putting text and images on same line within a list item - html/css

Question

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a small html/css issue I am having. Basically, I am trying to make a unordered list with a different image for the bullet of each list item, with a text to the right on the same line. More specifically, a header on the top line and some normal text below. At the moment, I can get the image and the text on the same line :-( Here is my code.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Html:

<ul>
    <li class="service-list">
        <a href=""><img src="image.png" alt="icon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-156" /></a>
        <h3>Header</h3>
        <p>
        text goes here
        </P>
    </li>
....
</ul>

CSS:

.service-list {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin-left:0px;
    padding-left:0px;
    float: left;
    display: inline-block;
}


.service-list p {
    text-align: right; 
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0;
}

Solution 1

While using

display:inline-block;

don't use

float:left;

Try

.service-list {
list-style-type: none;
margin-left:0px;
padding-left:0px;
display: inline-block;
}

.service-list img
{
float:left;
}

.service-list p,.service-list h3 {
text-align: right; 
display:inline-block;
padding: 0;
}

Here is the Link to Fiddle

Solution 2

I discourage the "tabluar aproach". Tables are for tables. Use <div> instead.

I simply turn the <a> in a block element and wrap the content in a <div> and float both left.

HTML:

<ul id="services-list">
<li>
  <a href="http://www.google.com" class="image">
    <img src="http://cdn3.iconfinder.com/data/icons/free-social-icons/67/facebook_square-24.png" alt="Facebook Icon" />
  </a>
  <div class="content">
    <h3>Header</h3>
    <p>text goes here</p>
  </div>
</li>
<li>
  <a href="http://www.google.com" class="image">
    <img src="http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/socialmediaicons_v120/24/facebook.png" alt="Facebook Icon" />
  </a>
  <div class="content">
  <h3>Header</h3>
  <p>text goes here</p>
  </div>
</li>
</ul>

CSS:

/*a little bit of reset*/
#services-list, #services-list p, #services-list h3 {
list-style: none;
margin:0; padding:0;
}

#services-list > li{
  float:left;
  margin-right: 20px;
  width: 130px;
}

#services-list > li > .image{
  display:block;
  float:left;
  margin-right:10px;
}

/*
this instructions are to force the dimensions of image and its container <a>
*/
#services-list > li > .image,
#services-list > li > .image > img{
  width:24px; height:24px;
}

Here's the editable code: http://codepen.io/andreacanton/pen/lykDA

Note: the height of the <ul> will not be proper calculated by the browser because contain floated elements. So you should add some clear:both <div> or force the height of the <ul> element.