Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Michael Matzkin wrote: > > >> Now that the left column is being floated, the first occurrence of a >> clear property causes the main content to gap below the left column. >> http://mum.safire.com/admin/faculty.html >> > > The 'clear' property will clear everything within sight - including the > left column, unless we isolate 'clear' inside a container. > > >> Any ideas? Aside from using tables instead of floats in the main >> content? >> > > Float it some more. Floats isolates their content from outside elements. >
Michael, For more information on the "why" behind Georg's solution, read up on block formatting context. I've written a free article on it you might find useful: http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=6BC9D Zoe -- Zoe M. Gillenwater Design Services Manager UNC Highway Safety Research Center http://www.hsrc.unc.edu ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/
