On Dec 19, 2005, at 11:41 PM, Roger Roelofs wrote: >> trying to contain #content (red border) within #outer (blue border). >> http://www.ricochet.org/flippingpixels/movies/movie.index.html > > The validator is your friend. It found your problem when I couldn't > see it.
you are right, i was lazy. > > change <dv id="content"> to <div id="content"> solved issue. > > Floated elements are removed from the page 'flow'. Because this is > true, #content has no content. can't say i understand this.... > > Remove the height from #outer, it will only frustrate you later. You > could float #outer also and get the 'enclosing' behavior you seek, but > then it wouldn't be centered anymore. Once the typo noted above is > fixed, your clearer will work fine for clearing #outer, but #content > will still collapse to nothing because all elements inside it are > floated. As an aside, I'd make it a class instead of an id. is there a better way of setting up the page? doesn't #content serve as a container to position #content_left and #right with floats, and then for positioning #left and #content in #outer? > > hth > Roger, thanks much. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
