html - How do you align a div vertically without using float?

Question

When doing something like this:

<div style="float: left;">Left Div</div>
<div style="float: right;">Right Div</div>

I have to use an empty div with

clear: both;

which feels very dirty to me.

So, is there a way to align without the use of float?

Here is my code:

.action_buttons_header a.green_button{
 
}

<div class="change_requests_container" style="width:950px !important">
    <div class="sidebar">
        
            
                <a href="/view/preview_unpublished_revision/422?klass=Proposal" class="preview sidebar_button_large action_button" name="preview" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">Preview New Version</a>
            
        
        
    </div>
    <div class="content_container">
        <div class="content">
                        
                <div class="action_buttons_header">
                    <a href="/changes/merge_changes/422" class="re_publish publish green_button" style="
    margin: 5px 0px 5px auto;
">Apply Changes</a>
                </div>
            
            


            <div id="change_list_container">    

<div class="changes_table">
    
        
            
            <style type="text/css">
                #original_492 .rl_inline_added {
                    display: none;
                }
                
                #492.change_container .actial_suggested_text_container{
                    display: none;
                }
            </style>
            <div class="content_section_header_container">
                <div class="content_section_header">
                    <a href="#" class="collapse" name="492"></a>
                    The Zerg | 
                    Overview
                    <div class="status" id="492_status">
                        <div id="492_status_placeholder">
                            
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="change_container" id="492">
                
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

Another way to do something similar is with flexbox on a wrapper element, i.e.,

 .row {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-between;
    }

  <div class="row">
        <div>Left</div>
        <div>Right</div>
    </div>