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CSS

Posted by Justin Riley
Justin Riley
3,175 Points

cant align my images using CSS basics clearing floats technique

hey guys, no matter which technique i use. even trying Guils i can not get the tree images in this div to line up horizontally. i can get the 1 and 3 inline but not the center to follow his friends thanks justin

<div class="row"> <div class="thumbs1"> <a href="#" target="_blank"><img src="#" alt="web-sites"></a> </div> <div class="thumbs2"> <a href="#" target="_blank"><img src="#" alt="java"></a> </div> <div class="thumbs3"> <a href="#" target="_blank"><img src="#" alt="coming-soon"></a> </div>

.thumbs1, .thumbs2 .thumbs3 { width: 33.3%; } .thumbs1 { float: left; } .thumbs2 {

} .thumb3 { float: right; }

.group:after { content: ""; display: table; clear: both; }

4 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

I see three issues:

  • the first rule is missing a comma between the ".thumbs2" and ".thumbs3" selectors
  • the rule for ".thumbs2" is missing a "float: left;" property
  • the rule for ".thumb3" is spelled incorrectly (should be ".thumbs3", with an "s")

Plus, I noticed two other things not directly related to the issue:

  • the outer "row" div has no closing tag
  • the "group" class isn't being used in the HTML
zhiheng lan
zhiheng lan
2,151 Points

Cool, very clear.

zhiheng lan
zhiheng lan
2,151 Points
zhiheng lan
zhiheng lan
2,151 Points

You missing , between .thumbs2 and .thumbs3. and I think your html code need to be formated.

Justin Riley
Justin Riley
3,175 Points
Justin Riley
Justin Riley
3,175 Points

Ahh! I’m an idiot! Fresh eyes thank you I’ll follow up!

zhiheng lan
zhiheng lan
2,151 Points

You are welcome.

Justin Riley
Justin Riley
3,175 Points
Justin Riley
Justin Riley
3,175 Points

YES! floating the #2 left doesn't make sense yet at my level to put it in the center but hell i will take it! i spent an hour last night trying to make it work.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

You can actually float all 3 left, they will line up in order. But without a float, a div will occupy an entire line.