Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-05 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> Thanks Thierry - I'll give that a shot. Do I have to remove the float > from > the #leftSidebar nav then? No, you'd leave the float in. The idea is to create two block formatting contexts. The float declaration does this for the left column, the rule I sent you does this for the right column. N

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-05 Thread Todd Richards
PM To: t...@promisingsites.com; css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] Clearing a float > I have a float that is giving me problems. You can see a test page > here: > http://test.magnoliasonline.com/public/gallery/before_after > > > > This particular page is

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-04 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Thierry Koblentz wrote: > I don't think "inherit" is a proper value for clear. it is: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#flow-control Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh http://l-c-n.com/ __

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-04 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> Di you by any chance used any one of the following to fix this: > > clear: both; > clear: left; > clear: none: > clear: right; > clear: inherit; I don't think "inherit" is a proper value for clear. -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | @thierrykoblentz _

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-04 Thread Thierry Koblentz
> I have a float that is giving me problems. You can see a test page > here: > http://test.magnoliasonline.com/public/gallery/before_after > > > > This particular page is simply groups of thumbnail images. My plan was > to > have a in between the groups to show that they are separate. > Howev

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-04 Thread Todd Richards
otmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 4:47 PM To: t...@promisingsites.com; css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] Clearing a float > > I know I've fixed this before but can't recall how. If anyone would > have a second to look at it and give me some feedback, I woul

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-04 Thread John D
I know I've fixed this before but can't recall how. If anyone would have a second to look at it and give me some feedback, I would appreciate it. Di you by any chance used any one of the following to fix this: clear: both; clear: left; clear: none: clear: right; clear: inherit; Hope t

[css-d] Clearing a float

2010-10-04 Thread Todd Richards
Hi Everyone - I have a float that is giving me problems. You can see a test page here: http://test.magnoliasonline.com/public/gallery/before_after This particular page is simply groups of thumbnail images. My plan was to have a in between the groups to show that they are separate. Howev

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Gresley
Christina Hawkins :: GlobalSpex wrote: > Hello. > I just can't seem to wrap my head around IE and it's reasons for not letting > my "clearfloat" div make my 2 columns play nice. IE is causing my > "MainContent1" to be placed below the "leftcolumn1" div. > > Index: http://www.globalspex.com/client

Re: [css-d] Clearing a float

2008-04-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Christina Hawkins :: GlobalSpex wrote: > I just can't seem to wrap my head around IE and it's reasons for not > letting my "clearfloat" div make my 2 columns play nice. IE is > causing my "MainContent1" to be placed below the "leftcolumn1" div. > > Index: http://www.globalspex.com/clients/ti/ind

[css-d] Clearing a float

2008-04-08 Thread Christina Hawkins :: GlobalSpex
Hello. I just can't seem to wrap my head around IE and it's reasons for not letting my "clearfloat" div make my 2 columns play nice. IE is causing my "MainContent1" to be placed below the "leftcolumn1" div. Index: http://www.globalspex.com/clients/ti/index.php CSS: http://www.globalspex.com/clie

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2006-01-06 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Arnold, Tim wrote: >Zoe, >It's your own fault for chastising us about not trimming our replies, in >your response to the "Browser Incompatibility" thread ;) > >http://offlead.com/stuff/floattest/index.html > > Ahh, but I *always* leave the URL in question in the thread, because its always rele

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2006-01-06 Thread Arnold, Tim
Zoe, It's your own fault for chastising us about not trimming our replies, in your response to the "Browser Incompatibility" thread ;) http://offlead.com/stuff/floattest/index.html Cheers, Tim -Original Message- From: Zoe M. Gillenwater I don't know the page this was in reference to a

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2006-01-05 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Liam ONeil wrote: >On 12/21/05 2:17 AM, "Zoe M. Gillenwater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > >>Since floats shrinkwrap their content when you leave a width off, you >>need to use width: 100%. But then you'd get a horizontal scrollbar. >>Unless, that is, you use negative margins. >> >> > >By

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2006-01-05 Thread Liam ONeil
By setting your width to 99.9% as opposed to 100% you do not get the horizontal scrollbar Kind regards, Liam On 12/21/05 2:17 AM, "Zoe M. Gillenwater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since floats shrinkwrap their content when you leave a width off, you > need to use width: 100%. But then you'd ge

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without using a float

2006-01-03 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Hi CJ, CJ Larson wrote: >Thanks, that's exactly the information I needed. I didn't know what >constituted a "new block formatting context", which makes it hard to do >that. > This is where the specs come in. Believe it or not, they're not as hard to read as many make them out to be, and the

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without using a float

2005-12-22 Thread CJ Larson
> > Roger Roelofs wrote: > > As Zoe said, you need a new 'block formatting context' All of the > > following will do that > > > > float: left; > > position: absolute; > > display: table; > > > > But, all of these cause the container to 'shrink-wrap' Floating > > .inside seems the most typical app

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without using a float

2005-12-21 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On 22 Dec 2005, at 10:08 am, Roger Roelofs wrote: > As Zoe said, you need a new 'block formatting context' All of the > following will do that > > float: left; > position: absolute; > display: table; > > But, all of these cause the container to 'shrink-wrap' Floating > .inside seems the most ty

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without using a float

2005-12-21 Thread Roger Roelofs
CJ, On Dec 21, 2005, at 1:10 PM, CJ Larson wrote: > In one of my site layouts, I have the navigation floated to the left > and > gave the content area a margin-left to give the float room to breathe. > On my content area, I have tags clearing left by default since I > float several things on va

[css-d] clearing a float without using a float

2005-12-21 Thread CJ Larson
In one of my site layouts, I have the navigation floated to the left and gave the content area a margin-left to give the float room to breathe. On my content area, I have tags clearing left by default since I float several things on various pages. Where this creates a problem is when the element

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2005-12-20 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Jeniffer C. Johnson wrote: >>This happens because your content column is in the same "block >>formatting context" as the left floated sidebar. Thus, clears within >>the content column will also clear the left float. To stop this, you >>need to establish a new block formatting context for the con

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2005-12-20 Thread Jeniffer C. Johnson
> > > > This happens because your content column is in the same "block > formatting context" as the left floated sidebar. Thus, clears within > the content column will also clear the left float. To stop this, you > need to establish a new block formatting context for the content > column. This

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2005-12-20 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
CJ Larson wrote: >In the first url, http://offlead.com/stuff/floattest/index.html, >the H3 element and everything below it is supposed to be below the >floated thumbnails and the first paragraph of text. Sometimes there is >one thumb, sometimes two. Sometimes a short intro paragraph, sometimes a >

Re: [css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2005-12-20 Thread CJ Larson
-- original email (snipped) -- > I've run into this problem a few times lately, and have yet to figure out > how to resolve it. Here is the test page: > > http://offlead.com/stuff/floattest/index.html > Is there a way to clear the bottom of the thumbna

[css-d] clearing a float without clearing another float

2005-12-08 Thread Jeniffer C. Johnson
I've run into this problem a few times lately, and have yet to figure out how to resolve it. Here is the test page: http://offlead.com/stuff/floattest/index.html CSS is in the file. div#column is floated left of div#content. (These are nested within #page and #wrapper divs that are used to set

Re: [css-d] clearing a float within a float

2005-08-03 Thread Zoe M. Gillenwater
Mark Renn Caluag wrote: is there a way to this Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh title   #sidebar { width: 150px; float: left; } #content { margin-left: 160px; } #main-article img { float: left; } .clearleft { clear:left; }

Re: [css-d] clearing a float within a float

2005-08-03 Thread Jim Davis
Hi, Here is a link that may help you with the problem: http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html Jim On 8/3/05, Mark Renn Caluag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there a way to [clear floats]... > > doing this pushes #others below the height of #sidebar. > i only want to clear the f

[css-d] clearing a float within a float

2005-08-03 Thread Mark Renn Caluag
is there a way to this Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh title   #sidebar { width: 150px; float: left; } #content { margin-left: 160px; } #main-article img { float: left; } .clearleft { clear:left; } doing this pushes #others b