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CSS Float

The CSS float property specifies that an element must float.

Below are the values the float property can have:

Example of Float left

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title> CSS Float </title>
</head>

<body>
  <img src="butterfly.jpg" alt="Butterfly image"/> Butterflies are members of the insect order Lepidoptera, and they belong to the same order as moths. Butterflies are beautiful insects with commonly bright-colored, attractive wings, which are usually scaled. They have two sets of large and typically colorful wings. These are frail and possess very small scales, which render them their coloring and patterns. </p>
</body>
</html>

CSS

img {
    float: left;
    width: 150px;
}

Output

Float Left

Example of Float right

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title> CSS Float </title>
</head>

<body>
   <img src="butterfly.jpg" alt="Butterfly image" /> Butterflies are members of the insect order Lepidoptera, and they belong to the same order as moths. Butterflies are beautiful insects with commonly bright-colored, attractive wings, which are usually scaled. They have two sets of large and typically colorful wings. These are frail and possess very small scales, which render them their coloring and patterns. </p>
</body>
</html>

CSS

img {
    float: right;
    width: 150px;
}

Output

Float Right
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