Css image hover to fit other #div

[futureproof]

Hey, sorry about the delay. I was trying to find a free host so I could further communicate the issue. This is what the page currently looks like:

http://futureproof.000a.biz/photo-gallery2.html

I'm fairly new to CSS, but up until this point I haven't had any problems integrating and coding my ideas through it. I've tried to find a solution to this problem on the web but to no avail.

Basically I have a gallery website with content in the middle. it looks like this:

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#Side A | #Side B
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Side A contains a graphic and Side B contains thumbnail images. I had the idea of hovering over the thumbnails in Side B so the floating image would replace the dimensions or cover Side A.

The problem is when the image hovers over Side A, it doesn't replace the properties of #Side A. It merely hovers over Side A. This means that the dimensions don't take side A into consideration. If the monitor resolution increases/decreases, if the browser size increases/decreases, the hovering image from Side B does not align over-top of Side A.

Side B thumbnail floats in the exact same spot/size, while the CSS style and html increase/decrease according to the resolution and properties of the screen.

Is there any way to replace the hovering contents of Side B over into the contents of Side A so it automatically re-sizes to the specified dimensions of side A?

once again here is the page:
http://futureproof.000a.biz/photo-gallery2.html

[kristingish]

Are you opposed to using any other method than what you have already set up?

If not you could use a pre-made Javascript carousel or something of that nature and just style it to your needs.

Let me know if I can help you with that.

There are some good ones here:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007...ws-lightboxes/

If you would rather keep what you have thatd be more complicated but let me know and I can go over the code some more.

thx... & i hope that helps
k

[futureproof]

Those galleries look nice but I'm trying to keep it basic and fast. The hover works but its not resizing. Isn't there a small piece of code for the image to simply inherit the other side ?

[kristingish]

Ok understood. In that case I can look over your code this evening if noone helps before then.

I don't think there are just a few simple lines you can throw in to make it work but it is doable with some work

thx

[kristingish]

So, after messing with this.. a few days late (sorry for that)

This is the fix I came up with:

#text a.gallery:hover span {
    position:fixed; 
    width:509px; 
    height:390px; 
    top:140px;
	margin:0 auto;
	right:375px;
    color:#000; 
    background:#DED8B7;
    }

The right margin could be reduced to 371 I THINK, if you take away the 5px right margin on a.gallery:hover img in your css. But that's up to you.

Now this makes the image appear where it should in FF3... I do not think how this gallery is set up is very solid though just because of the fixed position of your hover image (although I like that you're striving for simplicity) so please test it in other browsers.

Also, on line 204 of your HTML code there appears to be a broken, maybe.. css comment? '*\' which continues as --!> on line 205 that you may want to take out.

I hope this helps

thanks!
k

[futureproof]

Brilliant.
That fixed everything for now
You obviously know what you are doing. Thanks for the help. If there's anything I can do in return, let me know.

[kristingish]

Im so glad it helped you!