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CSS

Posted by Daniele Manca
Daniele Manca
10,986 Points

Create blocks which have a gutter between them without using flexbox

Hi folks,

I have been trying to create the small news blocks in the below link without having to use flexbox, but didn't manage to,

http://www.bypasswebdevelopment.com/chepping/news.html

Does anyone know a way of doing it so that I can manage to have a gutter in between them only?

Daniele

1 Answer

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

you can do this. please see the example below. if its not what you are looking for let me know.

HTML

<ul>
    <li>first</li>
    <li>second</li>
    <li>third</li>
    <li>fourth</li>
    <li>fifth</li>
</ul>

CSS:

ul{
    list-style: none;
}
li{
    display: inline-block;
    background-color: lightblue;
    padding: 25px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    cursor: pointer;
}

the key here is using the display: inline-block, and margin-right properties. That is what will give you a horizontal list item with a "gutter" in this case it's 10px margin to the right of each list item.