The easiest is to put overflow:hidden on the parent div and don’t specify a height: #parent { overflow: hidden } Another way is to also float the parent div: #parent { float: left; width: 100% } Another way uses a clear element: <div class=”parent”> <img class=”floated_child” src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2062258/…” /> <span class=”clear”></span> </div> CSS span.clear { clear: … Read more
Removing floats, and using inline-block may fix your problems: .pagination a { – display: block; + display: inline-block; width: 30px; height: 30px; – float: left; margin-left: 3px; background: url(/images/structure/pagination-button.png); } (remove the lines starting with – and add the lines starting with +.) .pagination { text-align: center; } .pagination a { + display: inline-block; width: … Read more
The floated elements do not add to the height of the container element, and hence if you don’t clear them, container height won’t increase… I’ll show you visually: More Explanation: <div> <div style=”float: left;”></div> <div style=”width: 15px;”></div> <!– This will shift besides the top div. Why? Because of the top div is floated left, making … Read more
I won’t be explaining how the floats work here (in detail), as this question generally focuses on Why use clear: both; OR what does clear: both; exactly do… I’ll keep this answer simple, and to the point, and will explain to you graphically why clear: both; is required or what it does… Generally designers float … Read more
With that CSS, put your divs like so (floats first): <div id=”container”> <div id=”left”></div> <div id=”right”></div> <div id=”center”></div> </div> P.S. You could also float right, then left, then center. The important thing is that the floats come before the “main” center section. P.P.S. You often want last inside #container this snippet: <div style=”clear:both;”></div> which will … Read more
Solution 1: The most reliable and unobtrusive method appears to be this: Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/SO_AMK/wXaEH/ HTML: <div class=”clearfix”> <div style=”float: left;”>Div 1</div> <div style=”float: left;”>Div 2</div> </div> CSS: .clearfix::after { content: ” “; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; } With a little CSS targeting, you don’t even need to add a class to the parent … Read more
This type of layout is called Masonry layout. Masonry is another grid layout but it will fill out the whitespace caused by the difference height of elements. jQuery Masonry is one of jQuery plugin to create masonry layout. Alternatively, you can use CSS3 columns. But for now jQuery based plugin is the best choice since … Read more
your code: left: 100%; /* everything goes to opposite direction why?? 🙁 */ change to: left: -100%; Also, this works in Chrome. I noticed your menu code does not work in IE9.