How to align the content of two divs vertically? - html

Question

I'm trying to align two divs horizontally inside my HTML: the first one contains an image and the second a text, and this is the used code:
<div style="float: left; width: 55px;">
<img src="../img/look.svg" alt="">
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block;">
<span> Look for cases </span>
<span> from people near you. </span>
</div>
I tried many methods, but I've been unable to get the text line in the same level as the image vertical axis, and the text inside the second div gets displayed very far from the image vertically.
So, is there any possibility to fix that?

Answer 1

The problem is with the float. The vertical-align: middle; line-height: 1; will fix the issue:
div {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
line-height: 1;
}
div:first-child {
width: 55px;
}
<div>
<img src="//placehold.it/50?text=DP" alt="">
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; line-height: 1;">
<span> Look for cases </span>
<span> from people near you. </span>
</div>
Preview
Top Alignment:
Middle Alignment:
The vertical-align decides the vertical alignment. If you want the image and text to be on the same line, use vertical-align: top.

Answer 2

A few things first:
don't use inline styles
don't mix float with inline-block
Option 1: using flebox
section {
display: flex;
gap: 10px;
}
<section>
<div>
<img src="//dummyimage.com/55x55" alt="">
</div>
<div>
<span> Look for cases </span>
<span> from people near you. </span>
</div>
</section>
Option #2 using inline-block
div {
display:inline-block;
vertical-align:top;
margin-right:10px
}
<div>
<img src="//dummyimage.com/55x55" alt="">
</div>
<div>
<span> Look for cases </span>
<span> from people near you. </span>
</div>
Option #3 using float
div {
float: left;
margin-right:10px
}
<div>
<img src="//dummyimage.com/55x55" alt="">
</div>
<div>
<span> Look for cases </span>
<span> from people near you. </span>
</div>

Answer 3

flexbox to the rescue.
I added your divs inside another one, which will align its items. In my CSS my image has 100px so I changed the width to 100px. Change yours accordingly.
.halign {
display:flex;
align-items: center;
}
<div class="halign">
<div style="width: 100px;">
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/100/100/" alt="">
</div>
<div>
<span> Look for cases </span>
<span> from people near you. </span>
</div>
</div>

Answer 4

Try to seprate the CSS and HTML and do not mix display:inline-block with float:left. Also use clear:both after both div
<style>
.fisrstDiv {
float: left;
display:block;
}
.secondDiv {
float: left;
display:block;
}
.clear {
clear: both;
}
</style>
HTML
<div class="fisrstDiv">
<img src="//placehold.it/50?text=DP" alt="">
</div>
<div class="secondDiv">
<span> Look for cases </span>
<span> from people near you. </span>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>