Issue with divs not appearing side by side

Question

I have an issue with the child divs not appearing side by side. There are two divs which appear at the bottom of the first div.

I have tried display:inline-block - but to no avail.

div.bodyClass {
  background-color: D4BD6A;
  height: 850px;
}
div.navClassItems {
  text-align: center;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 250px:
}
div.secClass1 {
  background-color: F9E18D;
  display: inline-block;
}
div.secClass2 {
  background-color: F9E18D;
  display: inline-block;
}

<div id="mainbodyWithNav" class="bodyClass">

  <div class="navClassItems">
    <hr>Main Page
    <br>
    <hr>Metrics
    <br>
    <hr>Contact us
    <br>
    <hr>
  </div>


  <div class="secClass1">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor
    in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
  </div>

  <div class="secClass2">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor
    in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
  </div>


</div>

Possible duplicate of [Issue with divs not being contained in parent div](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36048168/issue-with-divs-not-being-contained-in-parent-div) — Jeff.Clark, Mar 16 '16 at 23:59

dippas · Answer 1 · 2016-03-17T00:14:05.683

you need to apply display:inline-block and set a (max)-width to all the children

.bodyClass {
  background-color: #D4BD6A;
  height: 850px;
  font-size:0 /* inline-block gap fix */
}
.bodyClass > div{
  text-align: center;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align:top;
  max-width: 250px;
  font-size:16px /* reset font-size */
}
[class*="sec"] {
  background-color: #F9E18D;
}

<div id="mainbodyWithNav" class="bodyClass">
  <div class="navClassItems">
    <hr>Main Page
    <br>
    <hr>Metrics
    <br>
    <hr>Contact us
    <br>
    <hr>
  </div>
  <div class="secClass1">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor
    in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
  </div>
  <div class="secClass2">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor
    in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
  </div>
</div>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '16 at 23:11

0

Try this...

div.secClass1
{
  background-color:F9E18D;
  width:50%;
  float:left;
}

div.secClass2
{
  background-color:F9E18D;
  width:50%;
  float:left;
}

and put an <hr /> just before the secClass1 div so that it separates it from the menu above.

answered Mar 16 '16 at 23:11

Quantumplate

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '16 at 23:11

Use "Float:left" and set their width both to 50% (Or width of container divided by 2):

//below is container class
container{
width: 100%;
}
div.secClass1
{
float: left;
width: 50%;
background-color:F9E18D;
display:inline-block;
}

div.secClass2
{
float: left;
width: 50%;
background-color:F9E18D;
display:inline-block;
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 16 '16 at 23:15

One option would be to set width to calc(50% - 125px) and float them left. See fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/DIRTY_SMITH/7oe5kh9L/39/

div.secClass1
{
width: calc(50% - 125px);
float: left;
background-color:#F9E18D;
}

div.secClass2
{
width: calc(50% - 125px);
float: left;
background-color:#F9E18D;
}

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 16 '16 at 23:08

-1

try using "float: left;" instead

answered Mar 16 '16 at 23:08

nur-sh

203
1
11

add a width property and float them left – nur-sh Mar 16 '16 at 23:52

Issue with divs not appearing side by side

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