I’m just trying to make a basic 2 column responsive template for practice but for some reason which is likely very obvious I cannot create two columns within my main container.
I have an overall content container class and within that I have placed 2 div classes of column 1 and column 2.
Can anyone see why my example paragraphs are remaining on top of eachother rather than taking up the 45% each of the parent .container that I set?
Thanks for your help on a dumb but frustrating question…
HTML
<div class="col-1">
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-2">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
</p>
</div>
<footer></footer>
</div>
CSS PAGE
/GENERAL SETTINGS/
body {
background: yellow;
}
.container {
width: 800px;
margin: auto;
background: blue;
}
.head {
background: pink;
}
.col1 {
max-width: 45%;
padding: 2.5%;
background: red;
display: inline-block;
}
.col2 {
max-width: 45%;
padding: 2.5%;
background: green;
display: inline-block;
}