I'm trying to create a fluid CSS grid, it works in Firefox and IE8+ but NOT in Safari/Chrome/Opera where the sub-pixel rounding issue becomes visible:
.column {
float: left;
width: 25%;
}
The main container has a width of 100%, and if you change the browser size in Safari/Chrome/Opera you can see how the rounded widths are inconsistent.
After extensive reads about the problem I understood that "there is no right or wrong solution" for the sub-pixel rounding, but the Firefox way seems the best compromise to me. (For example, if I set 4 divs at a width of 25% I expect the covered area to be 100%.)
I would like to know if there is a CSS only solution that I missed, or alternatively some JavaScript to solve the problem.
Thanks!
UPDATE: As of May 2014, Chrome 33 and Safari 7 seem to have picked up the "Firefox way".
Stubbornella's OOCSS framework (links below) grids module deals with this by giving the last column the following overrides:
float: none;
overflow: hidden;
width: auto;
This allows it to occupy whatever width remains within the container.
A bit of browser-forking (IE, ptzsch…) is necessary to get the same behaviour: https://github.com/stubbornella/oocss/blob/master/core/grid/grids.css https://github.com/stubbornella/oocss/wiki/grids