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Reputation: 16998

CSS how to align group of elements horizontally?

I'm having trouble aligning a paragraph element with a group of button elements. I'm using jQuery and CSS to try and do this.

Here is what I see:

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And ideally I would like them all to be on the same horizontal line at the top of the screen, to avoid wasting pixel real-estate as I am. So have the DesignName text then immediately to the right of it in a line have the buttons.

Here is how the elements are being added in code: 

var theDiv = $("#theDiv");

theDiv.append('<div id="buttonMenuDiv"></div>');

var buttonDiv = $("#buttonMenuDiv");
buttonDiv.append('<p id="DesignName" class="DesignName">DesignName</p>');
buttonDiv.append('<input type="button" id="MainMenu" value="Main Menu" >');
buttonDiv.append('<input type="button" id="NewModule" value="New Module" >');
buttonDiv.append('<input type="button" id="SearchDesigns" value="Search Designs" >');
buttonDiv.append('<input type="button" id="DesignDescription" value="Design Description" >');
buttonDiv.append('<input type="button" id="SaveWork" value="Save Work" >');
buttonDiv.append('<input type="button" id="PackageDesign" value="Package Design" >');
buttonDiv.append('<input type="button" id="Tutorial" value="Tutorial" >');

The "DesignName" class just specifies font attributes (size, color) so I didn't include it. Thanks for any help.

(Having some EDITING trouble with the single quotes in the append() calls)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6456

Answers (3)

zhujy_8833
zhujy_8833

Reputation: 571

You can use a css rule for those buttons to implement this:

/*css rule*/

#buttonMenuDiv > input{
   display: inline-block;
}

You can set display to inline or inline-block. But if you set them to inline, the 'width' and the 'height' attributes will not take effect any more.

Upvotes: 1

Bubbles
Bubbles

Reputation: 3815

Paragraph's and div's are of block type, which means they are automatically followed by a line break. Input's are not, and if you want "Design Name" to not be followed by break, you should probably just put it in a span (span's are considered inline elements, which join the flow of text around them). Floating as mentioned in the above comments will also work, but it comes with a bit more baggage - if you're just trying to keep a bunch of simple items on the same line, inline elements (or setting "display: inline" in the css).

Upvotes: 1

Ben McCormick
Ben McCormick

Reputation: 25728

#theDiv * {
display:inline;
}

Just make the elements inline instead of block.

http://jsfiddle.net/v5eYt/3/

Upvotes: 3

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