Display inline block text inside issue

Question

I have been trying out display inline-block, everything worked out great if I didn\'t add anything into the divs but when I do the div collapsed and I don\'t know exactly wh

Answer 1

The issue is due to default vertical alignment of inline elements – baseline, the text inside element affects it and pushes div to the bottom. Use vertical-align: top, for example, to suppress this behavior.

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Answer 2

display:inline-block creates a small gap, so add font-size:0 to parent. plus add vertical-align:top since by default inline-block is baseline

with all of this you have fixed your issue.

here is the snippet:

.caja {
  background-color: gray;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid black;
  margin: 5px;
}
.caja-grande {
  background-color: gray;
  border: 1px solid black;
  padding: 5px;
  width: 350px;
  margin: 5px;
  font-size: 0
}
.inline-block {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: top;
  font-size: 16px;
}

<div class="caja"></div>
<div class="caja-grande">
  <div class="caja inline-block">
    <span>Hola mundo</span>
  </div>
  <div class="caja inline-block">
  </div>
  <div class="caja inline-block">
  </div>
</div>
<div class="caja inline-block"></div>
<div class="caja inline-block"></div>
<div class="caja"></div>

you can find more info (and options on how to solve this in other ways) in this article Fighting the Space Between Inline Block Elements

Answer 3

Use overflow: hidden at .inline-block to make this work.

.inline-block{
    display: inline-block;
    overflow: hidden;
}