> I prefer to use <div class="clear"></div> and in my css use
> div.clear {
> clear: both;
> }
>
> but I find that sometimes it doesnt work at all and I have only been able to
> get clearing by reverting to the break tag again
>
> <br clear="all" />
>
> this is fine for the most part on transitional doc types but its not when
> I'm going strict as its not valid.
>
> 1) has anyone else experienced this
> 2) what causes it
>
> I'm not really looking at the alternative clearing methods, I'm wondering
> why sometimes the .clear doesnt work.

Why don't you just clear the following element or also float the
parent element with a proper width?
That and the easyclearing method[1] works without any extraneous markup.

[1] http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html

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