Javascript – display a div below a selected input field? No JQuery

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how to display a div everytime a user focus on a input field. there is already a div and it is hidden. the position of the div will change depending on the position of the selected field and it will be display below

this is my code

formFieldListWrapper.style.top = ((((formSelectedFieldInput.offsetTop > (formWrapper.offsetHeight/2))?((formSelectedFieldInput.offsetTop-(formWrapper.offsetHeight/2))-(formSelectedFieldInput.offsetHeight+formWrapper.offsetHeight*0.02)):(formSelectedFieldInput.offsetTop))/formWrapper.offsetHeight)*100) + "%";
formFieldListWrapper.style.left = ((formSelectedFieldInput.offsetLeft/formWrapper.offsetWidth)*100) + "%";

Best Answer

Why use javascript? This could be chieved by using CSS only

HTML

<div class="holder">
    <input type="text" />
    <div class="dropdown">
        <p>Testing</p>
        <p>Css ONLY</p>
        <p>Dropdown</p>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.holder {
    position: relative;
}
.dropdown {
    position: absolute;
    border: 1px solid red;
    display: none;
}

input:focus + .dropdown {
    display: block;
}

UPDATE

little bit misred the question, if You need to position div dynamically like in this fiddle, You cloud use:

HTML

<div class="holder">
    <input type="text" />

</div>
<div class="holder" style="margin-top: 30px;">
    <input type="text" />
</div>
<div class="dropdown">
    <p>Testing</p>
    <p>Css ONLY</p>
    <p>Dropdown</p>
</div>

CSS

.holder {
    position: relative;
}
.dropdown {
    position: absolute;
    border: 1px solid red;
    display: none;
    z-index: 1;
    background: white;
}

input:focus + .dropdown {
    display: block;
}

Javascript to position dropdown div

var inputs = document.querySelectorAll('input');
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
    inputs[i].addEventListener('focus', function(){
        this.parentNode.appendChild(document.querySelector('.dropdown'));
    });
}

2015 update: the flexbox approach

There are two other answers briefly mentioning flexbox; however, that was more than two years ago, and they don't provide any examples. The specification for flexbox has definitely settled now.

Note: Though CSS Flexible Boxes Layout specification is at the Candidate Recommendation stage, not all browsers have implemented it. WebKit implementation must be prefixed with -webkit-; Internet Explorer implements an old version of the spec, prefixed with -ms-; Opera 12.10 implements the latest version of the spec, unprefixed. See the compatibility table on each property for an up-to-date compatibility status.

(taken from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Flexible_boxes)

All major browsers and IE11+ support Flexbox. For IE 10 or older, you can use the FlexieJS shim.

To check current support you can also see here: http://caniuse.com/#feat=flexbox

Working example

With flexbox you can easily switch between any of your rows or columns either having fixed dimensions, content-sized dimensions or remaining-space dimensions. In my example I have set the header to snap to its content (as per the OPs question), I've added a footer to show how to add a fixed-height region and then set the content area to fill up the remaining space.

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
}

.box {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column;
  height: 100%;
}

.box .row {
  border: 1px dotted grey;
}

.box .row.header {
  flex: 0 1 auto;
  /* The above is shorthand for:
  flex-grow: 0,
  flex-shrink: 1,
  flex-basis: auto
  */
}

.box .row.content {
  flex: 1 1 auto;
}

.box .row.footer {
  flex: 0 1 40px;
}

<!-- Obviously, you could use HTML5 tags like `header`, `footer` and `section` -->

<div class="box">
  <div class="row header">
    <p><b>header</b>
      <br />
      <br />(sized to content)</p>
  </div>
  <div class="row content">
    <p>
      <b>content</b>
      (fills remaining space)
    </p>
  </div>
  <div class="row footer">
    <p><b>footer</b> (fixed height)</p>
  </div>
</div>

In the CSS above, the flex property shorthands the flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis properties to establish the flexibility of the flex items. Mozilla has a good introduction to the flexible boxes model.

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2015 update: the flexbox approach

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