Inline Block in CSS Language
When it comes to styling web pages, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is an essential tool.
>CSS allows you to control the layout and presentation of HTML elements on your website. One commonly used display property value in CSS isinline-block. In this post, we’ll explore what inline-block is and provide examples to help you understand how to use it effectively.
What is inline-block?
The display property in CSS defines how an element is displayed on the web page. The inline-block value combines two distinct behaviors – the inline and block-level elements. An inline-block element behaves like an inline element but has the characteristics of a block-level element. This means that inline-block elements flow within the text, but they can have their own width and height, and you can apply margins and padding to them.
Using inline-block for Navigation Menus
One common use of inline-block is for creating horizontal navigation menus. In the following example, we’ll create a simple navigation menu using inline-block.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.nav {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
}
.nav li {
display: inline-block;
margin-right: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul class="nav">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>In this example, we’ve created a simple navigation menu using an unordered list (<ul>) and list items (<li>). By setting the display property of the list items to inline-block, they appear side by side horizontally, creating a navigation menu. The margin-right property adds spacing between the menu items.
Creating Grids with inline-block
Another use case for inline-block is creating simple grids. Suppose you want to display a collection of images or items in a grid-like layout. Here’s an example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.grid {
font-size: 0; /* Remove white space between inline-block elements */
}
.grid-item {
display: inline-block;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #3498db;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="grid">
<div class="grid-item"></div>
<div class="grid-item"></div>
<div class="grid-item"></div>
<div class="grid-item"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>In this example, we’ve created a grid layout by setting the display property of the grid items to inline-block. The font-size: 0; on the container removes the white space between items.
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