I have tried looking around for this but can't seem to find a question to match my current problem. I am trying to build a mock ecommerce website to practice using React. I have a header component. I want this component to be 100% of the screen width, so that the elements inside this component shrink whenever the page shrinks. I have some global css that sets the height and width of the html and body to 100%:
html, body{
background-color: rgb(167, 72, 72);
height: 100%;
min-width: 100%;
}
I am currently facing two problems, neither of which I understand very well the causes of. When I set my header component (the outermost component) to have a width of 100%, the page shrinks correctly. But when I open up developer tools to check the responsiveness, something goes wrong so that the right side of my header is shrinking faster than the page header_shrink
I am able to fix this by setting the width of my header to "fit-content" instead of "100%". Here is what the header looks like when I shrink the page using developer tools.header_fixed But when I do it this way, the components inside of my header don't shrink correctly. For example, my search bar is supposed to decrease in width as I shrink the page, but when I use "fit-content", it just stays set to whatever size it is. search-bar-constant. When I have the width set to 100% instead of fit content, it looks the way it's supposed to search-bar-fixed.
Sorry for the long explanation, but this is the bulk of my problem. "Width: 100%" allows the items in my header component to shrink correctly, but not the component itself. And "width: fit-content" allows the outer header component to shrink correctly, but not the items inside of it.
Here is the JSX I have for reference:
import React from 'react'
import './Header.css'
import { BiSearchAlt2 as SearchIcon} from "react-icons/bi";
import {RiArrowDropDownLine as DropDownIcon} from "react-icons/ri";
import { CgProfile as Profile } from "react-icons/cg";
import { CgShoppingCart as Cart } from "react-icons/cg";
const Header = () => {
const texts = [
'ORDERS OF $5K SHIP FREE',
'FREE SHIPPING ON SELECT ITEMS: SHOP NOW',
'BUY A RIG AND YOUR ENTIRE ORDER SHIPS FREE'
];
let currentTextIndex = 0;
setInterval(() => {
const shippingDealsText = document.querySelector('.shipping-deals-text');
shippingDealsText.classList.add('out');
setTimeout(() => {
shippingDealsText.textContent = texts[currentTextIndex];
shippingDealsText.classList.remove('out');
currentTextIndex = (currentTextIndex + 1) % texts.length;
}, 1000);
}, 5000);
return (
<div className="header">
<div className="header-top">
<div className="top-logo">
<h5 className='small-logo'>LEVIATHAN</h5>
</div>
<div className="space"></div>
<div className="link-container">
<div className="link-wrap">
<a href="/" className="gift-cards">Gift Cards</a>
</div>
<div className="link-wrap">
<a href="/" className="contact-us">Contact Us</a>
</div>
<div className="link-wrap">
<a href="/" className="order-status">Order Status</a>
</div>
<div className="link-wrap">
<a href="/" className="live-chat">Live Chat</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div className="header-middle">
<div className="middle-logo">
<h5 className='big-logo'>LEVIATHAN</h5>
</div>
<div className="search-container">
<div className="search-wrapper">
<input
type="text"
id="search-bar"
placeholder="Search"
className='search'
/>
<div className="search-icon-wrapper">
<SearchIcon className='search-icon'/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div className="shipping-deals-container">
<div className="button-container">
<div className="shipping-deals-button">
<span className="deals-text">DAILY SHIPPING DEALS </span>
</div>
</div>
<div className="text-container">
<div className="text-slideshow">
<p className="shipping-deals-text">BUY A RIG AND YOUR ENTIRE ORDER SHIPS FREE</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div className="icons-right">
<Profile className='login-pic'/>
<span>Log In</span>
<Cart className='shopping-cart'/>
</div>
</div>
<div className="header-bottom">
<div className="nav-bar">
<ul className='navigation'>
<li className='menu-items'>
<a href="/" className='button drop-down red'>Shop <DropDownIcon className='drop-icon'/></a>
<a href="/" className='button'>Equipment for Crossfit</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>New Gear</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>Barbells</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>Plates</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>Rigs and Racks</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>Shoes</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>Apparel</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>3 Ships Free</a>
<a href="/" className='button'>Zeus</a>
<a href="/" className='button drop-down'>The Index</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
)
}
export default Header
Here is the styling I am currently applying:
.header {
min-width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.header-top {
background-color: white;
display: flex;
height: 2.5rem;
width: 100%;
}
.top-logo {
position: relative;
margin-left: 3rem;
}
.space {
flex-grow: 1;
}
.small-logo {
padding-top: 0.5em;
position: relative;
font-size: larger;
color: rgb(133, 133, 133)
}
.link-container {
display: flex;
/*border: 1px solid red;*/
margin-right: 3rem;
}
.link-wrap {
/*border: 1px solid green;*/
font-size: 14px;
padding-left: 1rem;
padding-top: 0.75rem;
}
.link-wrap a {
text-decoration: none;
color:#666666;
cursor: pointer;
}
/* Large section of header, black background */
.header-middle {
background-color: black;
height: 7rem;
display: flex;
}
/* Big LEVIATHAN text */
.middle-logo {
/*border: 1px solid red;*/
position: relative;
margin-left: 3rem;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
cursor: co;
}
.big-logo {
font-size: 48px;
/*padding-top: 2rem;*/
position: relative;
color: white;
}
.big-logo:hover {
color: rgb(210, 0, 0);
}
.search-container {
position: relative;
width: 40%;
display: flex;
flex-basis: 60%;
margin-left: 3rem;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
/*This is what has the appearance of the search bar*/
.search-wrapper {
min-width:100%;
height: 35%;
position: relative;
background-color: white;
display: flex;
flex-basis: 50%;
}
.search-icon-wrapper {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
width: 3rem;
}
.search-icon {
color: black;
font-size: 20px;
}
/*This is the actual search bar tucked inside*/
.search {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
border: none;
outline: none;
margin-left: 1em;
font-size: 17px;
}
.search::placeholder {
color:rgb(94, 94, 94);
}
/* This holds onto both our daily shipping deals button */
/* and our text slideshow */
.shipping-deals-container{
width: 18em;
margin-left: 2.5em;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: flex-start;
align-items: center;
/*border: 2px solid rgb(136, 77, 255);*/
}
.shipping-deals-button {
width: 65%;
height: 44%;
background-color: rgb(234, 2, 2);
position: relative;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
margin-top: 1.5em;
}
.button-container {
width: 100%;
height: 50%;
/*border: 2px solid magenta;*/
}
.deals-text {
color: white;
font-size: 12px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
align-items: stretch;
width: 100%;
}
.text-container {
/*border: 2px solid rgb(20, 182, 11);*/
width: 100%;
height: 50%;
}
.text-slideshow {
color: white;
width: 100%;
height: 50%;
font-size: 12px;
}
.shipping-deals-text {
transition: opacity 1s;
opacity: 1;
font-size: 13px;
}
.out {
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 1s;
}
.shipping-deals-text-red{
color: red;
}
.navigation {
display: flex;
align-items:flex-start;
height: 3rem;
}
.menu-items {
height: 100%;
margin-left: 1.5rem;
padding-right: 1.5rem;
display: flex;
align-items: flex-start;
flex: 1;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
background-color: #333333;
}
.button {
flex: 1;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
height: 100%;
text-decoration: none;
color: white;
text-transform: uppercase;
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 1em;
font-weight: bold;
}
.button:hover {
color:rgb(210, 0, 0)
}
.red {
background-color: rgb(210, 0, 0);
}
.red:hover {
color: white;
}
.drop-icon {
font-size: 25px;
}
.icons-right {
height: 50%;
margin-top: 2em;
min-width: 10%;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
margin-right: 1rem;
}
.login-pic {
color: white;
font-size: 20px;
}
.shopping-cart {
color: white;
font-size: 20px;
margin-left: 1rem;
}
.icons-right span {
color: white;
margin-left: 0.5em;
}
@media (max-width: 1025px) {
.shipping-deals-container {
display: none;
}
.header-top {
display: none;
}
.header-middle {
height: 50%;
}
.search-wrapper {
border: 2px solid white;
height: 2rem;
}
.icons-right {
margin-bottom: 2rem;
}
}
I have tried altering the width of my body, and html, but nothing seems to be giving me the solution I am looking for
With width: 100% on .header it shrinks the header the way you want it. That seems to be correct actually.
The element that prevents shrinking is <li class="menu-items"></li> because of display: flex;. Flexbox is by default not wrapping (flex-wrap: nowrap;).
Add flex-wrap. wrap; and you'll see everything will shrink with fit-content or width: 100%;
Hope this helps.
On another note: You shouldn't use <li> (List-Element) as the list. Thats what <ul> (Unsorted list) is for.
It should look more like this ->
<ul>
<li>
<a href="">Shop</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="">Equipment for Crossfit</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="">New Gear</a>
</li>
<!-- ... -->
</ul>