CSS to line break before/after a particular `inline
Let's say I have this HTML:
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><img src="alphaball.png">Smells Good</li>
<li><img src="alphaball.png">Tastes Great</li>
<li><img src="alphaball.png">Delicious</li>
<li><img src="alphaball.png">Wholesome</li>
<li><img src="alphaball.png">Eats Children</li>
<li><img src="alphaball.png">Yo' Mama</li>
</ul>
and this CSS:
li { text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:0.1em 1em }
img { width:64px; display:block; margin:0 auto }
The result can be seen here: http://jsfiddle.net/YMN7U/1/
Now imagine that I want to break this into three columns, the equivalent of injecting a <br> after the third <li> . (Actually doing that would be semantically and syntactically invalid.)
I know how to select the third <li> in CSS, but how do I force a line break after it? This does not work:
li:nth-child(4):after { content:"xxx"; display:block }
I also know that this particular case is possible by using float instead of inline-block , but I am not interested in solutions using float . I also know that with fixed-width blocks this is possible by setting the width on the parent ul to about 3x that width; I am not interested in this solution. I also know that I could use display:table-cell if I wanted real columns; I am not interested in this solution. I am interested in the possibility of forcing a break inside inline content.
Edit : To be clear, I am interested in 'theory', not the solution to a particular problem. Can CSS inject a line break in the middle of display:inline(-block)? elements, or is it impossible? If you are certain that it is impossible, that is an acceptable answer.
I've been able to make it work on inline LI elements. Unfortunately, it does not work if the LI elements are inline-block:
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/dWkdp/
Or the cliff notes version:
li {
display: inline;
}
li:nth-child(3):after {
content: "A";
white-space: pre;
}
You are not interested in a lot of "solutions" to your problem. I do not think there really is a good way to do what you want to do. Anything you insert using :after and content has exactly the same syntactic and semantic validity it would have done if you had just written it in there yourself.
The tools CSS provide work. You should just float the li s and then clear: left when you want to start a new line, as you have mentioned:
See an example: http://jsfiddle.net/marcuswhybrow/YMN7U/5/
An easy way to split lists into rows is by floating the individual list items and then the item that you want to go to the next line you can clear the float.
for example
<li style="float: left; display: inline-block"></li>
<li style="float: left; display: inline-block"></li>
<li style="float: left; display: inline-block"></li>
<li style="float: left; display: inline-block; clear: both"></li> --- this will start on a new line
<li style="float: left; display: inline-block"></li>
<li style="float: left; display: inline-block"></li>
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