From the author: I salute you. The need to present several blocks on a web page in one line is a very common task that layout designers face. It occurs during the layout of almost every template, so in any case, we all need to know and apply the basic ways to change the behavior of blocks.

Before we look at the most common techniques, I would like to remember a little theory. Web page elements are divided into block and inline elements. And the difference between them is very simple - lowercase ones can be placed on one line, but block ones cannot. Of course, the differences don't end there, but this is the main difference. Blocks can already have padding at the top and bottom (lowercase ones do not), and more properties can be applied to them.

Basic ways to line up blocks in CSS

We won’t complicate anything, there are 3 main ways:

Convert blocks to inline elements. In this case, block properties are lost, so this option is almost never used

Make the necessary elements block-line. This is a special type in which the element retains its properties, but at the same time allows other blocks to be located nearby.

Make elements float using the float property.

Let's focus on these options. We will not consider Flexbox, table display and other aspects. So, let's say we have 3 subheadings.

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Naturally, all css properties must be written in a separate file (style.css), which must be connected to the html document. In this file I will write a minimal style so that our subheadings are simply visible.

h3( background: #EEDDCD; )

h3 ( background : #EEDDCD;

Here they are on the page:

They behave like blocks. Each one is located on its own line, there are indents between them. If you wish, you can also set any internal padding and do whatever you want.

Let's convert it to lines and immediately add indents. To do this, the h3 selector needs to add the following properties:

display: inline; padding: 30px;

There are 2 main problems that arise when using this technique. The first is the minimum indentation. It is formed due to the fact that in the code there is one space between the blocks, which forms this indentation. If this problem needs solving, there are 2 main options:

In html, place the code of the required blocks in one line without spaces

Add a negative margin to the right of -4 pixels. That's how much one space takes.

The second problem is that if the elements have different heights, display problems may arise. All in all, best option- floating blocks. Instead of display: inline-block we write this:

Blocks in a line using the framework

I’ll say right away that if you are going to use any normal CSS framework (for example, Bootstrap), then everything is still much simpler. All the CSS code responsible for arranging the elements has already been written and all you have to do is set the correct classes. To do this, just learn the grid system, and you will be able to make multi-column responsive templates without much difficulty. At least it will be much easier than writing css from scratch.

Another challenge of writing code from scratch comes just when you need adaptive design. Of course, you can implement it yourself by owning media queries, but it will be much more difficult if you have a complex template.

For example, when you have big screens there should be 4 columns, on the middle ones - 3, and on mobile phones— 2. With the help of frameworks such as Bootstrap, or rather with the help of its grid, implementing something like this is a matter of just a few minutes.

Smoothly translating the topic to the Bootstrap framework, I will once again note that if you are faced with the task of laying out a complex adaptive template, then it is simply a sin not to use the grid. You don't even need to connect to do this. full version framework - you can customize it and stop there only what you really need.

You can learn how to work with the framework using . The theory is explained there, but most importantly, there is practice. You are making up 3 adaptive template and get great experience that will allow you to design websites to order or for yourself. And if you want to get acquainted with the advantages and capabilities of the framework for free, I suggest you look through our series of articles on Bootstrap, as well as on simple layout design. I wish you success in layout and website building in general.

It would seem, why might four methods be needed? After all, almost every person uses one method to which he is accustomed. For example, I pressed Shift and the dash key several times, and so I got a horizontal line.

But what if this results in a dotted line, but you need a solid one?
- Most likely, the Shift key on the keyboard is faulty. Other methods will come to the rescue here.

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Perhaps the most common way to make a line in Word is to use a couple of keys on the keyboard.

I Thin, thick, double, dotted line using keyboard

Below is a picture of a keyboard with an English layout, but without a Russian layout, but this does not matter, because we are only interested in three keys: Shift, dash and Enter.

Rice. 1. Three keys on the keyboard: Shift, dash and Enter for a continuous horizontal line in Word

With these three keys you can draw a continuous horizontal line in Word: dotted or solid, thin or thick, long or short.

1) When you press the “-” (dash) key several times in Word editor we get a dotted line of any length.

To do thin a long line across the entire width of the page:

• We find the “dash” key on the keyboard (to the right of the “zero” key, in the green frame in Fig. 1).
• From a new (!) line in Word, press this key several times: -
• And then press the “Enter” () key. A few printed dashes will suddenly turn into a continuous horizontal thin line across the entire width of the page.

2) When you simultaneously press Shift and “-” (dash), NOT a dash is printed, but an underscore _________. This way you can make a continuous line of arbitrary length anywhere in the document.

Rice. 2. Thin and thick horizontal line in Word

Now let's print fat horizontal line across the entire width of the page:

• Again we find the same dash key, and also Shift key(left or right, as you like). Press Shift, hold and don't let go.
• And now, from a new (!) line, click on the dash several times (for example, 3-4 times) (while not releasing Shift): ___. Release Shift.
• Now press the Enter key. You will see a thick horizontal solid line.

Let's summarize some results in the form of a table:

(Click to enlarge) Lines in Word using the keyboard

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II Line in Word using a table

A horizontal line can be obtained by using a table of one cell (1x1), in which only the top or bottom border is colored (will be visible), and the other three sides of the table have uncolored borders (they will be invisible).

Place the cursor in the place where the line should be. In the top menu of Word, click:

• Insert (1 in Fig. 3),
• Table (2 in Fig. 3),
• One cell (3 in Fig. 3).

Rice. 3. How to insert a 1x1 table (from one cell) in Word

The result will be a table of one large cell (1x1):

All that remains is to remove the borders from three sides in the 1x1 table. For this

• go to the “Home” tab (1 in Fig. 4),
• then next to “Font” we find “Paragraph” and borders (2 in Fig. 4),
• remove all borders by clicking “No border” (3 in Fig. 4),
• select “Upper border” or “Lower border” (4 in Fig. 4).

Rice. 4. How to remove border selection from a Word table (make borders invisible)

I show this clearly in the video (at the end of the article).

By the way, in Fig. 3 it is clear that there is an easier way. You can place the cursor at the beginning of the line in Word and click “Horizontal Line” (5 in Fig. 4):

III Line in Word using drawing

Insert (1 in Fig. 5) - Shapes (2 in Fig. 5) - this is another way to get a horizontal line in Word.

To keep the line strictly horizontal, hold down the Shift key and draw the line at the same time.

Rice. 5. How to draw a line in Word

IV Line in Word using the on-screen keyboard

To find the on-screen keyboard, enter the phrase “on-screen keyboard” in Search, more details for Windows 7, and for Windows 8.

For Windows 10, you can also find the on-screen keyboard by typing “on-screen keyboard” into the Search bar.

Rice. 6. On-screen keyboard

We will create a horizontal line in the same way as in the first option with regular keyboard. You will need three buttons on the on-screen keyboard: dash, Shift and Enter.

1 Dash and Enter

From a new line in Word, click on the dash (1 in Fig. 6) several times and press Enter. You will get a thin horizontal line.

2 Shift, dash and Enter

From a new line in Word, first click Shift (2 in Fig. 6), then Dash (1 in Fig. 6). You will get an underline. We will repeat this 2 more times, and then press Enter. As a result, we will see a thick horizontal line.

Hi all! Today I will tell you about how to using html make a horizontal line.

In fact, the need to make a horizontal line arises quite often, for example, when you need to separate one part of the text from another.

Horizontal and vertical lines using css

You can do this with using css. To do this, I enclose the required section of text in a block using a div tag, and then in the style.css file or directly in the html code we write properties for this block for the top or bottom border using border-top and border-bottom. Here's an example:

In this case, I set the styling using css directly from the html code, and made the top border solid and the bottom dotted line.

This is what it will look like on the page:

Horizontal line using css.

This method has its advantages:

• A large assortment settings that allow you to set almost any type of line;
• You can create both horizontal and vertical lines. In order to make vertical lines, you need to change border-top to border-left, and border-bottom to border-right.

The disadvantages include the relative cumbersomeness of the code.

However, as it turned out, you can insert a horizontal line into the text using html. At the same time, you don’t even have to go into css. The tag is used for this

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Horizontal line using html tag

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The first feature of this tag is that it does not have a paired closing tag. It can be used anywhere in the html code between tags And.

This tag has the following attributes:

• Width– determines the length of our horizontal line in pixels or percentages;
• Color– defines the color of the line;
• Align– sets the alignment of the line to the right edge – right, to the left edge – left, in the center – center;
• Size– line thickness in pixels.

Here is an example of html code.

Horizontal lines formed by an unpaired (no closing tag needed) tag

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and can be quite unique design elements. Formatting the text with the addition of horizontal HTML lines will give the page a certain logic of presentation of the text, and will also make it easier for the reader to highlight blocks of information that need to be studied sequentially. Tag

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can form horizontal lines of different colors, thicknesses and lengths. And this is quite simple to do, as shown in the examples below.

By the way, you can also use block style properties

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