CSS to align LI

I have a list of couples (name, value) and I would like to display them vertically aligned as in a table:

aaaaaaaa    first_value
bbbb        second_value
ccc         third_value
ddd         fourth_value

Is there 开发者_运维知识库a way to do so in HTML/CSS, without using tables (I suppose I should use UL/LI tags in some way)?

Yep. Use a definition list.

<dl>
  <dt>aaa</dt>
  <dd>111</dd>

  <dt>bbb</dt>
  <dd>222</dd>

  <dt>ccc</dt>
  <dd>333</dd>
</dl>

and then

<style>
    dl dt { width: 100px; float: left; }
    dl dd { margin-bottom: 10px; }
</style>

http://jsfiddle.net/wr6wL/

This looks like a definition list to me:

<dl>
    <dt>aaaaaaaa</dt>
    <dd>first_value</dd>

    <dt>bbbb</dt>
    <dd>second_value</dd>

    <dt>ccc</dt>
    <dd>third_value</dd>

    <dt>ddd</dt>
    <dd>fourth_value</dd>
</dl>

Some CSS to style it is in a this question.

.name { display: inline-block; width: 100px }

Do consider using a table though if you have tabular data. That's what tables were made for.

You can certainly do it with just CSS, but why not use a table? This is a perfectly valid use of one.

That said, an example with just CSS:

<ul>
    <li><div>name</div><div>value</div></li>
</ul>



li {overflow: auto;}
li div {width: 50%; float: left;}

try something like this :

   <ul>
        <li><span class="fixedWidth">aaaaaaaa</span>first_value
        <li><span class="fixedWidth">bbbb</span>second_value
        <li><span class="fixedWidth">ccc</span>third_value
        <li><span class="fixedWidth">ddd</span>fourth_value
   </ul>      

in your css add

.fixedWidth { display: inline-block; width: 100px }

You can create a group of div tags that have a table style.

Create your html divs like so:

<div class="div-table">
<div class="div-table-caption">This is a caption</div>
<div class="div-table-row">
<div class="div-table-col">1st Column</div>
<div class="div-table-col">2nd Column</div>
</div>
</div>

Then you can add css styling to get the look you want:

.div-table{display:table; border:1px solid #003399;}

.div-table-caption{display:table-caption; background:#009999;}

.div-table-row{display:table-row;}

.div-table-col{display:table-cell; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #003399

View this jsFiddle for the end result.

You could do something like this

HTML

<div id="main">
    <div class="row">
        <p class="cell">aaaaaa</p><p class="cell">first_value</p>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <p class="cell">bbbb</p><p class="cell">second_value</p>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <p class="cell">ccc</p><p class="cell">third_value</p>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <p class="cell">ddd</p><p class="cell">fourth_value</p>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

#main{display:table;}
.row{display:table-row;}
.cell{display:table-cell; padding:10px;}

http://jsfiddle.net/jasongennaro/cHhTE/