jQuery Steps Basic Example places body in wrong location

Question

I'm trying to get the jQuery Steps Basic Example working from the documentation, but it places the bodyTag section to the right of Steps rather than underneath. Any idea why?

Everything loads okay, and there's no Console errors.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Steps Test</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="Content/jquery.steps.css" />
</head>
<body>

    <script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="Scripts/jquery.steps.min.js"></script>    

    <div id="example-basic">
        <h3>Keyboard</h3>
        <section>
            <p>Try the keyboard navigation by clicking arrow left or right!</p>
        </section>
        <h3>Effects</h3>
        <section>
            <p>Wonderful transition effects.</p>
        </section>
        <h3>Pager</h3>
        <section>
            <p>The next and previous buttons help you to navigate through your content.</p>
        </section>
    </div>

    <script type="text/javascript">

        $(function () {
            $("#example-basic").steps({
                headerTag: "h3",
                bodyTag: "section",
                transitionEffect: "slideLeft",
                autoFocus: true
            });
        })
    </script>

</body>
</html>

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '16 at 07:48

You need to play a little with the custom CSS that library comes with. You only need to modify .wizard > .content by setting display: inline-block; and width: 100%;, like this:

$(function() {
  $("#example-basic").steps({
    headerTag: "h3",
    bodyTag: "section",
    transitionEffect: "slideLeft",
    autoFocus: true
  });
})

/*
    Common 
*/

.wizard,
.tabcontrol
{
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.wizard a,
.tabcontrol a
{
    outline: 0;
}

.wizard ul,
.tabcontrol ul
{
    list-style: none !important;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.wizard ul > li,
.tabcontrol ul > li
{
    display: block;
    padding: 0;
}

/* Accessibility */
.wizard > .steps .current-info,
.tabcontrol > .steps .current-info
{
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
}

.wizard > .content > .title,
.tabcontrol > .content > .title
{
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
}



/*
    Wizard
*/

.wizard > .steps
{
    position: relative;
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
}

.wizard.vertical > .steps
{
    display: inline;
    float: left;
    width: 30%;
}

.wizard > .steps .number
{
    font-size: 1.429em;
}

.wizard > .steps > ul > li
{
    width: 25%;
}

.wizard > .steps > ul > li,
.wizard > .actions > ul > li
{
    float: left;
}

.wizard.vertical > .steps > ul > li
{
    float: none;
    width: 100%;
}

.wizard > .steps a,
.wizard > .steps a:hover,
.wizard > .steps a:active
{
    display: block;
    width: auto;
    margin: 0 0.5em 0.5em;
    padding: 1em 1em;
    text-decoration: none;

    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

.wizard > .steps .disabled a,
.wizard > .steps .disabled a:hover,
.wizard > .steps .disabled a:active
{
    background: #eee;
    color: #aaa;
    cursor: default;
}

.wizard > .steps .current a,
.wizard > .steps .current a:hover,
.wizard > .steps .current a:active
{
    background: #2184be;
    color: #fff;
    cursor: default;
}

.wizard > .steps .done a,
.wizard > .steps .done a:hover,
.wizard > .steps .done a:active
{
    background: #9dc8e2;
    color: #fff;
}

.wizard > .steps .error a,
.wizard > .steps .error a:hover,
.wizard > .steps .error a:active
{
    background: #ff3111;
    color: #fff;
}

.wizard > .content
{
    background: #eee;
    display: block;
    margin: 0.5em;
    min-height: 35em;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
    width: auto;

    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

.wizard.vertical > .content
{
    display: inline;
    float: left;
    margin: 0 2.5% 0.5em 2.5%;
    width: 65%;
}

.wizard > .content > .body
{
    float: left;
    position: absolute;
    width: 95%;
    height: 95%;
    padding: 2.5%;
}

.wizard > .content > .body ul
{
    list-style: disc !important;
}

.wizard > .content > .body ul > li
{
    display: list-item;
}

.wizard > .content > .body > iframe
{
    border: 0 none;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

.wizard > .content > .body input
{
    display: block;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
}

.wizard > .content > .body input[type="checkbox"]
{
    display: inline-block;
}

.wizard > .content > .body input.error
{
    background: rgb(251, 227, 228);
    border: 1px solid #fbc2c4;
    color: #8a1f11;
}

.wizard > .content > .body label
{
    display: inline-block;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}

.wizard > .content > .body label.error
{
    color: #8a1f11;
    display: inline-block;
    margin-left: 1.5em;
}

.wizard > .actions
{
    position: relative;
    display: block;
    text-align: right;
    width: 100%;
}

.wizard.vertical > .actions
{
    display: inline;
    float: right;
    margin: 0 2.5%;
    width: 95%;
}

.wizard > .actions > ul
{
    display: inline-block;
    text-align: right;
}

.wizard > .actions > ul > li
{
    margin: 0 0.5em;
}

.wizard.vertical > .actions > ul > li
{
    margin: 0 0 0 1em;
}

.wizard > .actions a,
.wizard > .actions a:hover,
.wizard > .actions a:active
{
    background: #2184be;
    color: #fff;
    display: block;
    padding: 0.5em 1em;
    text-decoration: none;

    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

.wizard > .actions .disabled a,
.wizard > .actions .disabled a:hover,
.wizard > .actions .disabled a:active
{
    background: #eee;
    color: #aaa;
}

.wizard > .loading
{
}

.wizard > .loading .spinner
{
}



/*
    Tabcontrol
*/

.tabcontrol > .steps
{
    position: relative;
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
}

.tabcontrol > .steps > ul
{
    position: relative;
    margin: 6px 0 0 0;
    top: 1px;
    z-index: 1;
}

.tabcontrol > .steps > ul > li
{
    float: left;
    margin: 5px 2px 0 0;
    padding: 1px;

    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
    border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    border-top-right-radius: 5px;
}

.tabcontrol > .steps > ul > li:hover
{
    background: #edecec;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    padding: 0;
}

.tabcontrol > .steps > ul > li.current
{
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    border-bottom: 0 none;
    padding: 0 0 1px 0;
    margin-top: 0;
}

.tabcontrol > .steps > ul > li > a
{
    color: #5f5f5f;
    display: inline-block;
    border: 0 none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 10px 30px;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.tabcontrol > .steps > ul > li > a:hover
{
    text-decoration: none;
}

.tabcontrol > .steps > ul > li.current > a
{
    padding: 15px 30px 10px 30px;
}

.tabcontrol > .content
{
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100%;
    height: 35em;
    overflow: hidden;
    border-top: 1px solid #bbb;
    padding-top: 20px;
}

.tabcontrol > .content > .body
{
    float: left;
    position: absolute;
    width: 95%;
    height: 95%;
    padding: 2.5%;
}

.tabcontrol > .content > .body ul
{
    list-style: disc !important;
}

.tabcontrol > .content > .body ul > li
{
    display: list-item;
}
.wizard > .content{
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-steps/1.1.0/jquery.steps.min.js"></script>
<div id="example-basic">
  <h3>Keyboard</h3>
  <section>
    <p>Try the keyboard navigation by clicking arrow left or right!</p>
  </section>
  <h3>Effects</h3>
  <section>
    <p>Wonderful transition effects.</p>
  </section>
  <h3>Pager</h3>
  <section>
    <p>The next and previous buttons help you to navigate through your content.</p>
  </section>
</div>

I noticed there's also a working CSS fix here, but yours is much simpler: https://github.com/rstaib/jquery-steps/issues/6 — Matthew Lock, Oct 04 '16 at 07:51
I'm glad it works for you. Please accept the answer if you think it fits your needs. Thank you. — Ionut Necula, Oct 04 '16 at 07:53

jQuery Steps Basic Example places body in wrong location

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