3-tile layout css Code Snippet in 2025

Aligns items horizontally using display: inline-block to create a 3-tile layout.

• Use display: inline-block to create a tiled layout, without using float, flex or grid.
• Use width in combination with calc to divide the width of the container evenly into 3 columns.
• Set font-size for .tiles to 0 to avoid whitespace and to 20px for <h2> elements to display the text.
• Note: If you use relative units (e.g. em), using font-size: 0; to fight whitespace between blocks might cause side effects.

<div class="tiles">
  <div class="tile">
    <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/200x150">
    <h2>30 Seconds of CSS</h2>
  </div>
  <div class="tile">
    <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/200x150">
    <h2>30 Seconds of CSS</h2>
  </div>
  <div class="tile">
    <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/200x150">
    <h2>30 Seconds of CSS</h2>
  </div>
</div>

.tiles {
  width: 600px;
  font-size: 0;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.tile {
  width: calc(600px / 3);
  display: inline-block;
}

.tile h2 {
  font-size: 20px;
}