Content move down when I apply float property

Question

I have to float the class time to right but when I try to float it right, its content moves down. Without float contents look fine but I have to float it.

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Answer 1

First of all, don't use margin-top: -3px to fight off that default padding browsers set to body, as this padding varies from browser to browser. To achieve a more consistent visual output, you can try normalising this properties with something like:

html, body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

Now, coming to your alignment issue, try removing height and width from .time and vertical-align: middle to your li elements.

jsFiddle: → here

Code: (expand the snippet)

html, body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
.main-nav, .main-nav ul li {
  display: inline-block;
}
.main-nav {
  color: #FFF;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #5e2d91;
  line-height: 24px;
}
.main-nav ul li {
  padding: 0px 10px;
  vertical-align: middle;
}
.main-nav ul li a {
  color: #FFF;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 20px 14px;
}
.main-nav ul li a:hover {
  background-color: #0098aa;
}
.main-nav ul li a:active {
  background-color: #6A006A;
}
.time {
  float: right;
  border-color: #718b88;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  border-style: solid;
  margin-left: 10%;
}

  

    
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