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How to do side by side elements, with vertical alignment, without floats
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| div.left-right { | |
| box-sizing: border-box; | |
| display: inline-block; | |
| font-size: 0; | |
| position: relative; | |
| white-space: nowrap; | |
| width: 100%; | |
| } | |
| div.left-right div.left, | |
| div.left-right div.right { | |
| box-sizing: border-box; | |
| display: inline-block; | |
| font-size: initial; | |
| position: relative; | |
| white-space: normal; | |
| width: 50%; | |
| vertical-align: top; | |
| } | |
| div.left-right.vmiddle div.left, | |
| div.left-right.vmiddle div.right { | |
| vertical-align: middle; | |
| } | |
| div.left-right.vbottom div.left, | |
| div.left-right.vbottom div.right { | |
| vertical-align: bottom; | |
| } | |
| div.left-right div.left { | |
| background: firebrick; | |
| text-align: left; | |
| } | |
| div.left-right div.right { | |
| background: forestgreen; | |
| text-align: right; | |
| } |
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta name="description" content="This shows how to do left-right alignment without using floats in a way that both fits into parent containers as well as can be vertically aligned to it's left and right components." /> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="side_by_side.css"> | |
| <title>Floatless Alignment</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <div class="left-right"> | |
| <div class="left"> | |
| <p>Paragraph 1</p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="right"> | |
| <p>Paragraph 1</p> | |
| <p>Paragraph 2</p> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| <hr/> | |
| <div class="left-right vmiddle"> | |
| <div class="left"> | |
| <p>Paragraph 1</p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="right"> | |
| <p>Paragraph 1</p> | |
| <p>Paragraph 2</p> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| <hr/> | |
| <div class="left-right vbottom"> | |
| <div class="left"> | |
| <p>Paragraph 1</p> | |
| </div> | |
| <div class="right"> | |
| <p>Paragraph 1</p> | |
| <p>Paragraph 2</p> | |
| </div> | |
| </div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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