HTML-CSS: 3-tile layout

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HTML-CSS : Exercise-36 with Solution

Using HTML, CSS aligns items horizontally using display: inline-block to create a 3-tile layout.

Use display: inline-block to create a tiled layout, without using float, flex or grid.
Use width in combination with calc to divide the width of the container evenly into 3 columns.
Set font-size for .tiles to 0 to avoid whitespace and to 20px for <h2> elements to display the text.
Note: If you use relative units (e.g. em), using font-size: 0 to fight whitespace between blocks might cause side effects.

HTML Code:

<!-- License: https://bit.ly/3GjrtVF -->
<!DOCTYPE html><!-- HTML: Declares the document type and version of HTML -->
<html><!-- HTML: Indicates the start of the HTML document -->
<head><!-- HTML: Contains meta-information about the HTML document -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- HTML: Declares the character encoding for the document -->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"><!-- HTML: Sets the viewport width to the width of the device -->
<title>Using HTML, CSS aligns items horizontally using display: inline-block to create a 3-tile layout</title><!-- HTML: Sets the title of the document -->
</head><!-- HTML: End of the head section -->
<body><!-- HTML: Contains the content of the HTML document -->
<div class="tiles"><!-- HTML: Defines a container for the tiles -->
<div class="tile"><!-- HTML: Defines a tile element -->
<img src="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-7.jpeg" width="200" height="150"><!-- HTML: Inserts an image into the tile -->
<h2>Rose-1</h2><!-- HTML: Adds a heading to the tile -->
</div>
<div class="tile"><!-- HTML: Defines another tile element -->
<img src="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-8.jpeg" width="200" height="150"><!-- HTML: Inserts an image into the tile -->
<h2>Rose-2</h2><!-- HTML: Adds a heading to the tile -->
</div>
<div class="tile"><!-- HTML: Defines another tile element -->
<img src="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-9.jpeg" width="200" height="150"><!-- HTML: Inserts an image into the tile -->
<h2>Dahlia</h2><!-- HTML: Adds a heading to the tile -->
</div>
</div>
</body><!-- HTML: End of the body section -->
</html><!-- HTML: End of the HTML document -->

Explanation:

The HTML document starts with the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration, which specifies the document type and version of HTML.
<html> tags indicate the start and end of the HTML document.
<head> section contains meta-information about the HTML document, such as character encoding and viewport settings.
The <title> tag sets the title of the document, visible in the browser tab.
<body> section contains the content of the HTML document.
<div class="tiles"> defines a container for the tiles.
Each tile is represented by <div class="tile"> and contains an image (<img>) and a heading (<h2>).
The <img> tags display images of flowers with specified width and height attributes.
The <h2> tags display headings for each tile.

CSS Code:

/* CSS: Sets the width of the container for the tiles to 600 pixels */
.tiles {
  width: 600px;
  /* CSS: Sets the font size to 0 to remove any potential whitespace between inline-block elements */
  font-size: 0;
  /* CSS: Centers the container horizontally */
  margin: 0 auto;
}

/* CSS: Styles for individual tiles */
.tile {
  /* CSS: Sets the width of each tile to one-third of the container's width */
  width: calc(600px / 3);
  /* CSS: Displays tiles as inline blocks, allowing them to appear horizontally */
  display: inline-block;
}

/* CSS: Styles for headings within tiles */
.tile h2 {
  /* CSS: Sets the font size of tile headings to 20 pixels */
  font-size: 20px;
}

Explanation:

.tiles:

Sets the width of the container for the tiles to 600 pixels.
Sets the font size to 0 to remove any potential whitespace between inline-block elements.
Centers the container horizontally using auto margins.

.tile:

Sets the width of each tile to one-third of the container's width using the calc() function.
Displays tiles as inline blocks, allowing them to appear horizontally next to each other.

.tile h2:

Sets the font size of headings within tiles to 20 pixels.

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