Question

I can get this to work in all browsers but IE7.

HTML

<span class="verticalMiddle"></span>
                        
<span class="jArrow inlineWrapper"></span>
                        
<h2 class="inlineWrapper">What is depression?</h2>

CSS

.inlineWrapper {
    width: 606px;
    margin-left: 10px;
    vertical-align: middle;
    display: inline-block;
}

.verticalMiddle {
    vertical-align: middle;
    height: 50px;
    width: 0;
    display: inline-block;
}

.jArrow {
    background: url(http://www.healthquestlongbeach.com/images/library/faq/arrow.png) no-repeat left top;
    height: 20px;
    width: 22px;
}

h2.inlineWrapper {
    width: 563px;
    margin-right: 13px;
}

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/RfRrG/5/

The problem is that the h2 is being pushed down buy the .verticalMiddle {height: 50px;}, but for some reason only in IE7 (but not .jArrow for some odd reason).

I can fix this problem by adding

.inlineWrapper {display:inline;}

But then it breaks it in the other browsers. Why is the text getting pushed down and how can I align it correctly?

Answer 1

display: inline-block in IE7 only works on elements that are naturally inline.

Fortunately, there’s an easy workaround. Replace this:

display: inline-block;

with this:

display: inline-block;
*display: inline;

In most instances you must also add zoom: 1, but it’s not required in your case.

* is a “safe hack” that applies the property in only in IE7 and lower.