>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FLEXBOX SOLUTION<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Here is the REAL SOLUTION to the ORIGINAL QUESTION if anyone is actually interested.
dark_shadow:
While zer00ne@ has provided one solution which is based on Flex.
Problem resolved see my demos below, it speaks for itself. I have no idea why starikovs is getting upvotes at all when there is clearly no solution provided.
I had to recreate the page because the extra classless <div>s you placed inside the markup was confusing. The significant change was adding flexbox to the layout. I used two flexbox containers, one that controlled the two columns .flexRow and another inside of each column to control the widgetboxes, .flexCol. Those classless <div>s are combined into a <section class="colWrap" I added intrinsic measurements so that your layout isn’t stuck at a fixed width of 2050px, you’ll still need to adjust both .box to an intrinsic measurement, 1000px fixed is going to give grief in the future. The changes will be annotated when I get back. Unless of course this isn’t what you wanted?
LAST to the LAST UPDATE
>>>>>>>>>>PLUNKER<<<<<<<<<<
EDIT
Just add a fixed height to .colWrap, suggest 100vh to 150vh
I checked out the height of both columns and they are in fact identical down to the decimal. See the screenshots:
Column 1
Column 2
OLD
You just need everything aligned, correct? Ok, look here please: http://embed.plnkr.co/MRI69qLoTkiL9F68g54M/preview
I added this to the <head>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<base href="https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/">
<link href="https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="https://code.ionicframework.com/ionicons/2.0.1/css/ionicons.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
UPDATE
Added the script as well. It’s located before the closing </body> tag.
<script src="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32414345/plugins/jQuery/jQuery-2.1.4.min.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap 3.3.5 -->
<script src="bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<!-- FastClick -->
<script src="plugins/fastclick/fastclick.min.js"></script>
<!-- AdminLTE App -->
<script src="dist/js/app.min.js"></script>
<!-- Sparkline -->
<script src="plugins/sparkline/jquery.sparkline.min.js"></script>
<!-- jvectormap -->
<script src="plugins/jvectormap/jquery-jvectormap-1.2.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="plugins/jvectormap/jquery-jvectormap-world-mill-en.js"></script>
<!-- SlimScroll 1.3.0 -->
<script src="plugins/slimScroll/jquery.slimscroll.min.js"></script>
<!-- ChartJS 1.0.1 -->
<script src="plugins/chartjs/Chart.min.js"></script>
<!-- AdminLTE dashboard demo (This is only for demo purposes) -->
<script src="dist/js/pages/dashboard2.js"></script>
<!-- AdminLTE for demo purposes -->
<script src="dist/js/demo.js"></script>
You probably don’t need all of them, but the essential ones are:
- bootstrap.min.css
- font-awesome.min.css
- jQuery-2.1.4.min.js
- bootstrap.min.js
- app.min.js
- jquery.slimscroll.min.js
There’s a lot of relative URLs (ex. ../dist/img/photo2.png), so I added the following to the top of the <head>:
<base href="https://almsaeedstudio.com/themes/AdminLTE/">
The majority of these external files are located at that base url. If the download package didn’t properly provide adequate assets, I always go to the source of the site’s demo. Frequently the developer(s) neglect the differences between the dist and the demo.
UPDATE
As I understand the problem is that the layout needs to be properly aligned with widgetboxes or in the absence of widgetboxes. I don’t think using display:none on widgetboxes is the way this template was designed. Consider the following annotated excerpts from the file, app.min.js
Excerpts from the AdminLTE script, app.min.js
Notes at the bottom.
/*! AdminLTE app.js
* ================
* Main JS application file for AdminLTE v2. This file
* should be included in all pages. It controls some layout
* options and implements exclusive AdminLTE plugins.ᵃ
*
/*...*/†
$.AdminLTE.boxWidget = {
selectors: $.AdminLTE.options.boxWidgetOptions.boxWidgetSelectors,
icons: $.AdminLTE.options.boxWidgetOptions.boxWidgetIcons,
animationSpeed: $.AdminLTE.options.animationSpeed,
activate: function (a) {
var b = this;
a || (a = document), $(a).on("click", b.selectors.collapse,
function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), b.collapse($(this))
}), $(a).on("click", b.selectors.remove, function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), b.remove($(this))
})
},
ᵇcollapse: function (a) {
var b = this,
c = a.parents(".box").first(),
d = c.find(
"> .box-body, > .box-footer, > form >.box-body, > form > .box-footer"
);
c.hasClass("collapsed-box") ? (a.children(":first").removeClass(
b.icons.open).addClass(b.icons.collapse), d.slideDown(
b.animationSpeed,
function () {
c.removeClass("collapsed-box")
})) : (a.children(":first").removeClass(b.icons.collapse)
.addClass(b.icons.open), d.slideUp(b.animationSpeed,
function () {
c.addClass("collapsed-box")
}))
},
ᶜ remove: function (a) {
var b = a.parents(".box").first();
b.slideUp(this.animationSpeed)
}
}
}
if("undefined" == typeof jQuery) throw new Error(
"AdminLTE requires jQuery");
/*...*/†
ᵈ function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.boxRefresh = function (b) {
function c(a) {
a.append(f), e.onLoadStart.call(a)
}
function d(a) {
a.find(f).remove(), e.onLoadDone.call(a)
}
var e = a.extend({
trigger: ".refresh-btn",
source: "",
onLoadStart: function (a) {
return a
},
onLoadDone: function (a) {
return a
}
}, b),
f = a(
'<div class="overlay"><div class="fa fa-refresh fa-spin"></div></div>'
);
return this.each(function () {
if("" === e.source) return void(window.console &&
window.console.log(
"Please specify a source first - boxRefresh()")
);
var b = a(this),
f = b.find(e.trigger).first();
f.on("click", function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), c(b), b.find(".box-body").load(
e.source,
function () {
d(b)
})
})
})
}
}(jQuery),
function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.activateBox = function () {
a.AdminLTE.boxWidget.activate(this)
}
}(jQuery) function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.boxRefresh = function (b) {
function c(a) {
a.append(f), e.onLoadStart.call(a)
}
function d(a) {
a.find(f).remove(), e.onLoadDone.call(a)
}
var e = a.extend({
trigger: ".refresh-btn",
source: "",
onLoadStart: function (a) {
return a
},
onLoadDone: function (a) {
return a
}
}, b),
f = a(
'<div class="overlay"><div class="fa fa-refresh fa-spin"></div></div>'
);
return this.each(function () {
if("" === e.source) return void(window.console &&
window.console.log(
"Please specify a source first - boxRefresh()")
);
var b = a(this),
f = b.find(e.trigger).first();
f.on("click", function (a) {
a.preventDefault(), c(b), b.find(".box-body").load(
e.source,
function () {
d(b)
})
})
})
}
}(jQuery),
function (a) {
"use strict";
a.fn.activateBox = function () {
a.AdminLTE.boxWidget.activate(this)
}
}(jQuery)
† This code is skipped over
ᵃ The developer implies that this app is not a complete solution but a complete solution is available to buy.
ᵇ The boxwidgets collapse and height should adjust accordingly.
ᶜ The boxwidgets can be removed and height should be adjusted accordingly.
ᵈ The function boxRefresh() is a public method I believe. It could be used after an addition or subtraction of a widget I suppose.
I’m not the best at interpreting third party plugins, so any extra observations and/or corrections are welcome.
LAST UPDATE
I got it so when any section is collapsed, they will slide up rather than down. As for the 2 main columns, they behave as they should and if the first column is actually removed, then the second column will take the first column’s place.