How to display 3 buttons on the same line in css

Razvan N picture Razvan N · Jan 27, 2014 · Viewed 133.4k times · Source

I want to display 3 buttons on the same line in html. I tried two options: This one:

    <div style="width:500px;">
        <div style="float: left; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button></div>
        <div style ="float: none; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button></div>
        <div style ="float: right; width: 130px"><button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button></div>
    </div> 

And this one:

    <p style="float: left; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button></p>
    <p style ="float: none; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button></p>
    <p style ="float: right; width: 130px"><button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button></p>

For the second option I used a styling for the paragraph:

<style>
   p {display:inline}
</style>

Sadly, none of them were ok, and I can't seem to find out any other option. The first and second button are displayed on same line, but the third is displayed lower... Can you help me?

Answer

Karuppiah RK picture Karuppiah RK · Jan 27, 2014

Here is the Answer

CSS

#outer
{
    width:100%;
    text-align: center;
}
.inner
{
    display: inline-block;
}

HTML

<div id="outer">
  <div class="inner"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button></div>
  <div class="inner"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button></div>
  <div class="inner"><button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button></div>
</div>

Fiddle