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Align left and right on a single line

Craig Thomson
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#1: Jul 20 '05

How can I have some text aligned to the left of the page and some more
text aligned to the right using only CSS without a table?

SPAN doesn't have any alignment, and there is only a single DIV block
per line, and so only one alignment.

TIA

Craig

Barry Pearson
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#2: Jul 20 '05

re: Align left and right on a single line


Craig Thomson wrote:[color=blue]
> How can I have some text aligned to the left of the page and some more
> text aligned to the right using only CSS without a table?
>
> SPAN doesn't have any alignment, and there is only a single DIV block
> per line, and so only one alignment.[/color]

The following is a crude example of what can be done. But it obviously won't
work right at narrow viewport widths, because the bits of text overlap. You
need to work out what you want to happen under various circumstances, because
that will tell you which of many options to use.

HTML:

<div class="line">
<span class="left">Left hand text</span><span class="centre"> Centre text
</span><span class="right">Right hand text </span>
</div>

CSS:

span.left {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
}
span.right {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
}
div.line {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}

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Barry Pearson
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#3: Jul 20 '05

re: Align left and right on a single line


Craig Thomson wrote:[color=blue]
> How can I have some text aligned to the left of the page and some more
> text aligned to the right using only CSS without a table?
>
> SPAN doesn't have any alignment, and there is only a single DIV block
> per line, and so only one alignment.[/color]

The following is a crude example of what can be done. But it obviously won't
work right at narrow viewport widths, because the bits of text overlap. You
need to work out what you want to happen under various circumstances, because
that will tell you which of many options to use.

HTML:

<div class="line">
<span class="left">Left hand text</span><span class="centre"> Centre text
</span><span class="right">Right hand text </span>
</div>

CSS:

span.left {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
}
span.right {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
}
div.line {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}

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Barry Pearson
http://www.Barry.Pearson.name/photography/
http://www.BirdsAndAnimals.info/
http://www.ChildSupportAnalysis.co.uk/


Spartanicus
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#4: Jul 20 '05

re: Align left and right on a single line


Craig Thomson <craig@spam.free> wrote:
[color=blue]
>How can I have some text aligned to the left of the page and some more
>text aligned to the right using only CSS without a table?[/color]

By using a css table and a hack to supply poor old IE with a float
replacement.

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Spartanicus
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#5: Jul 20 '05

re: Align left and right on a single line


Craig Thomson <craig@spam.free> wrote:
[color=blue]
>How can I have some text aligned to the left of the page and some more
>text aligned to the right using only CSS without a table?[/color]

By using a css table and a hack to supply poor old IE with a float
replacement.

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Spartanicus
Spartanicus
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#6: Jul 20 '05

re: Align left and right on a single line


Spartanicus <me@privacy.net> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>>How can I have some text aligned to the left of the page and some more
>>text aligned to the right using only CSS without a table?[/color]
>
>By using a css table and a hack to supply poor old IE with a float
>replacement.[/color]

Example:
http://www.spartanicus.utvinternet.i..._using_css.htm

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Spartanicus
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#7: Jul 20 '05

re: Align left and right on a single line


Spartanicus <me@privacy.net> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>>How can I have some text aligned to the left of the page and some more
>>text aligned to the right using only CSS without a table?[/color]
>
>By using a css table and a hack to supply poor old IE with a float
>replacement.[/color]

Example:
http://www.spartanicus.utvinternet.i..._using_css.htm

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