On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: thanks georg > ron zisman wrote: >> doesn't #content serve as a container to position #content_left and >> #right with floats, and then for positioning #left and #content in >> #outer? > > Yes, it does :-) Positioning isn't the problem. > However, #content won't _contain_ floats by default. duh. are you suggesting that i don't need '#content' to make my layout work. > > A quick look at specs: > <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#q15> > ...will give you the rule(s) for _containment_ which in your case might > be a simple 'display: table' on #outer. disply:table... i'm not using any tables : ). where does this come from and what does it do? > > You can also improve things a lot by not setting 'height' on those > floats. You can set 'min-height' instead so they can expand naturally. i do know better, i forgot to take that one out. i had it there initially before entering content > Of course, a few more, strategically placed, 'display: table;' will > solve that even if you like to keep those 'height'. It's all in those > CSS specs.
again, is display:table a hack???? sorry to be so dense. > > regards > Georg > -- > http://www.gunlaug.no ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/