Saturday, April 15, 2017

CSS Layout - inline-block

The inline-block Value

It has been possible for a long time to create a grid of boxes that fills the browser width and wraps nicely (when the browser is resized), by using the float property.
However, the inline-block value of the display property makes this even easier.
inline-block elements are like inline elements but they can have a width and a height.

Examples

The old way - using float (notice that we also need to specify a clear property for the element after the floating boxes):


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.floating-box {
    float: left;
    width: 150px;
    height: 75px;
    margin: 10px;
    border: 3px solid #73AD21;  
}

.after-box {
    clear: left;
    border: 3px solid red;      
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>The Old Way - using float</h2>

<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>
<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>
<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>
<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>
<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>
<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>
<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>
<div class="floating-box">Floating box</div>

<div class="after-box">Another box, after the floating boxes...</div>

</body>
</html>


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