Reputation: 83
I have a page that includes links, in the form of inline-blocks, to a couple of pages. My links stay at the same height, as long as they have identical text. Like this: Screenshot of webpage
However, when I change the text in the boxes, whichever box has fewer characters is lower than the other. Like this: Screenshot of webpage
Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how to fix it?
Here is my HTML, CSS, and JavaScript:
//The JavaScript is probably irrrelevant, but maybe not
//Set menu block height proportionally to the width
var menuAWidth = $('.menu a').css('width');
menuAWidth = menuAWidth.substring(0, menuAWidth.length - 2);
var menuAHeight = menuAWidth*1.618;
menuAHeight = (Math.round(menuAHeight*1000))/1000;
$('.menu a').css('height', menuAHeight);
//Reset height of menu block on resize
$(window).resize(function() {
var menuAWidth = $('.menu a').css('width');
menuAWidth = menuAWidth.substring(0, menuAWidth.length - 2);
var menuAHeight = menuAWidth*1.618;
menuAHeight = (Math.round(menuAHeight*1000))/1000;
$('.menu a').css('height', menuAHeight);
});
body {
background: #fffae5;
font-family: sans-serif;
margin: 0;
}
.main {
margin-left: 300px;
padding-left: 1%;
}
.main h2 {
text-align: center;
font-size: 30px;
}
/*Any code pertaining to the sidebar, nav, or heading is irrelevant*/
#sidebar {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
float: left;
width: 300px;
font-size: 20px;
background: #D2B48C;
margin-left: 0;
margin-top: 0;
height: 100%;
}
#heading {
background: #a52a2a;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
font-family: serif;
}
#heading h1 {
font-size: 30px;
}
nav {
line-height: 35px;
text-align: center;
}
nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
}
nav ul li,
nav ul {
padding-left: 0;
}
#sidebar a {
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
}
/*This is the relevant code*/
.menu a {
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 21%;
background: #9E7D70;
padding: 5px;
margin: 1%;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.menu h3 {
text-align: center;
padding: 0 16px 0 16px;
}
.menu p {
padding: 0 16px 0 16px;
}
/*Also irrelavent*/
nav a[href="vocab.html"] li {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}
nav a[href="../vocab.html"] li {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}
<!--Most of the code is irrelevant to the problem-->
<!--The important part is in a div with an id="main"-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>He Who Teacheth</title>
<!--<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="main.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="vocab/vocab.css">
<style>
</style>-->
</head>
<body>
<div id="sidebar">
<a href="home.html">
<div id="heading">
<h1>He Who Teacheth</h1>
<p><strong>Romans 2:21</strong>
</br><q>Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?</q>
</div>
</a>
<nav>
<ul>
<a href="home.html">
<li>Home</li>
</a>
<a href="math.html">
<li>Math</li>
</a>
<a href="science.html">
<li>Science</li>
</a>
<a href="history.html">
<li>History</li>
</a>
<a href="art.html">
<li>Art</li>
</a>
<a href="vocab.html">
<li>Vocabulary</li>
</a>
<a href="gospel.html">
<li>Gospel</li>
</a>
<a href="english.html">
<li>English</li>
</a>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
<!--Main code, this is the part that pertains to the question-->
<div class="main">
<h2>Vocabulary</h2>
<div class="menu">
<a href="skeleton.html">
<h3>Skeleton</h3>
<p>This is the basic HTML structure for all the math pages.</p>
</a>
<a href="skeleton.html">
<h3>Literary</h3>
<p>This is a personal dictionary of literary terms, with a description of each one.</p>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<!--<script src="jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="main.js"></script>-->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Upvotes: 1
Views: 56
Reputation: 800
display: inline-block
causes this behaviour. There's a decent amount of info about this here: http://designshack.net/articles/css/whats-the-deal-with-display-inline-block/
Short answer: use vertical-align: top
on your inline-block elements to keep the tops aligned (rather than sticking to the baseline default), or try floats instead.
Upvotes: 3