cj wrote: >> Trying to catch a float ... >> http://www.complexspiral.com/publications/containing-floats/ >> >> This must be one of the most-cited links in this list. And if not, it >> should be. > > i actually prefer method #2 in the wiki on clearing floats (though my > code varies a little [1]) ... > > http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ClearingSpace > [1] > .clearfix:after ...
Personally, I see a problem, though. Someone who never has read the article I cited or similar basic stuff won't understand the need for such a solution. This is not necessarily a problem. Common not-understanding what and why we are doing this and that in CSS is reflected in /our/ Wiki page: "If you don't care and just want to 'fix' it, use one of the methods below." Web designers who need to make money don't have time to read. But then there is this list that does the tiresome read+learn, re-read and re-learn for them. The original clearfix solution had its debate once IE7 was up. Many feared it can't work. Analyzing why it worked nonetheless in IE7 revealed some insights why and how the original solution worked in IE at all [1]. Anyway, the clearfix-solution is so fascinating to the semanticists fraction, we even see it applied to floated boxes ... Ingo [1] http://www.tanfa.co.uk/archives/show.asp?var=300 -- http://www.satzansatz.de/css.html ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
