I have two divs with display:inline block next to each other, however the 2nd one's width can change to be so long that it will fall under the first div. That is fine, but the problem is that there is no vertical space between the 2 divs when this happens. I can solve this by adding margin-bottom to the first div, but then this causes the 2nd div to be a bit lower even when it is sitting to the right of the first div.
What browser are you using? As you can see below, two inline-block divs retain a margin when one slips below the other. (In fact, getting rid of the margin between inline-block elements is a bit tricky, but that's another question.)
#container {
width: 200px;
}
#top {
display: inline-block;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
}
#right {
display: inline-block;
width: 150px;
height: 100px;
background: blue;
}
<div id="container">
<div id="top"></div><div id="right"></div>
</div>
What you want is "vertical-align:top;".
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I'm very confuses about float.
.two should be on the right of .one
but .two just below .one
div {
width: 100px;
background: #FF9;
}
;
.theone {
float: left;
font-size: 20px;
}
<div class="theone">one</div>
<div class="theright">two</div>
into div css add display:inline-block;
div{
display: inline-block;
}
.theright {
float: left;
font-size: 20px;
}
add that in, if you want 2 divs to be next to eachother it is best to have them both float right.
additionally you could replace .theone with .theone,.theright
A div has display: block by default.
You probably want to set another display type to your divs.
div { width: 100px; background: #FF9; display: inline; }
.theone { float: left; font-size: 20px; }
See jsFiddle
I'll try and make a detailled and explained answer. A floating element floats from its initial position in the flow. Basically, the floating effect affects only elements declared after it on the HTML structure.
In your case, the right-floating element is declared after the non-floating one. So it is normal theright appears below theone and you don't see the floating effect.
To make an element float on the right of another, you must declare it before this another. Like this :
<div class="theright">two</div>
<div class="theone">one</div>
<style>
.theright {
float: right;
}
</style>
Note that for this to work, theright element needs to be larger than theone. Otherwise, theone will mask entirely theright pushing its content out of the box. It is so because a floating element gets out of the flow and hovers over the other elements, which contents "avoid" the floating blocks.
There are many other ways to obtain the same result with a different approch :
make theone float on the left instead (leaving theright as a basic block element)
make both elements inline-blocks and give them appropriate widths
for two elements only, it is not necessary, but if you need 3 or more elements side by side, you can make them all float on the left (or on the right declaring them in reverse order, depending on the final layout you want)
etc.
div {
width: 100px;
background: #FF9;
display: inline-block;
}
;
.theone {
float: left;
font-size: 20px;
}
<div class="theone">one</div>
<div class="theright">two</div>
By default div's have display value set to "block" which means they "begin from next line".
If you add display: inline-block property for all divs, then you can add float: left for any div to make it first.
I am trying to create something like a gallery that shows different number of images per row based on the width of the browser. This has already been achieved using overflow: hidden in the outer div and float: left in the inner div.
However, what happens with this is that my images are always aligned to the left, leaving alot of whitespace on the right. How do I make it such that the gallery is always centered in the screen no matter how many images there are per row.
My code is on http://codepen.io/anon/pen/KzqAs
Thank you very much. :)
How about this: http://codepen.io/anon/full/mtBbF
HTML
<div class="container">
<div class="red box">red</div>
<div class="blue box">blue</div>
<div class="black box">black</div>
</div>
CSS
body{
text-align:center; /*You would need to define this in a parent of .container*/
}
.container{
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: left;
}
.box {
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
float: left;
}
Demonstration
You need to use an id(or class) on the main div. Set width: 300+px and margin: auto
Also your boxes should be with display: inline-block to allow them to begave "inline"
I have changed colors of the boxes a bit for better visibility.
This is my relevant page markup:
<div id="header">
<div id="logo">
Home
</div>
<div id="user_box">
test
</div>
</div>
And my relevant CSS:
#header {
width: 960px;
height: 110px;
}
#logo {
background: url('/assets/img/logo.png') no-repeat center;
width: 300px;
height: 110px;
float: left;
}
#user_box {
width: 300px;
height: 60px;
float: right;
vertical-align: middle;
}
Now, I want to position the user_box div in the vertical middle of the header div. After a lot of Google'ing and experimenting, I have learned that this isn't easy. Apparently, I can't vertical align a block element such as a div. So I'm looking for a different way to do this.
I saw the hacky display: table; method and tried using it, but it didn't change a thing. Also tried changing the element to an inline element like a span, but that didn't work either. I even tried using margin: auto 0; for some god awful reason, and that also didn't work at all.
So I'm asking for help. How do I vertically align this div inside my header div?
Thanks!
Set the line-height of user_box equal to the height of header
Working demo: http://jsfiddle.net/AlienWebguy/pyppD/
vertical align doesn't work with divs its for aligning elements in tables. In your case you could just use this
#user_box { margin-top:25px; } /*110-60 = 50/2 = 25*/
So I fiddled around with your code a little bit, and here's what I got: http://jsfiddle.net/3k8XE/
As you can see I'm using a table as the header, and applying the same id to each element, except the two inner divs have changed to td's. I've added an inner td to compensate the space between the two divs since they were originally set to float:left/right.
(Of course the borders are just to show what's actually going on here.)
I have two divs on a webpage and I would like both of them to have a fixed width and would like the first div to be floated to the left of the second div.
This sounds so simple that I though the following Markup and CSS would give me the desired result:
<div class="left">Content</div>
<div class="right">Content</div>
div.left {
float: left;
width: 200px;
}
div.right {
width: 200px;
This doesn't work as expected, instead the right div appears on the next line as though it wasn't floated. This is best explained in this example webpage:
Example of the Problem
My question is WHY this doesn't work as expected? Not how to fix it.
Notes:
Please make sure you fully understand how floats work before answering this question.
Please make sure you view and understand the examples.
Both elements must be block, not inline.
I understand all fixes/hacks to make this work. I want to know why it doesn't work.
This appears to only work correctly in Opera.
Backing up your answer with documentation is required.
It seems to me that it is the simple rule that blocks, unless floated, always start a new line. w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#block-formatting section 9.4.1 –
div.left {
float: left;
width: 200px;
height:200px;
background:red;
}
div.right {
float:right;
width: 200px;
height:200px;
background:blue;
}
see http://jsfiddle.net/3kUpF/
Alternatively, if you want them side by side then you can float:left on both
see http://jsfiddle.net/3kUpF/1/
Floating elements can flow "into" block elements, occupying the same line but pushing the contents (not the element itself) over. In this case, left is "inside" right, but there isn't any space left for the text on the right, so it goes underneath. To see what I mean, try setting the width of right to 300px instead of 200px - you should see the blue border "around" left, with the text flowing around it. To "fix" this, I'd suggest giving right a float of left or a display of block-inline.
Float both divs left.
Apply a positive left margin of width(div.right), in your case 200px.
Apply a negative left margin of width(div.left) + width(div.right), in your case, 200px + 200px = 400px.
div.left { float: left; width: 200px; margin-left: 200px; }
div.right { float: left; width: 200px; margin-left: -400px; }
The second element should be inline element.
div.right {
width: 200px;
display: inline;
}
If you do not want to make second element inline, just float it to the left too. But your container will collapse. You can fix it using clear:
<div id="container">
<div class="left">Content</div>
<div class="right">Content</div>
<br style="clear:both"/>
</div>
div.left {
float: left;
width: 200px;
border: 1px solid red;
}
div.right {
width: 200px;
border: 1px solid green;
float:left;
}
#container{
border: 1px solid black;
}
See example
You could add clear:both; your <p> tags. That would solve the problem. Without breaking the rest of the (example) page.
in case you want both containers to float besides each other, you can rather use a span instead of a div. That might bring the problem to an end.
Yo. There's a tendency in placing divs to follow each other vertically, but what i'm trying to accomplish right now is to is basically to place a number of divs (two) inside a parent div like so:
<div id='parent'><div id='onediv'></div> <div id='anotherone'></div> </div>
And i'd like to place 'anotherone' just to the right of 'onediv'. Sadly, float:right is pretty much ruining the layout with the divs popping out of their parent divs and whatnot. Any suggestions are welcome.
Edit: It might be worth noting that the parent div and 'anotherone' has no height elements at all, with 'onediv' planned to be thought as the "height support" div, allowing the contents of 'anotherone' to make the parent div larger at will.
Edit again: Here's the CSS for the specified stuff:
.parent
{
width: 90%;
margin: 0 auto;
border:solid black 1px;
}
.firstchild
{
width: 20%;
margin: 5px;
border: solid black 1px;
height: 180px;
}
.secondchild
{
width: 60%;
border:solid black 1px;
margin: 5px;
}
You can float both inner divs and give the outer div an overflow so that it grows with the inner divs.
Example:
#parent {
overflow: hidden;
}
#parent div {
width: 50%;
float: left;
}
Try this:
<div id="parent">
<div id="onediv" style="float:left;"></div>
<div id="anotherone" style="float:left;"></div>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
</div>
I think this is what you want (note the re-ordering of DOM elements):
<div id="parent">
<div id="anotherone"></div>
<div id="onediv"></div>
</div>
/*CSS*/
#anotherone{
float:right;
width:50%;
}
#onediv{
float:left;
width:50%;
}
Note, if this is what you want, IE6 will still mess it up. ;-)
You certainly need to specify a width as indicated in #Kevin's answer to get the layout you described, simply specifying float left/right will not have the desired effect. Try specifying the width in pixels rather than a percentage. Failing that or if that's not appropriate for you, I think you possibly need to specify the width of the outer div (through css if you like).
#onediv { float: left; width: 50%; } #anotherone { float: right; width: 50%; }
Just use the <span> tag. Its the equivalent of except it doesn't start a new row.