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Robert
Robert

Reputation: 10390

CSS display: inline-block drops to next line

I have a simple grid that I am testing out.

I decided to change something from float: left to display: inline-block in the attribute selector [class*='col-].

I am wondering why when using float: left there is enough space for col-9 and everything works fine but, when using display: inline-block the element drops down to the next line.

* {
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.header {
	border: 1px solid red;
	padding: 15px;
}

.col-1 {width: 8.33%;}
.col-2 {width: 16.66%;}
.col-3 {width: 25%;}
.col-4 {width: 33.33%;}
.col-5 {width: 41.66%;}
.col-6 {width: 50%;}
.col-7 {width: 58.33%;}
.col-8 {width: 66.66%;}
.col-9 {width: 75%;}
.col-10 {width: 83.33%;}
.col-11 {width: 91.66%;}
.col-12 {width: 100%;}

[class*='col-'] {
	display: inline-block;
	padding-top: 15px;
	border: 1px solid red;
}
	<div class='header'>
		<h1>China</h1>
	</div>
	<div class='row'>
		<div class='col-3'>
			<ul>
				<li>The Flight</li>
				<li>The City</li>
				<li>The Island</li>
				<li>The Food</li>
			</ul>
		</div>
		<div class='col-9'>
			<h1>The City</h1>
			<p>Chania is the capital of the Chania region on the island of Crete. The city can be divided in two parts, the old town and the modern city.</p>
			<p>Resize the browser window to see how the content respond to the resizing.</p>
		</div>
	</div>

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2601

Answers (2)

henry
henry

Reputation: 4385

@Thielicious's answer has a fine solution. Here's the explanation, and the answer to your

I am wondering why when using float: left there is enough space for col-9 and everything works fine but, when using display: inline-block the element drops down to the next line.

Whitespace between inline-block elements takes up space on the rendered page.

Chris Coyier gives a run down of different ways to get around this (includes the method of html comments, as in Thielicious's answer, as well as some other HTML tricks and CSS methods)

Upvotes: 2

Thielicious
Thielicious

Reputation: 4442

<div class='header'>
        <h1>China</h1>
    </div>
    <div class='row'>
        <div class='col-3'>
            <ul>
                <li>The Flight</li>
                <li>The City</li>
                <li>The Island</li>
                <li>The Food</li>
            </ul>
        </div><!--
        --><div class='col-9'>
            <h1>The City</h1>
            <p>Chania is the capital of the Chania region on the island of Crete. The city can be divided in two parts, the old town and the modern city.</p>
            <p>Resize the browser window to see how the content respond to the resizing.</p>
        </div>
    </div>

small hack, try these <!-- --> it ignores the whitespace

EDIT: and if you want to remove the tiny gap to your header:

.col-9 {
  vertical-align: top;
}

demo

Upvotes: 7

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