Re: Floats need explicit width??

Douglas Perreault CPA* CITP wrote:
>
> Hmmm… I didn’t find the reference that said floats didn’t need an 
> explicit width anymore
>
Paul quoted it and provided a URL to the source. I found it impossible 
to miss.
>
> , but then I don’t see any explicit reference saying they need a width 
> either.
>
"""
A floated box must have an explicit width (assigned via the 'width' 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#propdef-width> property, or its 
intrinsic <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/conform.html#intrinsic> width in 
the case of replaced elements 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/conform.html#replaced-element>).
"""
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#floats
>
> What I do know is that if you leave it off, some browsers consider the 
> width to be 100% and your element won’t float.
>
As far as I know, none of them are in common use today.

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David Dorward
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