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Three or more different div can be put side-by-side using CSS. Use CSS property to set the height and width of div and use display property to place div in side-by-side format.

  • float:left; This property is used for those elements(div) that will float on left side.
  • float:right; This property is used for those elements(div) that will float on right side.

Example 1: This example place three div side by side using float property. 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
         
        <!-- CSS property to place div
            side by side -->
        <style>
            #leftbox {
                float:left;
                background:Red;
                width:25%;
                height:280px;
            }
            #middlebox{
                float:left;
                background:Green;
                width:50%;
                height:280px;
            }
            #rightbox{
                float:right;
                background:blue;
                width:25%;
                height:280px;
            }
            h1{
                color:green;
                text-align:center;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
     
    <body>
        <div id = "boxes">
            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
             
            <div id = "leftbox">
                <h2>Learn:</h2>
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                It is an educational website. Prepare for
                the Recruitment drive  of product based
                companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe
                etc with a free online placement preparation
                course.
            </div>
             
            <div id = "middlebox">
                <h2>GeeksforGeeks:</h2>
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                question likely to be asked in the interviews
                & make your upcoming placement season efficient
                and successful.
            </div>
             
            <div id = "rightbox">
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            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>                   

Output: Example 2: This example place three div side by side using float property. 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
     
        <!-- CSS style to put div side by side -->
        <style type="text/css">
        .container {
            width:600px;
            height:190px;
            background-color:green;
            padding-top:20px;
            padding-left:15px;
            padding-right:15px;
        }
        #st-box {
            float:left;
            width:180px;
            height:160px;
            background-color:white;
            border:solid black;
        }
        #nd-box {
            float:left;
            width:180px;
            height:160px;
            background-color:white;
            border:solid black;
            margin-left:20px;
        }
        #rd-box {
            float:right;
            width:180px;
            height:160px;
            background-color:white;
            border:solid black;
        }
        h1 {
            color:Green;
        }
        </style>
    </head>
     
    <body>
        <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
         
        <div class="container">
            <div id="st-box">
                <img src=
                "style="width:180px; height:160px;">
            </div>
             
            <div id="nd-box">
                <p>
                    We can create as many div as many we want side by
                    side with the same height and also with the
                    different heights.
                </p>
            </div>
             
            <div id="rd-box">
                <img src=
                "style="width:180px; height:160px;">
            </div>
        </div>
        </center>
    </body>
</html>                   

Output: Example 3: Another way to put three div side by side by using display property.

  • display:table; This property is used for elements (div) which behaves like table.
  • display:table-cell;This property is used for elements (div) which behaves like tc.
  • display:table-row;This property is used for elements (div) which behaves like tr.

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
     
        <!-- CSS style to place three div side by side -->
        <style>
            .container .box {
                width:540px;
                margin:50px;
                display:table;
            }
            .container .box .box-row {
                display:table-row;
            }
            .container .box .box-cell {
                display:table-cell;
                width:33%;
                padding:10px;
            }
            .container .box .box-cell.box1 {
                background:green;
                color:white;
                text-align:justify;
            }
            .container .box .box-cell.box2 {
                background:lightgreen;
                text-align:justify
            }
            .container .box .box-cell.box3 {
                background:lime;
                text-align:justify;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
     
    <body>
        <center>
        <h1 style = "color:green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <div class="container">
            <div class="box">
                <div class="box-row">
                    <div class="box-cell box1">
                        It is a good platform to learn programming.
                        It is an educational website. Prepare for
                        the Recruitment drive of product based
                        companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe etc
                        with a free online placement preparation
                        course.
                    </div>
                     
                    <div class="box-cell box2">
                        The course focuses on various MCQ's &
                        Coding question likely to be asked in
                        the interviews & make your upcoming
                        placement season efficient and successful.
                    </div>
                     
                    <div class="box-cell box3">
                        Any geeks can help other geeks by writing
                        articles on the GeeksforGeeks, publishing
                        articles follow few steps that are Articles
                        that need little modification/improvement
                        from reviewers are published first.
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        </center>
    </body>
</html>                               

Output:


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Last Updated : 09 Jan, 2023
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