Thanks Ian, works a treat in everything that I can test on!
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ian Pouncey
Sent: Saturday, 5 August 2006 12:47 a.m.
To: wsg
Subject: Re: [WSG] Float Clearing Problem - First item clears sidebar???

Richard Lake wrote:
> Help needed
>
> See http://www.pricklypair.co.nz/rocket1/products.php?dept=cakes
>
> All works well as long as the first product's height pushes it past the
> sidebar. Where this doesn't occur the second product doesn't start until
> after the sidebar. I've experienced this problem id IE6, FF1.5 and O8.5
>
> The structure is roughly
>
> Div product
>   Floated Image
>   Div product_text
>     Table
>   end Div product_text
>   br clear both
> end Div product
>
> Css validates, HTML validates apart from some errors caused by PHP inserting
> hidden input fields outside the div.
>
> I've tried display: table-cell and that solves the clearing problem but the
> product div is only as wide as it needs to be.
>
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard

Simple fix, but I've only tested in Firefox. Float the content right.

.content {
  color: #636363;
  margin: .75em 0 .75em .75em;
  float: right;}

Ian.

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