How to display 3 buttons on the same line in css

Question

I want to display 3 buttons on the same line in html. I tried two options: This one:

    <div style="width:500px;">
        <div style="float: left; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button></div>
        <div style ="float: none; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button></div>
        <div style ="float: right; width: 130px"><button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button></div>
    </div> 

And this one:

    <p style="float: left; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button></p>
    <p style ="float: none; width: 130px"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button></p>
    <p style ="float: right; width: 130px"><button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button></p>

For the second option I used a styling for the paragraph:

<style>
   p {display:inline}
</style>

Sadly, none of them were ok, and I can't seem to find out any other option. The first and second button are displayed on same line, but the third is displayed lower... Can you help me?

Answer 1

Here is the Answer

CSS

#outer
{
    width:100%;
    text-align: center;
}
.inner
{
    display: inline-block;
}

HTML

<div id="outer">
  <div class="inner"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button></div>
  <div class="inner"><button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button></div>
  <div class="inner"><button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button></div>
</div>

Fiddle

Answer 2

Do something like this,

HTML :

<div style="width:500px;">
    <button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button>
    <button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button>
    <button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button>
</div>

CSS :

div button{
    display:inline-block;
}

Fiddle Demo

Or

HTML :

<div style="width:500px;" id="container">
    <div><button type="submit" class="msgBtn" onClick="return false;" >Save</button></div>
    <div><button type="submit" class="msgBtn2" onClick="return false;">Publish</button></div>
    <div><button class="msgBtnBack">Back</button></div>
</div>

CSS :

#container div{
    display:inline-block;
    width:130px;
}

Fiddle Demo