How can I put two divs on the same line?

Question

I have 2 divs and I want to align them in the same line. The html code is:

<div class="box">
<div class="boxleft"> </div>
<div class="boxright"> </div>
</div>

I tried 'float: left;' and 'float: right;' but the background is going crazy, it apears just on ~30px of the height. I tried to put a height('till then I didn't use height in CSS). It didnt' work. I tried 'display: inline-block' too, but without succes.

Thanks.

CSS:

.box {
width: 956px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
background: #584231;}

.boxleft {
width: 706px;
margin-right: auto;
border-right: 2px solid black;}

 .boxright {
width: 250px;
margin-left: auto;
float: right;}

Answer 1

Float: left should do the trick depending on the width of the parent boxand the width of boxleft and boxright. If the parent box has width: 500px; and boxleft and boxrightboth have width: 250px; float:left;. You should be fine.

Answer 2

Have a look at the css properties float:left and clear:both.

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_float.asp

Answer 3

I put some colors on each background to make it clear, you're maybe lacking a width and height for each element..

.boxleft , .boxright {
    float : left;
    width : 200px;
    height : 100px;
    margin : 10px;
}
.boxleft {
    background : yellow;
}
.boxright {
    background : blue;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/n9mHX/

Answer 4

On most modern browsers nowadays display: table-cell is the better alternative to floating.

Answer 5

You may use

display:inline-block;

or

float

or as per latest browser out you may use

display: table-cell

or you may use

clear: both

Answer 6

If you're not a "CSS guy", look at http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/. With bootstrap, put two div on the same line is done this way :

<div class="row-fluid box">
    <div class="span6 boxleft"></div>
    <div class="span6 boxright"></div>
</div>

Answer 7

You need to clear the floats via clearfix on the parent container.

.box {
    width: 956px;
    background: #584231;
}

/* clearfix */
.box:after {
     content: '';
     display: block;
     clear: both;
     visibility: hidden;
     line-height: 0;
     height: 0;
}

.boxleft {
    width: 704px;
    border-right: 2px solid black;
    float: left;
}

.boxright {
    width: 250px;
    float: right;
}

The border is adding 2px to your divs width. That's why I specified it with 704px.

Using inline-block as display for the left and right box should work too.