Vertical align colon on list of text

Question

I'm doing a website project, with using a Materialize Framework.

There is a line of text where i would like to align all of the colon vertically. this is the example of the text:

Project:Intimate House  
Location : Pulau Putri, Puri - West Jakarta - Indonesia  
Site Area : 160 sqm  
Building Area : 210 sqm  
Design Phase : 2016 
Construction Period : April 2016 - July 2017

and this is the result of the vertically aligned colon that i want

Project                : Intimate House  
Location               : Pulau Putri, Puri - West Jakarta - Indonesia  
Site Area              : 160 sqm  
Building Area          : 210 sqm  
Design Phase           : 2016 
Construction Period    : April 2016 - July 2017

Below is my code that i try to create( https://codepen.io/bukuchaga/pen/xJNdeq ) HTML:

  <h4><b>Intimate House</b><br></h4> <ul> <li><b>Project:</b>Intimate House</li> <li><b>Location :</b> Pulau Putri, Puri - West Jakarta - Indonesia</li> <li><b>Site Area :</b> 160 sqm</li> <li><b>Building Area :</b> 210 sqm</li> <li><b>Design Phase :</b> 2016</li> <li><b>Construction Period :</b> April 2016 - July 2017</li> </ul> 

Based on my research before, i found a question that maybe similar to my question.( Vertical align colon with numbers )

The problem is after i tried to apply the answer, it's still not working on my code, rather it turns my line of text became out of place from how it should be and i have tried several others method and still not working.

Thank you before.

Answer 1

I would suggest removing the colon from the HTML and using a ::after pseudo element instead.

 .alignMe b { display: inline-block; width: 50%; position: relative; padding-right: 10px; /* Ensures colon does not overlay the text */ } .alignMe b::after { content: ":"; position: absolute; right: 10px; } 

 <ul class="alignMe"> <li><b>Project</b> Intimate House</li> <li><b>Location</b> Pulau Putri, Puri - West Jakarta - Indonesia</li> <li><b>Site Area</b> 160 sqm</li> <li><b>Building Area</b> 210 sqm</li> <li><b>Design Phase</b> 2016</li> <li><b>Construction Period</b> April 2016 - July 2017</li> </ul> 

Answer 2

Move the colon to after the b and use CSS-Tables

 ul { list-style: none; display: table; } li { display: table-row; } b { display: table-cell; padding-right: 1em; } 

 <ul> <li><b>Project</b>: Intimate House</li> <li><b>Location</b>: Pulau Putri, Puri - West Jakarta - Indonesia</li> <li><b>Site Area</b>: 160 sqm</li> <li><b>Building Area</b>: 210 sqm</li> <li><b>Design Phase</b>: 2016</li> <li><b>Construction Period</b>: April 2016 - July 2017</li> </ul> 

Answer 3

One of feasible way is to set min-width to <b> tag and add a colon after it. Simple example:

 ul.info-list { list-style-type: none; } ul.info-list li b { position: relative; display: inline-block; min-width: 144px; margin-right: 4px; } ul.info-list li b:after { content: ":"; position: absolute; right: 0; } 

 <ul class="info-list"> <li><b>Project</b>Intimate House</li> <li><b>Location</b> Pulau Putri, Puri - West Jakarta - Indonesia</li> <li><b>Site Area</b> 160 sqm</li> <li><b>Building Area</b> 210 sqm</li> <li><b>Design Phase</b> 2016</li> <li><b>Construction Period</b> April 2016 - July 2017</li> </ul>