Align DIV's to bottom or baseline
Solution 1:
You need to add this:
#parentDiv {
position: relative;
}
#parentDiv .childDiv {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
}
When declaring absolute element, it is positioned according to its nearest parent that is not static (it must be absolute, relative or fixed).
Solution 2:
Seven years later searches for vertical alignment still bring up this question, so I'll post another solution we have available to us now: flexbox positioning. Just set display:flex; justify-content: flex-end; flex-direction: column on the parent div (demonstrated in this fiddle as well):
#parentDiv
{
display: flex;
justify-content: flex-end;
flex-direction: column;
width:300px;
height:300px;
background-color:#ccc;
background-repeat:repeat
}
Solution 3:
Use the CSS display values of table and table-cell:
HTML
<html>
<body>
<div class="valign bottom">
<div>
<div>my bottom aligned div 1</div>
<div>my bottom aligned div 2</div>
<div>my bottom aligned div 3</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS
html,body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.valign {
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.valign > div {
display: table-cell;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.valign.bottom > div {
vertical-align: bottom;
}
I've created a JSBin demo here: http://jsbin.com/INOnAkuF/2/edit
The demo also has an example how to vertically center align using the same technique.
Solution 4:
this works (i only tested ie & ff):
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#parent {
height: 300px;
width: 300px;
background-color: #ccc;
border: 1px solid red;
position: relative;
}
#child {
height: 100px;
width: 30px;
background-color: #eee;
border: 1px solid green;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="parent">parent
<div id="child">child</div>
</div>
outside
</body>
</html>
hope that helps.