Floating the parent div should help contain the child divs. -Elli
--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Philippe Wittenbergh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [css-d] div with float doesn't stay inside parent container div > To: "CSS-D" <css-d@lists.css-discuss.org> > Cc: "Leandro Tracchia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 9:48 PM > On Oct 23, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Leandro Tracchia wrote: > > > my problem is exactly what this post is describing > > > http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5372.html. > i > > tried using min-height but that won't work. > > > > i have two divs inside one parent div. the two divs > are floating left > > and filled with lots of text. but they are running off > the parent div. > > i need the height of the parent div to grow or shrink > with the amount > > of text in the child divs. > > > Yes, that is the expected behaviour. The floated blocks are > taken out > of the flow, and the parent div is technically > 'empty'. > > http://www.google.com/search?q=containing%20floats > has the details, explanations and solutions. > > And ore from the CSS-D wiki > http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ClearingSpace > > Philippe > --- > Philippe Wittenbergh > http://l-c-n.com/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > 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/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
