How do I remove extra margin space generated by inline blocks? [duplicate]

Answer 1

The elements with attribute inline-block will behave as if they are inline (hence the name), and therefore any whitespace encountered will be treated as a space. For example:

<div></div><div></div>

will be rendered differently to

<div></div>
<div></div>

See a live example here

You can solve this problem using HTML as follows:

Either place all your elements on the same line, i.e.

<div>
    // CONTENT
</div><div>
    // CONTENT
</div><div>
    // CONTENT
</div>

or use HTML comments to remove the spaces

<div>
    //CONTENT
</div><!--
--><div>
    //CONTENT
</div>

You can solve this problem using CSS as follows:

Set the attribute font-size: 0 on the parent, i.e.

parent {
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 0
}
parent * {
    font-size: 12px
}

or set the attribute zoom: 1 on the parent, i.e.

parent {
    display: inline-block;
    zoom: 1
}

Answer 2

Perhaps you have:

<div class="col1">
    Stuff 1
</div>
<div class="col2">
    Stuff 2
</div>

? If so then this is probably a whitespace problem (it turns out whitespace does matter in html). This should fix it:

<div class="col1">
    Stuff 1
</div><div class="col2">
    Stuff 2
</div>

Answer 3

Additionally, some helpful techniques can be found listed here:

http://css-tricks.com/fighting-the-space-between-inline-block-elements/

Answer 4

apply float:left and that will remove the space so the text doesn't have to be on 1 line.

Answer 5

You should also specify:

padding: 0;

Answer 6

Making the parent element font-size: 0 will also resolve the issue.

<div class="col-set">
    <div class="col1">
        Stuff 1
    </div>
    <div class="col2">
        Stuff 2
    </div>
</div>

.col-set { font-size: 0; }    
.col-set > div { font-size: 12px; }