I don't have anything to offer to the solution other then the fact that Safari 3.1.2 seems to be doing what you said.To try and represent it in my ASCII art:
| Normal Paragraph | | | Floated Paragraph | | cleared Paragraph | Which I believe is what you are saying? On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:27 AM, Bobby Jack wrote: > According to the CSS2.1 spec "Vertical margins between a floated box > and any other box do not collapse", yet my testing reveals that, in > the following arrangement: > > 1. a normal paragraph > 2. a floated paragraph > 3. a cleared paragraph > > margins collapse between 2 and 3, but not between 1 and 2. At least, > this is the case for FF2 and Opera9, whilst IE7 does not collapse > either set of margins. > > Who is right, have I misunderstood this part of the spec., or is > something else coming into play? > > Example at: > > http://www.fiveminuteargument.com/collapsing-margins-after-float > > Cheers, > > - Bobby > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Jason Pruim Raoset Inc. Technology Manager MQC Specialist 11287 James St Holland, MI 49424 www.raoset.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
