Alternatively, make the #container expand enclose its floated contents. This shows one way of doing it:
www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html Chris On 1/25/06, Roger Roelofs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > On Jan 24, 2006, at 8:41 PM, Mike Tuller wrote: > > > I am trying to design a page that has a set container that adjusts when > > you change the size of the page. I am using float, and I am having a > > problem where the background does not show up when you use a table. > > In my > > case, for a form. Can someone explai to me why the background is not > > white > > as I have set in the container? Why is it that if I change float to > > relative for the form does the background then work? > > A url is much better than pasted in code. In your case, I'm betting > that everything in #container is floated. When this is the case, > #container no longer has any content, so it collapses to a hieght of 0, > ergo, no background-color. Either float the container or unfloat some > of the contents. > > -- > Roger Roelofs > "Remember, if you're headed in the wrong direction, > God allows U-turns!" > ~Allison Gappa Bottke > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
