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Flexible width layout for Facebook Like Box/Activity Stream to use in Responsive Designs
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facebook_like-box_responsive.css
/*
Make the Facebook Like box responsive (fluid width)
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/
*/
/* This element holds injected scripts inside iframes that in some cases may stretch layouts. So, we're just hiding it. */
#fb-root {
display: none;
}
/* To fill the container and nothing else */
.fb_iframe_widget, .fb_iframe_widget span, .fb_iframe_widget span iframe[style] {
width: 100% !important;
}
@graphicalforce
graphicalforce commented May 29, 2012

I'm having trouble getting this to work. What settings should we be using when getting the code from developers.facebook.com?

Thanks

@smeranda
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smeranda commented May 29, 2012

Nothing specific of which I'm aware. Make sure the parent element is setup with a width.

@graphicalforce
graphicalforce commented May 29, 2012

So I'm using this in a wordpress text widget. What should I wrap the facebook code in? Does it need an id or class? Just not quite sure I understand how to use it.

@Chaser324
Chaser324 commented Jun 21, 2012

Thanks, duder. This is a very clean and simple solution to a problem that a lot of people tend to resort to unnecessary javascript to circumvent.

@questulent
questulent commented Oct 15, 2012

Thanks so much for this - a real timesaver :)

@pixelnourish
pixelnourish commented Dec 5, 2012

Just found this - works perfectly. Thank you very much :)

@mikfrench
mikfrench commented Jan 8, 2013

Hi there,

I'm using this and it's working great on every browser I've tested. The only time I'm having a problem is when I switch to an iPad. any idea what might be causing the problem on an iPad? The page in question is http://www.prwebster.com/nsfarms/why/

Thanks so much.

@prodsea
prodsea commented Feb 1, 2013

I am having trouble in setting up facebook like box for my mobile, camera, laptop price comparison website http://www.prodsea.com ... can anybody please help me on this

@marcosanchez
marcosanchez commented Mar 6, 2013

Hi, I have the same situation as mikfrench. I tried the gist on this site: http://www.edutec2013.ac.cr and works on most browsers. Works fine on: Galaxy S3 with Chrome, Firefox and default browser; Nexus 7 with Chrome and Firefox. On iPad mini and iPad 2 Safari and Chrome, the Facebook like box resizes bigger when finishes loading. And in Opera Mini on iPad 2 it is bigger, but is cuted. I hope this information could help someone.

@diogoca
diogoca commented Mar 7, 2013

tnks for tip...

@responsive-cms
responsive-cms commented Mar 13, 2013

Perfect! Thx so much for this! :-)
Now the fb-like-box seems to be 100% fluid / responsive. Will test it on several devices.

@jack-fu
jack-fu commented Apr 4, 2013

To mikfrench and marcosanchez I'm having the same problem with Ipod, where FB renders bigger but only in portrait mode. In landscape mode it's 100%. Could it be that it's seeing the landscape mode (480px) as the width of the browser and rendering it that way even in portrait mode? When I put an "@media (max-width: 480px)" CSS style, I can control it on Ipod and have it rendered smaller. But still can't render it 100% on both landscape and portrait. Hope that helps, if anyone has a solution, please let me know. Thanks.

@bloqhead
bloqhead commented May 28, 2013

Works like a charm for me but I haven't tested on iDevices yet. Thanks for this. I wish Facebook would make something that works out-of-box for responsive needs.

@mfarinelli
mfarinelli commented May 29, 2013

mikfrench, marcosanchez and jack-fu, did you guys find a solution for that on Ipad? I'm facing the same issue right now.

@eomonteiro
eomonteiro commented Jun 1, 2013

.fb-comments{width: 100% !important;}
.fb-comments iframe[style]{width: 100% !important;}
.fb-like-box{ min-width:280px;width: 100% !important;}
.fb-like-box iframe[style]{min-width:280px;width: 100% !important;}
.fb-comments span{width: 100% !important;}
.fb-comments iframe span[style]{width: 100% !important;}
.fb-like-box span{min-width:280px;width: 100% !important;}
.fb-like-box iframe span[style]{min-width:280px;width: 100% !important;}
.-cx-PRIVATE-pluginBoxContainer__border{ border:none}

work for me

@BKPremier
BKPremier commented Jun 11, 2013

I used {width: 100% !important;overflow: hidden;} to make the iframe render to the parent size. However, when I decrease the viewport size on my laptop browser, the content/feed does a text-wrap with the width and drops to the next line. However, when viewing on my iphone, the text is cut off. Any idea on what could be an issue? Also, this has been working fine for me for the past month, and just yesterday I started getting an overflow error with the Like Box. Did Facebook change something within their plugins?

@ITPrism
ITPrism commented Jun 29, 2013

I think, you should replace ".fb_iframe_widget" with ".fb-like-box" because there is a conflict with Facebook Like button. The button disappears! ;)

.fb-like-box, .fb-like-box span, .fb-like-box span iframe[style] {
width: 100% !important;
}

@timrobinson81
timrobinson81 commented Sep 2, 2013

That worked PERFECTLY!

@grizzlylab
grizzlylab commented Sep 4, 2013

Thank you. It is working fine in my Twitter Boostrap project.

@netromnessumsar
netromnessumsar commented Sep 5, 2013

It works great in it self. I just seam to fight with the profile image inside the streams They really squeeze the text of the streams so the flexible width gets challenged in medium sized devices.

Do any one know if it would be possible to leave out the profile image in the stream?

@jannejava
jannejava commented Sep 18, 2013

Did anyone find a solution that works for iPads (Safari / Chrome)?

@dt10111
dt10111 commented Oct 8, 2013

Blerg, struggling with the same iPad issue. Fix is otherwise superb, would love to hear any recommendations for fixing iPad.

@relish27
relish27 commented Dec 17, 2013

Also having the same iPad issue... same thing happens on my Samsung Galaxy (android).

@jamesxv7
jamesxv7 commented Feb 18, 2014

For the iPad issue, since the properties you want to modify are inside the iframe, there is no way to achieve a fully reponsive fix because the CSS does not work cross domain.

@ghost
ghost commented Feb 18, 2014

Many thanks!

@afroewis
afroewis commented Feb 20, 2014

Thank you, works perfectly

@Tezting
Tezting commented Mar 5, 2014

They have now added:

id="feedback_xxxxxx" style="width: 470px;"

In the iFrame, so this solution is not enough anymore...

@Morpho
Morpho commented Mar 5, 2014

Does not work anymore, just noticed the same :/
Should we open a new bug report on Facebook?

@Morpho
Morpho commented Mar 5, 2014

Please subscribe here everybody who is affected: https://developers.facebook.com/x/bugs/256568534516879/

@mahdavi1456
mahdavi1456 commented Mar 26, 2014

Hi,
tnx , its very useful and easy to use.

@jesseshowalter
jesseshowalter commented Apr 15, 2014

Thanks so much, this did the trick

@emblisha
emblisha commented Sep 2, 2014

thanks soo much it works great

@urmilshah13
urmilshah13 commented Sep 3, 2014

perfect

@thethao
thethao commented Sep 20, 2014

thank!

@gordonbanderson
gordonbanderson commented Oct 10, 2014

I've just resolved a similar issue using the CSS from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24712583/make-a-facebook-like-box-responsive - however full width page responsive still leaves half the page blank on a 1600px wide monitor :(

@kennyjamell
kennyjamell commented Oct 25, 2014

Thanks a lot!! it works perfectly for me!

@hoangthien0291
hoangthien0291 commented Nov 7, 2014

Thanks, copy -> paste in css file and done...

@Nashu99
Nashu99 commented Dec 13, 2014

Thank you, works perfectly

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@ypawany
ypawany commented Jan 17, 2015

Thank you so much, it's working perfectly.

@saosangmo
saosangmo commented Sep 9, 2015

Do not work for me. Could you reiview it?
http://huongnghiepnhatban.com
many thanks

@JillianKay
JillianKay commented Dec 20, 2015

Thanks smeranda:

I've seen this one on http://www.urgentfiles.com/ but didn't find coding, Now you really help me with finding this code.

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