Float 2 elements side by side inside a container div

Question

This is supposed to be an easy task, but I've been looking at it for the last 30 minutes and couldn't figure it out.

Here is the html code;

<div style="width: 250px;">
  <img style="float: left; width: 20px;" src="public/_images/ok_kutu.jpg" alt="kutu" /> 
  <h3 style="float: left; width: 50px; color: #FFF; font-size: 18px;">Jobs</h3>
  <div style="clear: left;"></div>
</div>

All i want is keeping the img and h3 items side by side. Instead I'm getting this;

Solution

By default, <h3> elements have a top and bottom margin. You should remove them using margin: 0:

<div style="width: 250px;">
    <img style="float: left; width: 20px;" src="public/_images/ok_kutu.jpg" alt="kutu" /> 
    <h3 style="float: left; width: 50px; color: #FFF; font-size: 18px;margin:0">Jobs</h3>
    <div style="clear: left;"></div>
</div>

Also, maybe look into using external CSS, rather than placing all of your style information inline. It will be much easier to maintain in the long run...

Please see this jsFiddle demo

Comments

[Itay]

That's because H3 has margin. If you remove it, the vertical margin is still alright

[BenM]

Yeah, but if you remove the margin on h3, there's no need to use inline-block display...

[Itay]

Find the differences: floating vs inline-block

[Itay]

Using inline-block is just more flexible