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CSS

Posted by Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

Question about divs when displayed inline-block

So, I've run into this before, but perhaps someone could provide an explanation for me.

When I have two divs that have display: inline-block;, and the first has content but the second doesn't, the first div's position goes out of line with the second, as shown in this codepen. Can anyone explain to me why this happens? As soon as content is added to the second div, they realign themselves nicely again.

1 Answer

David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

The divs aren't the problem. It's actually the text inside the div that has default styles applied.

Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

Oh, I see, so the text is trying to be in line with the next div, whose bottom is further down than it, so it pushes the entire div down? I suppose that makes sense. In one of my side projects, I actually had a table in the second div, and it was doing this, so I was even more confused since both had content. Thanks for the answer! :)

David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

add this to your code.

vertical-align: middle;

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5932201/how-to-vertical-align-an-inline-block-in-a-line-of-text

Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

I've noticed that vertical-align will fix the issue, but I was wondering why it happened in the first place, and your answer makes sense!

David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

No prob, man. Happy coding.