aligning images and text side by side - html

Question

I've got a list of three service items with an image (intended to float left) and a small bit of text (intended to float right). I've got what I thought to be the proper code in place, but it's not working properly and I'm at a loss for what the problem could be.
<ul id="work">
<li><img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" /><p>SERVICE 1<br/><p>Service 1 description.</p></li>
<li><img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" /><p>SERVICE 2<br/><p>Service 2 description.</p></li>
<li><img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" /><p>SERVICE 3<br/><p>Service 3 description.</p></li>
#work li {
list-style-type: none !important;
}
#work li img {
float: left;
}
#work li p {
float: right;
}
https://jsfiddle.net/feewvmvt/

Answer 1

The issue is that you are nesting <p> elements:
<p>something<br><p>something</p>
Swap out the <br> with a closing </p> and everything lines up:
https://jsfiddle.net/jalbertbowdenii/5axLw1ww/

Answer 2

First you have two open <p> tag and just one closing </p> tag. Kindly fix
that.
The issue is because of the elements you are floating inside
the li. You need to use clear:both to li.
Please find other ways to clear float elements inside li
**
#work li {
list-style-type: none !important;
clear:both;
}
#work li img {
float: left;
}
#work li p {
float: right;
}
<ul id="work">
<li><img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" /><p>SERVICE 1<br/>Service 1 description.</p></li>
<li><img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" /><p>Service 2<br/>Service 2 description.</p></li>
<li><img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" /><p>SERVICE 3<br/>Service 3 description.</p></li>
</ul>

Answer 3

I think you should wrap your text on a div so you can manipulate it easier. I floated both blocks left and they align nicely. Also if you clear the floats the <li> tag recovers it heights
You could try something like this. Here is the fiddle
HTML
<ul id="work">
<li>
<img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" />
<div class="caption">
<p>SERVICE 1</p>
<p>Service 1 description.</p>
</div>
<div class="clear">
</div>
</li>
<li>
<img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" />
<div class="caption">
<p>SERVICE 1</p>
<p>Service 1 description.</p>
</div>
<div class="clear">
</div>
</li>
<li>
<img src="http://placehold.it/350x150" />
<div class="caption">
<p>SERVICE 1</p>
<p>Service 1 description.</p>
</div>
<div class="clear">
</div>
</li>
</ul>
And CSS
#work li {
list-style-type: none !important;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#work li img {
float: left;
}
.caption {
float: left;
padding-left: 5px;
}

Answer 4

Change your float: left and float: right to display: inline-block;
The problem is that floated elements do not take up width and height in their parent. Using inline-block, the parent will expand to fit its children and will push the other elements down to make room.
I tried this out and it worked great.