I asked the same issue a few days ago, the answer is on the following page
Mordechai Peller advised me to read the following
Another thing to check out http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html
I read it, and decided to adopt a work around since I found the syntax of the various hacks mind boggling
hope this help
>>ss
Adam Hough wrote:
Link to my problem page (http://dampsponge.com/layout/layout1.htm)
I want to understand containing boxes and why some child boxes don't push their parent "down" the page. I have a div in this page called;
#container border: 1px solid #000; background: url(purlpeimage.jpg) repeat-y right;)
this div sits around 2 other divs;
1. #content (float:left;width:560px;) 2. #sidebar (margin-left:560px)
In FF, Opera & Netscape (leave out IE, there is an issue there with the #sidebar that i will resolve later) the border of#container is clearly visible. #conainer doesn't seem to "contain" the #content div (with its own nested divs), it instead only works off the height of the #sidebar div.
Why doesn't the wrapping div contain the child #content div like it does the #sidebar so that the black border wraps it all?
<name><adam hough> <site><dampsponge.com> <suggestion><dont dig to deep you might get burnt by the molten lava>
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