-color: red; -webkit-app-region: drag; padding: 10px; }
<div id="topright" onclick="alert();">Click here!</div>
<div id="topleft"></div>


Solution

  • finally! it took a little doing but I believe this should do it.

    function myFunction2(){
    alert('i was clicked')
    }
    
    
    
    function myFunction(){
    
       for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++){
          let x = 'a0' + i      
          let id = 'a' + (x).slice(-2)
           
           document.getElementById(id).innerHTML = 'xyz' +i;
          
       }
    
    
    
       var end = 0;
       var count = 0;
       var left =[];
    
       for (let i = 0; i < 25;i++){
          let y = 30 + i*20;
         
          let temp = document.elementFromPoint(18, y); 
           
          if (document.elementFromPoint(18, y)==null)return; 
          if (temp.tagName != 'SPAN')break;
          
       
          let inner = temp.innerHTML;
          let inArray = inner.split('z')
          var start = parseInt(inArray[1]);
          left.push(start)
        }  
        left[left.length-1] = 50
     
        for (var i = 0;i  < left.length;i++){
     
           for(let j = left[i]; j >= end; j--){
              let x = 'a0' + j      
              let id = 'a' + (x).slice(-2)
          
              if (document.getElementById(id) != null)
              document.getElementById(id).innerHTML = 'xyz' + count;
              count++;
              
          
           }
          end = left[i]+1
       
       
        }
    
     } window.addEventListener('resize', myFunction);
    div{
    margin:0;padding:0;
    }
    
    
    #better{
    margin-top:20px;
    display:block;
    background:green;
    
    width:100%;
    position:relative;
    padding:10px;
    }
    
    #abs{
    display:inline-flex;
    justify-content:center;
    position:absolute;
    background:blue;
    height:30px;
    width:100px;
    top:0%;
    right:0%;
    }
    
    span{
    background:white;
    border:solid 1px grey;
    display:inline-block;
    font-size:16px;
    }
    
    #fx{
    display:flex;
    flex-flow: row-reverse wrap;
    justify-content:flex-end;
    }
    
    #x{
    width:100px;
    visibility:hidden;
    }
    <html>
    <body >
    <div id='better' >
    <div id='fx'>
    <span id='x'></span>
    
    <span id='a00'>xyz0</span><span id='a01'>xyz1</span><span id='a02'>xyz2</span><span id='a03'>xyz3</span><span id='a04'>xyz4</span><span id='a05'>xyz5</span><span id='a06'>xyz6</span><span id='a07'>xyz7</span><span id='a08'>xyz8</span><span id='a09'>xyz9</span><span id='a10'>xyz10</span><span id='a11'>xyz11</span>
    
    <span id='a12'>xyz12</span><span id='a13'>xyz13</span><span id='a14'>xyz14</span><span id='a15'>xyz15</span><span id='a16'>xyz16</span><span id='a17'>xyz17</span><span id='a18'>xyz18</span><span id='a19'>xyz19</span><span id='a20'>xyz20</span><span id='a21'>xyz21</span><span id='a22'>xyz22</span><span id='a23'>xyz23</span>
    
    <span id='a24'>xyz24</span><span id='a25'>xyz25</span><span id='a26'>xyz26</span><span id='a27'>xyz27</span><span id='a28'>xyz28</span><span id='a29'>xyz29</span><span id='a30'>xyz30</span><span id='a31'>xyz31</span><span id='a32'>xyz32</span><span id='a33'>xyz33</span><span id='a34'>xyz34</span><span id='a35'>xyz35</span>
    
    <span id='a36'>xyz36</span><span id='a37'>xyz37</span><span id='a38'>xyz38</span><span id='a39'>xyz39</span><span id='a40'>xyz40</span><span id='a41'>xyz41</span><span id='a42'>xyz42</span><span id='a43'>xyz43</span><span id='a44'>xyz44</span><span id='a45'>xyz45</span><span id='a46'>xyz46</span><span id='a47'>xyz47</span>
    
    <span id='a48'>xyz48</span><span id='a49'>xyz49</span><span id='a50'>xyz50</span>
    </div>
    <div id='abs'>
    <button type='button' onclick='myFunction2()'>Click me!</button>
    </div>
    </div>
    </body>
    </html>