CSS Float

What is CSS The Float?

With CSS float, an element can be pushed to the left or right, allowing other elements to wrap around it.

Float is very often used for images, but it is also useful when working with layouts.

How Elements Float

Elements are floated horizontally, this means that an element can only be floated left or right, not up or down.
A floated element will move as far to the left or right as it can. Usually this means all the way to the left or right of the containing element.
The elements after the floating element will flow around it.
The elements before the floating element will not be affected.
If an image is floated to the right, a following text flows around it, to the left:

Example of CSS float

img {
    float: right;
}

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Floating Elements Next to Each Other

If you place several floating elements after each other, they will float next to each other if there is room.
Here we have made an image gallery using the float property:

Example

.thumbnail {
    float: left;
    width: 110px;
    height: 90px;
    margin: 5px;
}

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Turning off Float - Using Clear

Elements after the floating element will flow around it. To avoid this, use the clear property.
The clear property specifies which sides of an element other floating elements are not allowed.
Add a text line into the image gallery, using the clear property:

Example

.text_line {
    clear: both;
}

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More Examples for you....

An image with border and margins that floats to the right in a paragraph
Let an image or photo float to the right in a paragraph. Add border and margins to the image.
An image with a caption that floats to the right
Let an image or photo with a caption float to the right.
Let the first letter of a paragraph float to the left
Let the first letter of a paragraphs float to the left and style the letters.
Creating a horizontal menu
Use float with a listed of hyperlinks to create a new a horizontal menu.
Creating a homepage without tables
Uses float to create a web homepage with a headers, footers, left contents and main contents.

 

 

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