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CSS 3 Column Layout - "Sidebars that HIDE with more/less content"

Asked by LyricalPink in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Macromedia Dreamweaver

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I'm making a switch from tables to CSS, and am having issues with a certain effect.

I have a 3 column liquid layout, and I'm trying to get the left and right "sidebars" (the red & photo blocks) to HIDE when the content in the middle is more or less lengthy.  Ideally, the photo bar would show less or more photos in accordance with the middle content.

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1. Since the elastic layouts overall sizing is based on the user's default fonts size, they are more unpredictable. Used correctly, they are also more accessible for those that need larger fonts size since the line length remains proportionate.
2. Sizing of divs in this layout are based on the 100% font size in the body element. If you decrease the text size overall by using a font-size: 80% on the body element or the #container, remember that the entire layout will downsize proportionately. You may want to increase the widths of the various divs to compensate for this.
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/* Tips for sidebar1:
1. Be aware that if you set a font-size value on this div, the overall width of the div will be adjusted accordingly.
2. Since we are working in ems, it's best not to use padding on the sidebar itself. It will be added to the width for standards compliant browsers creating an unknown actual width. 
3. Space between the side of the div and the elements within it can be created by placing a left and right margin on those elements as seen in the ".thrColElsHdr #sidebar1 p" rule.
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