Sent by Zoe M. Gillenwater on 20 December 2005 15:03
ron zisman wrote:
>On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote:
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>>A quick look at specs:
>><http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#q15>
>>...will give you the rule(s) for _containment_ which in your case might
>>be a simple 'display: table' on #outer.
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>disply:table... i'm not using any tables : ). where does this come from
>and what does it do?
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>>Of course, a few more, strategically placed, 'display: table;' will
>>solve that even if you like to keep those 'height'. It's all in those
>>CSS specs.
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>again, is display:table a hack???? sorry to be so dense.
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No, it's a perfectly valid display value, just like block, inline, etc.
It makes divs act like tables, which can be helpful sometimes. In this
case, it helps you contain your floats.
Zoe
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