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Asked: 2026-05-15T04:59:49+00:00

I’m an old school tables guy, and am pretty baffled when it comes to

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I’m an old school tables guy, and am pretty baffled when it comes to modern HTML. I’m trying to something as simple as vertical / horizontal layouts (i.e. Flex’s hbox/vbox), but am having major difficulty replicating them.

An old table would look something like this for an HBox:

<table width="100%" height="100">
    <tr valign="middle">
        <td nowrap style="background-color:#CCC">I am text on grey</td>
        <td width="50%" valign="top">displays top</td>
        <td width="50%" align="right">Autosize Fill (displays bottom right)</td>
    </tr>
</table>

Now I’m trying to do this with div’s, but to no avail. When using display:inline, I cannot set a percentage width — it only takes explicit widths. When using float:left, settings 100% percentage width causes it to really be 100% and pushes the next div down.

Here’s the code I’ve been playing with:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
div.test { background-color: #EE9; padding:5px;}
body { font-family: Arial; }

ul {
    list-style-type:none;
}

ul li {
    float:left;
}

.hboxinline div {
    display: inline;
}

.hboxfloat div {
    float:left;
}

.cellA {
    background-color:#CCC;
    width:100%;
}
.cellB {
    background-color:#DDD;
    min-width:100;
}
.cellC {
    background-color:#EEE;
    min-width:200;
}

</style>

<body>
A = 100%, b = 100, c = 200

<div class="test">old school table
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="cellA">A</td>
        <td class="cellB">B</td>
        <td class="cellC">C</td>
    </tr>
</table></div>

<br/>

<div class="test">
    float:left
    <div class="hboxinline">
        <div class="cellA">A</div>
        <div class="cellB">B</div>
        <div class="cellC">C</div>
    </div>
</div>

<br/>

<div class="test">ul / li
    <ul class="ulli">
        <li class="cellA">A</li>
        <li class="cellB">B</li>
        <li class="cellC">C</li>
    </ul>
</div>

<br/>

<div class="test">
    display:inline
    <div class="hboxfloat">
        <div class="cellA">A</div>
        <div class="cellB">B</div>
        <div class="cellC">C</div>
    </div>
</div>


</body> 
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Why not use what you want? 

    <html>
<head>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
div.test { background-color: #EE9; padding:5px;}
body { font-family: Arial; }

ul {
    list-style-type:none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

ul li {
}

.hboxinline div {
}

.hboxfloat div {
}

.cellA {
    background-color:#CCC;
    width:100%;
}
.cellB {
    background-color:#DDD;
    min-width:100;
}
.cellC {
    background-color:#EEE;
    min-width:200;
}
.inlineCell {
    display: table-cell;
}

</style>

<body>
A = 100%, b = 100, c = 200

<div class="test">old school table
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="cellA">A</td>
        <td class="cellB">B</td>
        <td class="cellC">C</td>
    </tr>
</table></div>

<br/>

<div class="test">
    float:left
    <div class="hboxinline">
        <div class="cellA inlineCell">A</div>
        <div class="cellB inlineCell">B</div>
        <div class="cellC inlineCell">C</div>
    </div>
</div>

<br/>

<div class="test">ul / li
    <ul class="ulli">
        <li class="cellA inlineCell">A</li>
        <li class="cellB inlineCell">B</li>
        <li class="cellC inlineCell">C</li>
    </ul>
</div>

<br/>

<div class="test">
    display:inline
    <div class="hboxfloat">
        <div class="cellA inlineCell">A</div>
        <div class="cellB inlineCell">B</div>
        <div class="cellC inlineCell">C</div>
    </div>
</div>


</body> 
</html>
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