Sent by Zoe M. Gillenwater on 14 October 2004 22:10
Adam Kuehn wrote:
> In this case, IE is correct, and Mozilla has the bug. Strictly
> according to the spec, and element set to clear should clear *all*
> prior elements in the source, regardless of context. Accordingly,
> even though box 5 is a child of box 2, it is supposed to clear box 1.
> You could try to set the position of box 2 to "relative". This starts
> a new positioning context, and may work to keep the internal clearing
> element from clearing things outside that context. As I recall, that
> *doesn't* work, but it's worth a try.
Floating box 2 should work. This should start a new positioning
context, so box 5 will no longer pay attention to box 1. Let us know if
it works, Jeff.
Zoe
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