To create a side-by-side layout with HTML, you can use the img element along with the div element to wrap the text and image together.
Using a table is another way to achieve this layout, and it's especially useful when you need to add captions or other features to your images.
Flexbox is a powerful layout tool that can help you position elements side by side, and it's often the best choice when you need more complex layouts.
By using these techniques, you can create a variety of side-by-side layouts that are both functional and visually appealing.
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Displaying Images and Text
Displaying images and text can be a bit tricky, but don't worry, I've got some tips to help you out.
The reason your images are stacked is because the cards in the layout editor span a 12-column grid system, and it's likely that your Text Card is taking up too much space.
To get your images side by side, you can use the left arrow button that appears on hover to expand the width of the Text Card until your images are next to each other.
You can also change the width of the images by adding an inline width attribute, similar to how you've added a height attribute. Just keep in mind that you might need to adjust the height value if you use a smaller width value.
I once tried to use the left arrow button to expand the width of a Text Card, but it didn't work for me. It turned out that the images were rendering as block-level elements, rather than inline, because they were wrapped in divs.
To fix this, you can try pulling the div off and putting the text-align class on the a element instead. Alternatively, you can add display: inline on the actual image styles.
If you're having trouble getting your cards to align with the text card on the left, make sure all their heights are the same and remove any reference to padding.
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Technical Considerations
Flex-boxes are now the current web standard for placing text and images side by side, making them a more modern approach compared to using float.
Floats were once a popular method for achieving this layout, but are now considered outdated and often used in legacy codebases. They can cause issues like overlapping images in lists.
Using float will have images laying next to each other as long as there is horizontal space. However, this approach doesn't behave well in lists, where the image will overlap whatever is underneath.
To achieve a responsive layout, you can add a media query that switches flex-flow to column on smaller screens. This will ensure that the text and image wrap underneath each other when the window gets smaller.
Sources
- https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/components/image
- https://codedamn.com/news/frontend/how-to-put-image-and-text-side-by-side-in-html
- https://www.shecodes.io/athena/1613-how-to-place-image-and-text-on-the-same-line-in-html
- https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-hub-questions/how-to-get-image-cards-side-by-side-in-html/td-p/1149971
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11438910/how-to-display-items-side-by-side-without-using-tables
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