How can I reduce space between images when using <figure>? - html

Question

How can I adjust the space between images when using <figure>? I want to reduce the space, but for some reason I just can't get it it to budge.
I want 3 images to sit on one row, but because I can't reduce the space between images to allow them to fit comfortably in the div box, the 3rd is wrapping and sitting below the first two
.container3 {
width: 1000px;
height: 600px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.container3 figure {
display: inline-block;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
<div class="container3">
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-berryblitz.jpg" alt="berry blitz">
<figcaption>
Fall Berry Blitz Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-spiced-rum.jpg" alt="spiced rum">
<figcaption>
Spiced Rum Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-donut.jpg" alt="donut">
<figcaption>
Seasonal Donuts
</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>

Answer 1

Figure has a margin of 16px applied. You can adjust the margin, if it is that, what you want:
.container3 {
width: 1000px;
height: 600px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 1px dashed black;
}
.container3 figure {
display: inline-block;
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
}
<div class="container3">
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-berryblitz.jpg" alt="berry blitz">
<figcaption>
Fall Berry Blitz Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-spiced-rum.jpg" alt="spiced rum">
<figcaption>
Spiced Rum Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-donut.jpg" alt="donut">
<figcaption>
Seasonal Donuts
</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
If you want to distribute the available space evenly between the images, you can use flexbox and use justify-content: space-between:
.container3 {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
width: 1000px;
height: 600px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 1px dashed black;
}
.container3 figure {
display: inline-block;
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
}
<div class="container3">
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-berryblitz.jpg" alt="berry blitz">
<figcaption>
Fall Berry Blitz Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-spiced-rum.jpg" alt="spiced rum">
<figcaption>
Spiced Rum Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-donut.jpg" alt="donut">
<figcaption>
Seasonal Donuts
</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
I've added another snippet based on OP's comment:
.container {
background: tomato;
display: flex;
gap: 10px;
justify-content: center;
flex-flow: column nowrap;
width: 600px;
height: 300px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 1px dashed black;
}
.row {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
gap: 10px;
}
.row figure {
background: #DEDEDE;
/* or width */
flex-basis: calc(100% * 1/3);
/* you may use max-width: 100px; to limit the size */
flex-shrink: 1;
flex-grow: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
height: 50px;
margin: 0;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="row row-3">
<figure>Fig. 1</figure>
<figure>Fig. 2</figure>
<figure>Fig. 3</figure>
</div>
<div class="row row-2">
<figure>Fig. 4</figure>
<figure>Fig. 5</figure>
</div>
<div class="row row-1">
<figure>Fig. 6</figure>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

inline-block elements have the "funny" way of including the whitespace after the tag. You have 2 possibilities to remove the whitespace:
As #Breezer suggested add display: flex; to the parent-container.
remove the whitespace in html after each figure like so:
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-berryblitz.jpg" alt="berry blitz">
<figcaption>
Fall Berry Blitz Tea
</figcaption>
</figure><figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-spiced-rum.jpg" alt="spiced rum">
<figcaption>
Spiced Rum Tea
</figcaption>
</figure><figure>
<img class="image" height="200px" width="300px" src="/images/img-donut.jpg" alt="donut">
<figcaption>
Seasonal Donuts
</figcaption>
</figure>

Answer 3

Using display: flex on the container should be enough.
Also, the <img> tag expects unitless width and height attributes (without "px"):
.container3 {
width: 1000px;
height: 600px;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.container3 figure {
margin: 0;
}
<div class="container3">
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200" width="300" src="https://via.placeholder.com/300x150" alt="berry blitz">
<figcaption>
Fall Berry Blitz Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200" width="300" src="https://via.placeholder.com/300x150" alt="spiced rum">
<figcaption>
Spiced Rum Tea
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img class="image" height="200" width="300" src="https://via.placeholder.com/300x150" alt="donut">
<figcaption>
Seasonal Donuts
</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>