Why is my button going to the next line in my layout?

Question

Trying to have it to where these elements appear on the same exact line. So the header of "Header" will be on the left and the button to submit will be on the right.

<div>
  <div width="float: left; width: 50%">
    <h4> Header </h4>
  </div>
  
  <div style="float: right; width: 50%">
    <button> Export to Excel </button>
  </div>
</div>

I have used similar setup in the past and it worked. Any ideas?

Floats are a poor way to do layout. Look at modern techniques such as flexbox. — isherwood, Sep 20 '22 at 14:24

FUZIION · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-20T14:26:35.457

To align two items next to eachother you need to make sure you assign them both a 50% width and you can get them both on the same line using align: left. This method works, but I suggest looking into flexbox for positioning, this makes it much easier.

.wrapper {
  width: 50%;
  float: left;
}

<div>
    <div class="wrapper">
      <h4>
        Header
      </h4>
    </div>
    <div class="wrapper">
        <button
        cButton
        (click)="exportExcel(1)"
        >
        Export to Excel
        </button>
    </div>
  </div>

Flexbox:

.parent {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  width: 100%;
}

.wrapper {
  flex-direction: column;
  flex: 1;
}

.wrapper button {
  width: 125px;
}

<div class="parent">
    <div class="wrapper">
      <h4>
        Header
      </h4>
    </div>
    <div class="wrapper">
        <button
        cButton
        (click)="exportExcel(1)"
        >
        Export to Excel
        </button>
    </div>
  </div>

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '22 at 14:20

If you are going to use float, the right column needs to be first

<div>
    <div style="float: right; width: 50%">
        <button
        cButton
        (click)="exportExcel(1)"
        >
        Export to Excel
        </button>
    </div>
    <div width="float: left; width: 50%;">
      <h4>
        Header
      </h4>
    </div>
  </div>

Using Flex

.row {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  width: 100%;
}

.column {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  flex-basis: 100%;
  flex: 1;
}

<div class='row'>
  <div class='column'>
    <h4>
      Header
    </h4>
  </div>
  <div class='column'>

    <button cButton (click)="exportExcel(1)">
        Export to Excel
        </button>

  </div>
</div>

Nice! But you do not have to assign display flex to a child of a flexbox attribute. Only `flex-direction: column;` and `flex: 1;` are sufficient enough to get the same effect. — FUZIION, Sep 20 '22 at 14:27

Why is my button going to the next line in my layout?

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