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CSS

Natalie Nohel
Natalie Nohel
4,422 Points
Posted by Natalie Nohel
Natalie Nohel
4,422 Points

.col not working???

I am having trouble getting the .col class to work but I am able to use the float property to get the two columns, here is what I try to use with the .col class

.col { display: inline-block; width: 50%; background-color: light grey;

}

it does not work that way but does work if I swap display out for float.

Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points

Please post your HTML and CSS in case you made an error somewhere in your document.

2 Answers

Matt Bazley
Matt Bazley
195 Points
Matt Bazley
Matt Bazley
195 Points

Have you added a negative margin? - This should get the columns displaying side-by-side.

"margin-right: -4px;"

Alexander Acker
Alexander Acker
18,123 Points
Alexander Acker
Alexander Acker
18,123 Points

Pretty sure Matt's answer should do the trick but would like to call out the CSS tricks article that provides solutions for fixing inline-block element layouts especially when trying to apply summed width of 100%.

https://css-tricks.com/fighting-the-space-between-inline-block-elements/