CSSFloat
CSS Float
Thefloat property specifies how an element should float within its container.
It places an element on the left or right side of its container, allowing text and inline elements to wrap around it.
The image inside this <div> is floated to the right.
If you make the screen smaller, you will see that the text wraps around the image.
The CSS float Property
Thefloat property is used for positioning and formatting content e.g. let an image float left to the text in a container.
This property can have one of the following values:
left- The element floats to the left of its containerright- The element floats to the right of its containernone- Default. The element does not float and is displayed just where it occurs in the textinherit- The element inherits the float value of its parent
Tip: Thefloat property is often used to wrap text around images!
CSS float: right Example
Thefloat: right value indicates that an element should float to the right within its container.
The following example specifies that the image should float to theright:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus imperdiet, nulla et dictum interdum, nisi lorem egestas odio, vitae scelerisque enim ligula venenatis dolor. Maecenas nisl est, ultrices nec congue eget, auctor vitae massa.Fusce luctus vestibulum augue ut aliquet. Mauris ante ligula, facilisis sed ornare eu, lobortis in odio. Praesent convallis urna a lacus interdum ut hendrerit risus congue. Nunc sagittis dictum nisi, sed ullamcorper ipsum dignissim ac...
CSS float: left Example
Thefloat: left value indicates that an element should float to the left within its container.
The following example specifies that the image should float to theleft:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus imperdiet, nulla et dictum interdum, nisi lorem egestas odio, vitae scelerisque enim ligula venenatis dolor. Maecenas nisl est, ultrices nec congue eget, auctor vitae massa.Fusce luctus vestibulum augue ut aliquet. Mauris ante ligula, facilisis sed ornare eu, lobortis in odio. Praesent convallis urna a lacus interdum ut hendrerit risus congue. Nunc sagittis dictum nisi, sed ullamcorper ipsum dignissim ac...
CSS float: none Example
Thefloat: none value is the default value forfloat, and the element is displayed just where it occurs in its container.
In the following example the image will be displayed just where it occurs in the container:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus imperdiet, nulla et dictum interdum, nisi lorem egestas odio, vitae scelerisque enim ligula venenatis dolor. Maecenas nisl est, ultrices nec congue eget, auctor vitae massa.Fusce luctus vestibulum augue ut aliquet. Mauris ante ligula, facilisis sed ornare eu, lobortis in odio. Praesent convallis urna a lacus interdum ut hendrerit risus congue. Nunc sagittis dictum nisi, sed ullamcorper ipsum dignissim ac...
CSS Float Next To Each Other
HTML <div> elements are block elements, and will start on a new line and take up the full width available. However, if we usefloat: left we can make the <div> elements to float next to each other:
Example
float: left;
padding: 15px;
}
.div1 {
background: red;
}
.div2 {
background: yellow;
}
.div3 {
background: green;
}
CSS Float Property
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| float | Specifies whether an element should float to the left, right, or not at all |
