Float 2 elements side by side inside a container div

Question

This is supposed to be an easy task, but I've been looking at it for the last 30 minutes and couldn't figure it out.

Here is the html code;

<div style="width: 250px;">
  <img style="float: left; width: 20px;" src="public/_images/ok_kutu.jpg" alt="kutu" /> 
  <h3 style="float: left; width: 50px; color: #FFF; font-size: 18px;">Jobs</h3>
  <div style="clear: left;"></div>
</div>

All i want is keeping the img and h3 items side by side. Instead I'm getting this;

Answer 1

By default, <h3> elements have a top and bottom margin. You should remove them using margin: 0 :

<div style="width: 250px;">
    <img style="float: left; width: 20px;" src="public/_images/ok_kutu.jpg" alt="kutu" /> 
    <h3 style="float: left; width: 50px; color: #FFF; font-size: 18px;margin:0">Jobs</h3>
    <div style="clear: left;"></div>
</div>

Also, maybe look into using external CSS, rather than placing all of your style information inline. It will be much easier to maintain in the long run...

Please see this jsFiddle demo

Answer 2

You can use:

display: inline-block;

Instead of:

float: left;

And everything will work out :)

Here's the demo (change the image): http://jsfiddle.net/JjTfy/2/

PS - You should really use separate CSS stylesheets instead of inline styling.