All of the elements within .track-container should line up nice and in line, each side by side, constrained by the 200px height they've been given with no weird margins or padding. Instead, you have the strangeness that occurs in the aforementioned fiddle.
What is causing .album-artwork and .track-info to get pushed halfway down the page, and how can I fix it? Also, I acknowledge that a table may be a better way of approaching this whole setup, but I want to figure out the problem from the code above so I can learn from this mistake.
.track-container {
padding:0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position, .position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Here's a JSFiddle.
10.8 Line height calculations: the 'line-height' and 'vertical-align' properties
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
This is a common issue involving inline-block elements. In this case, the default value of the vertical-align property is baseline. If you change the value to top, it will behave as expected.
Updated Example
.position-data {
vertical-align: top;
}
The elements inside .track-container are inline-level boxes in the same line box.
Therefore, their vertical alignment is specified by the vertical-align property:
This property affects the vertical positioning inside a line box of
the boxes generated by an inline-level element.
By default, its value is baseline:
Align the baseline of the box with the baseline of the parent box. If
the box does not have a baseline, align the bottom margin edge with
the parent's baseline.
In this case, they all have baselines, which are calculated according to
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box
in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if
its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in
which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
The following image clarifies what's happening (the red line is the baseline):
Therefore, you can
Change the vertical alignment of the elements, e.g. to top, middle or bottom
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Set the overflow of the elements to something different than visible, e.g. hidden or auto, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge.
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Make sure the elements have no in-flow line box, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge. That is, the contents should be out of flow:
An element is called out of flow if it is floated, absolutely
positioned, or is the root element. An element is called in-flow if it
is not out-of-flow.
So for example, you can place the contents of the elements in a wrapper, and style it with float: left:
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position wrapper">1</div>
<div class="position-movement wrapper">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">
<span class="wrapper">fdasfdsa</span>
</div>
<div class="track-info">
<span class="wrapper">fdafdsa</span>
</div>
</div>
You need to add vertical-align:top to those two elements:
.album-artwork, .track-info {
vertical-align:top;
}
jsFiddle example
The default vertical alignment is baseline, but you are looking for top instead.
Or you could set float:left; to 3 elements.
http://jsfiddle.net/fC2nt/
Make sure the line-height ratio on all the elements you're trying to align is the same also. If you're using a mix of DIV, P, H1-5, DT, DD, INPUT, BUTTON tags this will also cause irregularities in vertical alignment depending on what you've already defined elsewhere.
Related
All of the elements within .track-container should line up nice and in line, each side by side, constrained by the 200px height they've been given with no weird margins or padding. Instead, you have the strangeness that occurs in the aforementioned fiddle.
What is causing .album-artwork and .track-info to get pushed halfway down the page, and how can I fix it? Also, I acknowledge that a table may be a better way of approaching this whole setup, but I want to figure out the problem from the code above so I can learn from this mistake.
.track-container {
padding:0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position, .position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Here's a JSFiddle.
10.8 Line height calculations: the 'line-height' and 'vertical-align' properties
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
This is a common issue involving inline-block elements. In this case, the default value of the vertical-align property is baseline. If you change the value to top, it will behave as expected.
Updated Example
.position-data {
vertical-align: top;
}
The elements inside .track-container are inline-level boxes in the same line box.
Therefore, their vertical alignment is specified by the vertical-align property:
This property affects the vertical positioning inside a line box of
the boxes generated by an inline-level element.
By default, its value is baseline:
Align the baseline of the box with the baseline of the parent box. If
the box does not have a baseline, align the bottom margin edge with
the parent's baseline.
In this case, they all have baselines, which are calculated according to
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box
in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if
its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in
which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
The following image clarifies what's happening (the red line is the baseline):
Therefore, you can
Change the vertical alignment of the elements, e.g. to top, middle or bottom
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Set the overflow of the elements to something different than visible, e.g. hidden or auto, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge.
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Make sure the elements have no in-flow line box, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge. That is, the contents should be out of flow:
An element is called out of flow if it is floated, absolutely
positioned, or is the root element. An element is called in-flow if it
is not out-of-flow.
So for example, you can place the contents of the elements in a wrapper, and style it with float: left:
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position wrapper">1</div>
<div class="position-movement wrapper">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">
<span class="wrapper">fdasfdsa</span>
</div>
<div class="track-info">
<span class="wrapper">fdafdsa</span>
</div>
</div>
You need to add vertical-align:top to those two elements:
.album-artwork, .track-info {
vertical-align:top;
}
jsFiddle example
The default vertical alignment is baseline, but you are looking for top instead.
Or you could set float:left; to 3 elements.
http://jsfiddle.net/fC2nt/
Make sure the line-height ratio on all the elements you're trying to align is the same also. If you're using a mix of DIV, P, H1-5, DT, DD, INPUT, BUTTON tags this will also cause irregularities in vertical alignment depending on what you've already defined elsewhere.
My second inner div position is weirdly adjusted when my first inner div have a long link text. How to fix it?
My html code:
<div class='div-wrapper'>
<div class='inner-div1'>
This is a long link
</div>
<div class='inner-div2'>
Link 2
</div>
</div>
My css code:
.div-wrapper {
border: 1px solid black;
width: 200px;
height:70px;
margin: auto;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
.div-wrapper div {
display: inline-block;
border: 1px solid black;
width: 90px;
height: 60px;
text-align: center;
}
.div-wrapper div a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
}
link to the picture of the div:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9zs4mgj7izuqsp1/question.png?dl=0
The problem is with your CSS. Particularly the .div-wrapper div
You need to change the display setting from inline-block to inline-table to get it inside the cell. You mentioned that you wanted the box inside the larger box, but you need to clarify how exactly you want the inner boxes to be placed inside the larger box (ex: small gap between the boxes, both perfectly fit inside the large box with equal sizes)
Just changed inline-block to inline-flex for your inner div and looks fine.
.div-wrapper {
border: 1px solid black;
width: 200px;
height:70px;
margin: auto;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
.div-wrapper div {
display: inline-flex;
border: 1px solid black;
width: 90px;
height: 60px;
text-align: center;
}
.div-wrapper div a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
}
<div class='div-wrapper'>
<div class='inner-div1'>
This is a long link
</div>
<div class='inner-div2'>
Link 2
</div>
</div>
Just have to fix this, I don't think any solution here explains why the problem exists. Just to add up, the problem with this is because vertical-align is set to baseline by default.
What you have to do is set the vertical-align to top
Insert it in your CSS:
.div-wrapper div {
vertical-align: top;
}
Link to solution: https://jsfiddle.net/Lnvgkfz3/
Small changes in CSS
.div-wrapper {
border: 1px solid black;
width: auto;
height:70px;
margin: auto;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
.div-wrapper div {
display: inline-block;
border: 1px solid black;
width: 190px;
height: 60px;
text-align: center;
}
.div-wrapper div a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
}
I have to create two <textarea>s in two different <div>s and both are have to come in single line. And both <textarea>s have to occupy 100% width (50% by each) in all types of screen.
However, when I am trying the second <textarea>, the right side is overflowing and even I am not able to manage right margin (in CSS) for <textarea>. How can I avoid right overflow for <textarea>?
.container {
background-color: lightblue;
border: 5px solid black;
min-height: 500px;
}
textarea {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
border: 3px none #cccccc;
margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.left {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
.right {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
<div class='left'>
<textarea>left </textarea>
</div>
<div class='right'>
<textarea>right</textarea>
</div>
Note the change in margin to textarea. That should do it!
.container {
background-color: lightblue;
border: 5px solid black;
min-height: 500px;
}
textarea {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
border: 3px none #cccccc;
margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.left {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
.right {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
<div class='left'>
<textarea>left</textarea>
</div>
<div class='right'>
<textarea>right</textarea>
</div>
you have to remove margin from your textarea because margin calculated form the outer width of the element , you can use padding to .conatiner instead.
and add a box-sizing attribute to remove the border width from the calculate width
html,body,.container{
height:100%;
margin:0;
}
.container{
background-color: lightblue;
border: 5px solid black;
padding:10px;
display: table;
width: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
textarea {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
border: 3px none #cccccc;
border: 1px solid black;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.left{
display: table-cell;
width:50%;
height: 100%;
}
.right{
display: table-cell;
width:50%;
height: 100%;
}
<html>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class='left'>
<textarea>left </textarea>
</div>
<div class='right'>
<textarea>right</textarea>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Remove margin from your textarea because margin calculated form the outer width of the element, and give display: table; to container.
Remove margin. Because you are assigning 50% to each left and right textarea. so your total width will be 100%+10px; so it will overflow on x-axis
textarea {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
border: 3px none #cccccc;
border: 1px solid black;
}
You can use iframes for that. If you use iframes you can fit the overflow to hidden both left and right side
All of the elements within .track-container should line up nice and in line, each side by side, constrained by the 200px height they've been given with no weird margins or padding. Instead, you have the strangeness that occurs in the aforementioned fiddle.
What is causing .album-artwork and .track-info to get pushed halfway down the page, and how can I fix it? Also, I acknowledge that a table may be a better way of approaching this whole setup, but I want to figure out the problem from the code above so I can learn from this mistake.
.track-container {
padding:0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position, .position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Here's a JSFiddle.
10.8 Line height calculations: the 'line-height' and 'vertical-align' properties
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
This is a common issue involving inline-block elements. In this case, the default value of the vertical-align property is baseline. If you change the value to top, it will behave as expected.
Updated Example
.position-data {
vertical-align: top;
}
The elements inside .track-container are inline-level boxes in the same line box.
Therefore, their vertical alignment is specified by the vertical-align property:
This property affects the vertical positioning inside a line box of
the boxes generated by an inline-level element.
By default, its value is baseline:
Align the baseline of the box with the baseline of the parent box. If
the box does not have a baseline, align the bottom margin edge with
the parent's baseline.
In this case, they all have baselines, which are calculated according to
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box
in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if
its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in
which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
The following image clarifies what's happening (the red line is the baseline):
Therefore, you can
Change the vertical alignment of the elements, e.g. to top, middle or bottom
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Set the overflow of the elements to something different than visible, e.g. hidden or auto, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge.
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Make sure the elements have no in-flow line box, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge. That is, the contents should be out of flow:
An element is called out of flow if it is floated, absolutely
positioned, or is the root element. An element is called in-flow if it
is not out-of-flow.
So for example, you can place the contents of the elements in a wrapper, and style it with float: left:
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position wrapper">1</div>
<div class="position-movement wrapper">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">
<span class="wrapper">fdasfdsa</span>
</div>
<div class="track-info">
<span class="wrapper">fdafdsa</span>
</div>
</div>
You need to add vertical-align:top to those two elements:
.album-artwork, .track-info {
vertical-align:top;
}
jsFiddle example
The default vertical alignment is baseline, but you are looking for top instead.
Or you could set float:left; to 3 elements.
http://jsfiddle.net/fC2nt/
Make sure the line-height ratio on all the elements you're trying to align is the same also. If you're using a mix of DIV, P, H1-5, DT, DD, INPUT, BUTTON tags this will also cause irregularities in vertical alignment depending on what you've already defined elsewhere.
All of the elements within .track-container should line up nice and in line, each side by side, constrained by the 200px height they've been given with no weird margins or padding. Instead, you have the strangeness that occurs in the aforementioned fiddle.
What is causing .album-artwork and .track-info to get pushed halfway down the page, and how can I fix it? Also, I acknowledge that a table may be a better way of approaching this whole setup, but I want to figure out the problem from the code above so I can learn from this mistake.
.track-container {
padding:0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position, .position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Here's a JSFiddle.
10.8 Line height calculations: the 'line-height' and 'vertical-align' properties
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
This is a common issue involving inline-block elements. In this case, the default value of the vertical-align property is baseline. If you change the value to top, it will behave as expected.
Updated Example
.position-data {
vertical-align: top;
}
The elements inside .track-container are inline-level boxes in the same line box.
Therefore, their vertical alignment is specified by the vertical-align property:
This property affects the vertical positioning inside a line box of
the boxes generated by an inline-level element.
By default, its value is baseline:
Align the baseline of the box with the baseline of the parent box. If
the box does not have a baseline, align the bottom margin edge with
the parent's baseline.
In this case, they all have baselines, which are calculated according to
The baseline of an 'inline-block' is the baseline of its last line box
in the normal flow, unless it has either no in-flow line boxes or if
its 'overflow' property has a computed value other than 'visible', in
which case the baseline is the bottom margin edge.
The following image clarifies what's happening (the red line is the baseline):
Therefore, you can
Change the vertical alignment of the elements, e.g. to top, middle or bottom
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Set the overflow of the elements to something different than visible, e.g. hidden or auto, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge.
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * {
overflow: hidden;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position">1</div>
<div class="position-movement">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">fdasfdsa</div>
<div class="track-info">fdafdsa</div>
</div>
Make sure the elements have no in-flow line box, so that their baseline will be their bottom margin edge. That is, the contents should be out of flow:
An element is called out of flow if it is floated, absolutely
positioned, or is the root element. An element is called in-flow if it
is not out-of-flow.
So for example, you can place the contents of the elements in a wrapper, and style it with float: left:
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
.track-container {
padding: 0;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
list-style-type: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.position-data {
overflow: none;
display: inline-block;
width: 12.5%;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.current-position,
.position-movement {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.album-artwork {
display: inline-block;
height: 200px;
width: 20%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-info {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.track-container > * > .wrapper {
float: left;
}
<div class="track-container">
<div class="position-data">
<div class="current-position wrapper">1</div>
<div class="position-movement wrapper">2</div>
</div>
<div class="album-artwork">
<span class="wrapper">fdasfdsa</span>
</div>
<div class="track-info">
<span class="wrapper">fdafdsa</span>
</div>
</div>
You need to add vertical-align:top to those two elements:
.album-artwork, .track-info {
vertical-align:top;
}
jsFiddle example
The default vertical alignment is baseline, but you are looking for top instead.
Or you could set float:left; to 3 elements.
http://jsfiddle.net/fC2nt/
Make sure the line-height ratio on all the elements you're trying to align is the same also. If you're using a mix of DIV, P, H1-5, DT, DD, INPUT, BUTTON tags this will also cause irregularities in vertical alignment depending on what you've already defined elsewhere.