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Janek Rezner
Janek Rezner
12,973 Points
Posted by Janek Rezner
Janek Rezner
12,973 Points

Designing a graph legend

I'm designing a legend for a graph I made and want to style the text to be aligned next to the color boxes (not underneath). Can't get this right.

I'm using Sass and Zurb Foundation 5.

Here is my code:

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</ul>

and Scss

.legend-labels {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style: none;

    li {
        list-style: none;
        display:inline;

        span {
            display: block;
            height: 30px;
            width: 30px;
            border: solid 2px black;

}
}
}

the result is this:

i want for the labels to be right next to the boxes not underneath

any help much appreciated !!

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Yann,

Using display:inline-block; on the span should get you where you want. This way it behaves as a block element where you can assign a width and height but also behaves as an inline element keeping it inline with the text after it.

Janek Rezner
Janek Rezner
12,973 Points
Janek Rezner
Janek Rezner
12,973 Points

aghhhhggh of course! It worked like a charm! thanks a million!