Inline-level elements have their CSS display property set to either ‘inline, ‘inline-table’, or ‘inline-block’ and these elements do not force a line break above and below themselves. Inline-level boxes are generated by each inline-level element which is a part of the positioning scheme as well as contains child boxes.
Inline boxes are boxes which have their content follow inline formatting context. Inline boxes are split into a number of inline boxes whilst those inline boxes that are never split are called atomic inline-level boxes.
Anonymous inline boxes are those boxes over which developer has no control. If a block box contains some bare text and other inline-level boxes, then the bare text around inline-level boxes follows inline formatting context and is enclosed in anonymous inline boxes.
Example
Let’s see an example for Inline-level Elements and Inline Boxes −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>CSS Inline-level Elements and Inline Boxes</title> <style> form { width:70%; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; } * { padding: 2px; } input[type="button"] { border-radius: 10px; } .child{ color: white; border: 4px solid black; } .child:nth-of-type(1){ background-color: #FF8A00; } .child:nth-of-type(2){ background-color: #F44336; } .child:nth-of-type(3){ background-color: #C303C3; } .child:nth-of-type(4){ background-color: #4CAF50; } .child:nth-of-type(5){ background-color: #03A9F4; } .child:nth-of-type(6){ background-color: #FEDC11; } </style> </head> <body> <form> <fieldset> <legend>CSS Inline-level Elements and Inline Boxes</legend> <div><span class="child">Orange</span> Color<span class="child">Red</span> Color<span class="child">Violet</span> Color</div><br> </body> </html>
Output
This will produce the following output −