HTML & CSS Positioning two HTML elements neatly in my navBar - Help.

[Malcolm]

Hello!

I'm creating a website template from scratch and I'm trying to insert a logo onto a bar that I'm calling the navBar. However, for some reason I can't seem to figure out why the logo is near the top while my <ul> is near the bottom? I'm trying to center the text vertically (I will try doing vertical-align). Below are an image and the code.

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[CODE lang="html" title="HTML"]<div class="pageHeader">
<div class="navBarLogo"><img src="./images/dasfdsafdsfdsa.png"></div>
<div class="navbarTOP">
<ul>
<a href="#"><li class="navBarItem">Home</li></a>
<a href="#"><li class="navBarItem">About</li></a>
<a href="#"><li class="navBarItem">Contact Us</li></a>
</ul>
</div>
</div>[/CODE]

.pageHeader {
    background-color:black;
}
.pageHeader img {
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    float: left;

}
.navBarLogo {
    display:inline-block;
}
.navbarTOP {
    display: inline-block;
}
.navBarItem {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0!important;
}

 

[Malcolm]

So I managed to get what I wanted..

I slightly edited the img width/height width: 50 and height: 55px I removed both .navBarLogo and .navbarTOP display:inline-block. And I had edited the margin of .navBarItem to 18px.

[CODE lang="html" title="HTML"]<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link href="global.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="pageHeader">
<div class="navBarLogo"><img src="./images/dasfdsafdsfdsa.png"></div>
<div class="navbarTOP">
<ul>
<a href="#"><li class="navBarItem">Home</li></a>
<a href="#"><li class="navBarItem">About</li></a>
<a href="#"><li class="navBarItem">Contact Us</li></a>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</[/CODE]

.pageHeader {
    background-color:black;
}
.pageHeader img {
    width: 50px;
    height: 55px;
    float: left;

}
.navBarLogo {

}
.navbarTOP {


}
.navBarItem {
    display: inline-block;
    margin:18px;
}

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[Tealk]

Try this:

.pageHeader {
    background-color:black;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
}

.navBarLogo,
.navBarLogo img {
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
}

.navBarItem {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0;
}

More info about flex: https://www.w3schools.com/csS/css3_flexbox.asp

PS: Never use "!Important"

 

[Malcolm]

Try this:

.pageHeader {
    background-color:black;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
}

.navBarLogo,
.navBarLogo img {
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
}

.navBarItem {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0;
}

More info about flex: https://www.w3schools.com/csS/css3_flexbox.asp

PS: Never use "!Important"

I'll try this, may I ask why to never use !important?

 

[Tealk]

Because you can never overwrite it again.
Especially if you write it yourself, you can determine everything yourself when something is loaded. Important only makes sense if you really want to change something in a finished system.

When Using !important is The Right Choice | CSS-Tricks

Using !important rules can be a dangerous road to start going down, but they exist for a reason. There are some good use cases which we'll cover here.

css-tricks.com

PS: gives flex a chance, it makes writing so much easier.