How can I align these boxes in CSS?

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How can I get these boxes so they right next to each other instead of having a gap between?

HTML

<section>
  <figure class="number box-1 red" id='1'><div class="float">1</div></figure>
  <figure class="number box-1 black" id='2'><div class="float">2</div></figure>
  <figure class="number box-1 red" id='3'><div class="float">3</div></figure>
</section>

CSS

.red { background: red; 
       color: white;}

.black { background: black; 
         color: white;}

.box-1 { float:left;}

.number { height: 45px;
          width: 34px;}

What I have tried:

I'm not really sure how to adjust the css so the boxes are together.

Posted 10-Oct-22 14:40pm

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Updated 10-Oct-22 16:23pm

Chris Maunder772.8K

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Chris Maunder · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-10T16:23:00

I think the best solution here, if you're OK with targeting only "modern" browsers (and by that I generally mean anything other than IE) is to use flex:

CSS

.red    { background: red;  color: white;}
.black  { background: black;  color: white;}
.number { height: 45px; width: 34px }

.d-flex {display:flex !important; flex-direction: row; justify-content:flex-start;}
.d-flex figure { margin:0; padding:0;}

HTML

 <section class="d-flex">
  <figure class="number red" id='1'><div class="float">1</div></figure>
  <figure class="number black" id='2'><div class="float">2</div></figure>
  <figure class="number red" id='3'><div class="float">3</div></figure>
</section>

failing that, make sure you set margin:0; padding:0; on your figure elements. They come with standard margins in most browsers, and that's probably what's been the problem.