Sent by Brian V Bonini on 21 January 2005 17:05
On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 10:11, Bill McAvinney wrote:
> "The W3C float specification requires that a cleared element
> shall stay below all PREVIOUS floats. There are no exceptions to this
> requirement! "Previous" in this case means any float that comes earlier
> in the source document.
REFF: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-clear
<< snip >>
This property indicates which sides of an element's box(es) may not be
adjacent to an earlier floating box. The 'clear' property does not
consider floats inside the element itself or in other block formatting
contexts.
<< / snip >>
That last sentence (particularly "...or in other block formatting
contexts.") leads me to believe that it SHOULD NOT clear that left
column.
The exception being (which is not the case here);
<< snip >>
When the property is set on floating elements, it results in a
modification of the rules for positioning the float. An extra constraint
(#10) is added:
The top outer edge of the float must be below the bottom outer edge of
all earlier left-floating boxes (in the case of 'clear: left'), or all
earlier right-floating boxes (in the case of 'clear: right'), or both
('clear: both').
<< / snip >>
Am I completely misunderstanding this..??
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