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The float CSS property places an element on the left or right side of its container, allowing text and inline elements to wrap around it. The element is removed from the normal flow of the page, though still remaining a part of the flow (in contrast to absolute positioning).

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A floating element is one where the computed value of float is not none .

As float implies the use of the block layout, it modifies the computed value of the display values, in some cases:

Specified value	Computed value
inline	block
inline-block	block
inline-table	table
table-row	block
table-row-group	block
table-column	block
table-column-group	block
table-cell	block
table-caption	block
table-header-group	block
table-footer-group	block
inline-flex	flex
inline-grid	grid
other	unchanged

Note: If you’re referring to this property from JavaScript as a member of the HTMLElement.style object, modern browsers support float , but in older browsers you have to spell it as cssFloat . This was an exception to the rule, that the name of the DOM member is the camel-case name of the dash-separated CSS name (because «float» is a reserved word in JavaScript, as seen in the need to escape «class» as «className» and escape ‘s «for» as «htmlFor»).

Syntax

/* Keyword values */ float: left; float: right; float: none; float: inline-start; float: inline-end; /* Global values */ float: inherit; float: initial; float: revert; float: revert-layer; float: unset; 

The float property is specified as a single keyword, chosen from the list of values below.

Values

The element must float on the left side of its containing block.

The element must float on the right side of its containing block.

The element must not float.

The element must float on the start side of its containing block. That is the left side with ltr scripts, and the right side with rtl scripts.

The element must float on the end side of its containing block. That is the right side with ltr scripts, and the left side with rtl scripts.

Formal definition

Initial value	none
Applies to	all elements, but has no effect if the value of display is none .
Inherited	no
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

float =
block-start |
block-end |
inline-start |
inline-end |
snap-block |
|
snap-inline |
|
left |
right |
top |
bottom |
none |
footnote

=
snap-block( , [ start | end | near ]? )

=
snap-inline( , [ left | right | near ]? )

Examples

How floated elements are positioned

As mentioned above, when an element is floated, it is taken out of the normal flow of the document (though still remaining part of it). It is shifted to the left, or right, until it touches the edge of its containing box, or another floated element.

In this example, there are three colored squares. Two are floated left, and one is floated right. Note that the second «left» square is placed to the right of the first. Additional squares would continue to stack to the right, until they filled the containing box, after which they would wrap to the next line.

A floated element is at least as tall as its tallest nested floated children. We gave the parent width: 100% and floated it to ensure it is tall enough to encompass its floated children, and to make sure it takes up the width of the parent so we don’t have to clear its adjacent sibling.

HTML

section> div class="left">1div> div class="left">2div> div class="right">3div> p> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi tristique sapien ac erat tincidunt, sit amet dignissim lectus vulputate. Donec id iaculis velit. Aliquam vel malesuada erat. Praesent non magna ac massa aliquet tincidunt vel in massa. Phasellus feugiat est vel leo finibus congue. p> section> 

CSS

section  box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid blue; width: 100%; float: left; > div  margin: 5px; width: 50px; height: 150px; > .left  float: left; background: pink; > .right  float: right; background: cyan; > 

Result

Clearing floats

Sometimes you may want to force an item to move below any floated elements. For instance, you may want paragraphs to remain adjacent to floats, but force headings to be on their own line. See clear for examples.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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See also

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CSS Layout — Float Examples

With the float property, it is easy to float boxes of content side by side:

Example

.box float: left;
width: 33.33%; /* three boxes (use 25% for four, and 50% for two, etc) */
padding: 50px; /* if you want space between the images */
>

What is box-sizing?

You can easily create three floating boxes side by side. However, when you add something that enlarges the width of each box (e.g. padding or borders), the box will break. The box-sizing property allows us to include the padding and border in the box’s total width (and height), making sure that the padding stays inside of the box and that it does not break.

You can read more about the box-sizing property in our CSS Box Sizing Chapter.

Images Side By Side

The grid of boxes can also be used to display images side by side:

Example

.img-container <
float: left;
width: 33.33%; /* three containers (use 25% for four, and 50% for two, etc) */
padding: 5px; /* if you want space between the images */
>

Equal Height Boxes

In the previous example, you learned how to float boxes side by side with an equal width. However, it is not easy to create floating boxes with equal heights. A quick fix however, is to set a fixed height, like in the example below:

Box 1

Some content, some content, some content

Box 2

Some content, some content, some content

Some content, some content, some content

Some content, some content, some content

Example

However, this is not very flexible. It is ok if you can guarantee that the boxes will always have the same amount of content in them. But many times, the content is not the same. If you try the example above on a mobile phone, you will see that the second box’s content will be displayed outside of the box. This is where CSS3 Flexbox comes in handy — as it can automatically stretch boxes to be as long as the longest box:

Example

Using Flexbox to create flexible boxes:

Box 1 — This is some text to make sure that the content gets really tall. This is some text to make sure that the content gets really tall. This is some text to make sure that the content gets really tall.

Tip: You can read more about the Flexbox Layout Module in our CSS Flexbox Chapter.

Navigation Menu

You can also use float with a list of hyperlinks to create a horizontal menu:

Example

Web Layout Example

It is also common to do entire web layouts using the float property:

Example

.header, .footer <
background-color: grey;
color: white;
padding: 15px;
>

.column float: left;
padding: 15px;
>

.clearfix::after content: «»;
clear: both;
display: table;
>

More Examples

An image with border and margins that floats to the right in a paragraph
Let an image float to the right in a paragraph. Add border and margins to the image.

An image with a caption that floats to the right
Let an image with a caption float to the right.

Let the first letter of a paragraph float to the left
Let the first letter of a paragraph float to the left and style the letter.

Creating a website with float
Use float to create a homepage with a navbar, header, footer, left content and main content.

All CSS Float Properties

Property	Description
box-sizing	Defines how the width and height of an element are calculated: should they include padding and borders, or not
clear	Specifies what should happen with the element that is next to a floating element
float	Specifies whether an element should float to the left, right, or not at all
overflow	Specifies what happens if content overflows an element’s box
overflow-x	Specifies what to do with the left/right edges of the content if it overflows the element’s content area
overflow-y	Specifies what to do with the top/bottom edges of the content if it overflows the element’s content area

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CSS Layout — float and clear

The CSS float property specifies how an element should float.

The CSS clear property specifies what elements can float beside the cleared element and on which side.

The float Property

The float property is used for positioning and formatting content e.g. let an image float left to the text in a container.

The float property can have one of the following values:

• left — The element floats to the left of its container
• right — The element floats to the right of its container
• none — The element does not float (will be displayed just where it occurs in the text). This is default
• inherit — The element inherits the float value of its parent

In its simplest use, the float property can be used to wrap text around images.

Example — float: right;

The following example specifies that an image should float to the right in a text:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus imperdiet, nulla et dictum interdum, nisi lorem egestas odio, vitae scelerisque enim ligula venenatis dolor. Maecenas nisl est, ultrices nec congue eget, auctor vitae massa. Fusce luctus vestibulum augue ut aliquet. Mauris ante ligula, facilisis sed ornare eu, lobortis in odio. Praesent convallis urna a lacus interdum ut hendrerit risus congue. Nunc sagittis dictum nisi, sed ullamcorper ipsum dignissim ac.

Example

Example — float: left;

The following example specifies that an image should float to the left in a text:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus imperdiet, nulla et dictum interdum, nisi lorem egestas odio, vitae scelerisque enim ligula venenatis dolor. Maecenas nisl est, ultrices nec congue eget, auctor vitae massa. Fusce luctus vestibulum augue ut aliquet. Mauris ante ligula, facilisis sed ornare eu, lobortis in odio. Praesent convallis urna a lacus interdum ut hendrerit risus congue. Nunc sagittis dictum nisi, sed ullamcorper ipsum dignissim ac.

Example

Example — No float

In the following example the image will be displayed just where it occurs in the text (float: none;):

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus imperdiet, nulla et dictum interdum, nisi lorem egestas odio, vitae scelerisque enim ligula venenatis dolor. Maecenas nisl est, ultrices nec congue eget, auctor vitae massa. Fusce luctus vestibulum augue ut aliquet. Mauris ante ligula, facilisis sed ornare eu, lobortis in odio. Praesent convallis urna a lacus interdum ut hendrerit risus congue. Nunc sagittis dictum nisi, sed ullamcorper ipsum dignissim ac.

Example

Example — Float Next To Each Other

Normally div elements will be displayed on top of each other. However, if we use float: left we can let elements float next to each other:

Example

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