HTML/CSS - What rules should I set to get this proper alignment? - css

Question

Here is an image that illustrates my goal:
http://imgur.com/80v5bRk
What would be the best way to achieve a style that looks like this? By this, I am asking, how can I set up rules so that the spacing and locations of the buttons are perfectly aligned in the center (they are not aligned correctly right now). I was thinking of a div that wraps the whole thing together, a div that floats left holding the first angle and the title, and a second div that floats left holding the icons. The icons are from the font-awesome package and I do not understand how to align them correctly.

Answer 1

Something along the lines of this should do:
HTML:
<div class="bar">
<div class="first button"></div>
<dic class="second button"></div>
</div>
CSS:
.bar{
width: 960px;
height: 60px;
margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
padding: 5px;
}
.button {
width: 50px;
height: 100%;
float: right;
margin-right: 10px;
background-size: 50px 50px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center; /* This is what will centralize it vertically and horizontally */
}
.first { background-image: url('image.png') }
.second { background-image: url('image2.png') }
I hope this helped.

Answer 2

Well, its hard to answer it exactly unless you post what you currently have.
However, your on the right track.
What I would do:
Wrap the whole thing in a div (as you said)
float the text left (which you said as well)
float the icons right (not left)
As far as spacing, put a margin/padding left/right to the two buttons.
EDIT:
As per my discussion with Luiz Berti:
You are almost right.
Try this instead:
http://jsfiddle.net/GYPK5/1/
HTML
<div class="bar">
<div class="text">Lots of stuff here</div>
<div class="buttons">
<img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/led24.de/led/16/page-white-edit-icon.png" />
<img src="http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/led24.de/led/16/bin-closed-icon.png" />
</div>
<div class="clear"> </div>
</div>
CSS
.bar {
width: 400px;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 20px;
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 20px;
}
.text {
margin-left: 20px;
float: left;
width: 200px;
}
.buttons {
float: right;
margin-right: 20px;
position: relative;
top: 2px;
}
.buttons img {
margin: 0 10px;
}
.clear {
clear: both;
width: 0;
height: 0;
}