Sent by Peter-Paul Koch on 7 November 2004 19:07
This problem is *not* limited to Firefox 1.0 rc2 OS X. Your test page
has exactly the same trouble in my FF 1.0rc1 and Moz 1.6, both on
WinXP.
I know that an empty clearer div works sometimes, but not always, but
unfortunately I haven't been able to determine exactly which
circumstances trigger the bug. Any comment is welcome.
In any case this is a general Mozilla bug, and not limited to just one version.
> Two days ago, I realized that Firefox 1.0 Release Candidate 2 on Mac OS
> X will not behave the same as previous versions in certain cases. It
> turned out that it will not respect the following rule:
>
> .clear { clear: both; }
> [... some floated divs...]
> <div class="clear"> </div>
>
> I have put up a very simple demo at:
> http://www.ntony.net/temp/ffrc2_osx_clearing.html
>
> As soon as that <div> gets some content, the clear is respected; using
> a <br> or <hr> with a class of "clear" works, too - just not an empty
> <div>. It worked in Firefox versions prior to 1.0rc2, though. Other
> browsers, such as Safari or Camino, respect the clear on the empty
> <div>.
>
> The Question now: Is this a bug introduced in Firefor 1.0rc2, or is it
> correct behaviour, and Firefox is more strict about the rules than
> other browsers? How is a <div> without content supposed to behave?
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