On Oct 17, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Ghodmode wrote:

> I have a problem where a DIV is behind a floating element.  Given the
> following code, the DIV.banner appears behind the DIV.logo_block at
> the left edge of the page.
> 
> I've discovered that setting overflow:auto on div.banner fixes the
> problem, but I don't know why.  Can someone help me to understand why
> this is happening?

'new block formatting contexts'
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#block-formatting

Philippe
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Philippe Wittenbergh
http://l-c-n.com/






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