For a simpler solution, you can give the parent display: table and its children display: table-cell, like this: .parent { display: table; } .child { display: table-cell; } See DEMO. Please note that this does not work in IE7, so if IE7 support is required, a more elaborate solution would be needed.
Using display:inline-block #element1 {display:inline-block;margin-right:10px;} #element2 {display:inline-block;} Example
To put it most simply, it is because a block box with an overflow that isn’t visible (the default) creates a new block formatting context. Boxes that create new block formatting contexts are defined to stretch to contain their floats by height if they themselves do not have a specified height, defaulting to auto (the … Read more
When something works in other browsers but not in IE9, chance is that your header isn’t correct. Check with this one : <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge” />
Set the parent div to position: relative, then the inner div to… position: absolute; bottom: 0; …and there you go 🙂
In 3 words: inline-block is better. Inline Block The only drawback to the display: inline-block approach is that in IE7 and below an element can only be displayed inline-block if it was already inline by default. What this means is that instead of using a <div> element you have to use a <span> element. It’s … Read more
To my knowledge, there’s no way to fix this problem with pure CSS (that works in all common browsers): Floats don’t work. display: inline-block doesn’t work. position: relative with position: absolute requires manual pixel tuning. If you’re using a server-side language, and you’re working with images (or something with predictable height), you can handle the … Read more
Just give them a width and float: left;, here’s an example: <div style=”width: 500px;”> <div style=”float: left; width: 200px;”>Left Stuff</div> <div style=”float: left; width: 100px;”>Middle Stuff</div> <div style=”float: left; width: 200px;”>Right Stuff</div> <br style=”clear: left;” /> </div>
It sure seems to have been asked before (2003), and before (2002), or before (2005) The last link actually suggest a javascript-based solution, but for a fixed (i.e. non fluid) solution. It is consistent however, with other advices found The only way to do that is to put the floated element somewhere in the middle … Read more
Of the options you asked about: float:left; I dislike floats because of the need to have additional markup to clear the float. As far as I’m concerned, the whole float concept was poorly designed in the CSS specs. Nothing we can do about that now though. But the important thing is it does work, and … Read more