How to position three divs in html horizontally?
I am creating a sample website which has three divisions horizontally. I want the left most div to be 25% width, the middle one to be 50% width, and right to be 25% width so that the divisions fill all the 100% space horizontally.
<html>
<title>
Website Title
</title>
<div id="the whole thing" style="height:100%; width:100%" >
<div id="leftThing" style="position: relative; width:25%; background-color:blue;">
Left Side Menu
</div>
<div id="content" style="position: relative; width:50%; background-color:green;">
Random Content
</div>
<div id="rightThing" style="position: relative; width:25%; background-color:yellow;">
Right Side Menu
</div>
</div>
</html>
When I execute this code, the divs appear over each other. I want them to appear beside each other!
How can i do this?
Answer
I'd refrain from using floats for this sort of thing; I'd rather use inline-block.
Some more points to consider:
- Inline styles are bad for maintainability
- You shouldn't have spaces in selector names
- You missed some important HTML tags, like
<head>and<body> - You didn't include a
doctype
Here's a better way to format your document:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Website Title</title>
<style type="text/css">
* {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
#container {height: 100%; width:100%; font-size: 0;}
#left, #middle, #right {display: inline-block; *display: inline; zoom: 1; vertical-align: top; font-size: 12px;}
#left {width: 25%; background: blue;}
#middle {width: 50%; background: green;}
#right {width: 25%; background: yellow;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="left">Left Side Menu</div>
<div id="middle">Random Content</div>
<div id="right">Right Side Menu</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here's a jsFiddle for good measure.