Align inline-block DIVs to top of container element
When two inline-block
div
s have different heights, why does the shorter of the two not align to the top of the container? (DEMO):
.container {
border: 1px black solid;
width: 320px;
height: 120px;
}
.small {
display: inline-block;
width: 40%;
height: 30%;
border: 1px black solid;
background: aliceblue;
}
.big {
display: inline-block;
border: 1px black solid;
width: 40%;
height: 50%;
background: beige;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="small"></div>
<div class="big"></div>
</div>
How can I align the small div
at the top of its container?
Because the vertical-align
is set at baseline as default.
Use vertical-align:top
instead:
.small{
display: inline-block;
width: 40%;
height: 30%;
border: 1px black solid;
background: aliceblue;
vertical-align:top; /* <---- this */
}
http://jsfiddle.net/Lighty_46/RHM5L/9/
Or as @f00644 said you could apply float
to the child elements as well.
You need to add a vertical-align
property to your two child div's.
If .small
is always shorter, you need only apply the property to .small
.
However, if either could be tallest then you should apply the property to both .small
and .big
.
.container{
border: 1px black solid;
width: 320px;
height: 120px;
}
.small{
display: inline-block;
width: 40%;
height: 30%;
border: 1px black solid;
background: aliceblue;
vertical-align: top;
}
.big {
display: inline-block;
border: 1px black solid;
width: 40%;
height: 50%;
background: beige;
vertical-align: top;
}
Vertical align affects inline or table-cell box's, and there are a large nubmer of different values for this property. Please see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/vertical-align for more details.