As you can see in the following Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/EvWc4/3/, I'm currently searching a way to align the second link (link-alt) to the right side of its parent (p).
Why not using float or position:absolute you'll say, well the main reason is that I like the fact that the links' display (inline-block) property allow them to be verticaly aligned in a naturally kind of way.
By using float or position:absolute; I'll be forced to calculate and put some extra margin-top or top value to vertically aligned the links.
Here is the code but better see the Fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/EvWc4/3/ :
<p>
<a href="#" class="link">link</a>
<a href="#" class="link link-alt">link alt</a>
</p>
p {
padding: 20px;
background: #eee;
}
.link {
display: inline-block;
padding: 10px;
background: #ddd;
}
.link-alt { padding: 20px; }
To do this with CSS3 you can use the flex box model
HTML:
<div class="content">
<div class="box box1"><a>Link 1</a></div>
<div class="box box2"></div>
<div class="box box3"><a>Link 2</a></div>
</div>
CSS:
.content {
display: box;
box-orient: horizontal;
box-pack: center;
box-align: center;
}
.box2 {
box-flex: 1;
}
(needs vendor prefixes)