I am creating a fluid layout using the CSS column layout module and am seeing unexpected results when 2 or more elements are in the same 'row' of a column. A 3 to 4 px gap will appear between the elements. I've tested in IE11, FireFox 24, Chrome 31, and Safari 5.1.7 and they all exhibit the same behavior.
<div class="tile-container">
<div class="tile-large">1</div>
<div class="tile-wide">2</div>
<div class="tile-small">3</div>
<div class="tile-small">4</div>
<div class="tile-small">5</div>
<div class="tile-small">6</div>
<div class="tile-wide">7</div>
<div class="tile-large">8</div>
</div>
.tile-container {
-moz-column-width: 250px;
-webkit-column-width: 250px;
column-width: 250px;
column-fill: auto;
height: 502px;
background-color: gray;
}
.tile-large {
width: 250px;
height: 250px;
-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;
break-inside: avoid;
display: inline-block;
background-color: green;
}
.tile-wide {
width: 250px;
height: 125px;
-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;
break-inside: avoid;
display: inline-block;
background-color: blue;
}
.tile-small {
width: 125px;
height: 125px;
-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;
break-inside: avoid;
display: inline-block;
background-color: red;
}
I don't want to start using negative margins to close the gap as I want to introduce drag/drop behavior. Float left will remove the gap, but that introduces another set of issues. Oddly enough, when I use jQueryUI sortable, after the drop event and jQueryUI arranges the elements, the gap is no longer there.