jquery fluid layout - avoiding float drop

[samslystone]

Hi all

Still having a little problem with this one. I have a fluid layout on this site:

http://catherinehyland.co.uk/2012/work/work.html

When the browser is resized a little problem occurs with the menu at the top: the menu items drop down beneath the website name. What I would like to do is keep the menu fluid down to a certain width (say 500px) but then to keep it at that width. I have been told that I could use JS to do this and to prevent the float drop. Can anyone help me with some script?

All the best

S

[SB65]

I think a bit of css will do this for you.
Try setting min-width:500px on both #menu and #cf7.

[samslystone]

Thank you! That almost works, but the smaller menu items are still slipping under the name (Catherine Hyland).

[SB65]

Well, yes, but that's because there is insufficient room to fit your current layout into 500px.

A min-width of 640px will prevent the menu going under the name (although to be honest I don't see this as a big issue). You can probably get away with a smaller min-width by reducing the padding on your menu items.

You might also want to look into using @media queries to make your layout responsive - this would allow you (for example) to space your menu items less on a smaller screen.

[samslystone]

Thank you so much! That has been a great help! It works perfectly now.

All the best

Samuel