> > > > I don't think "inherit" is a proper value for clear.
> > >
> > > it is:
> > > http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#flow-control
> >
> > It's interesting though. This "new" value came in now that authors
> use
> > "clear" even less than before as they now "contain" floats more than
> > they clear them.
> 
> Does it do anything though?  If you clear the parent left, and then the
> children inherit it, isn't the behavior the same as if they don't have
> clear set at all?  Since the parent is already below all the floats,
> the child would also be below all the floats and clear would be
> redundant...

For example the parent could clear some float (siblings) while the child
would clear nested ones.
I never really thought about it though since this "inherit" value is new to
me. I guess there are some edge cases where this could be handy, but I'm not
sure...

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Regards,
Thierry
www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | @thierrykoblentz

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