css-float

How to align 3 divs (left/center/right) inside another div?

With that CSS, put your divs like so (floats first): P.S. You could also float right, then left, then center. The important thing is that the floats come before the “main” center section. P.P.S. You often want last inside #container this snippet: <div style=”clear:both;”></div> which will extend #container vertically to contain both side floats instead of taking its height only from #center and possibly allowing … Read more

Aligning two divs side-by-side

If you wrapped your divs, like this: You could use this styling: This is a slightly different look though, so I’m not sure it’s what you’re after. This would center all 800px as a unit, not the 600px centered with the 200px on the left side. The basic approach is your sidebar floats left, but … Read more

Stop floating divs from wrapping

I want to have a row of divs (cells) that don’t wrap if the browser is too narrow to fit them. I’ve searched Stack, and couldn’t find a working answer to what I think should be a simple css question. The cells have specified width. However I don’t want to specify the width of the … Read more

How do I center floated elements?

Removing floats, and using inline-block may fix your problems: (remove the lines starting with – and add the lines starting with +.) Show code snippet inline-block works cross-browser, even on IE6 as long as the element is originally an inline element. Quote from quirksmode: An inline block is placed inline (ie. on the same line … Read more