As far as I can figure out the containing element is always a 'div' surrounding the floated element or the 'browser window' if there is no div in the hierarchy above it . Please do correct me if I have this wrong.
thanks, Naz. On 28 Sep 2009, at 16:28, MOHAMMED NASEER wrote: > I'm trying to understand floats and related matters. I have a > question, is the 'containing element' in which an element is floated > either to the left or right - can it be any element, in which the > floated element happens to be nested or wrapped inside of. Or is it > only a block level element which happens to be wrapping that > particular floated element. If you could pls clarify it for me. > thanks, Naz. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/
