Height should *not* ignore floating/absolute-positioned elements

I'd like to request that the height of an element automatically expand to
include any boxes contained within that are either floating elements or
absolute positioned elements.

When attempting to use CSS for layout, rather than tables, I found myself
forced into using nested float elements.  In previous browsers (Moz 1.3, IE
5.5/6, Netscape 6.2) the result was fine.  But when Moz 1.4 came out and
their browser implemented CSS2.1, I found myself lost.

I see no reason why nested floats or absolute positioned elements should not
be considered in the height of its parent.  If the designer/developer
doesn't want the floating or absolutely positioned element to have an effect
on its parent element, they would be best to NOT nest the element in the
first place.

Take a look at www.likelola.com <http://www.likelola.com>  using Moz 1.3, IE
5.5/6, or Netscape 6.2, and tell me how I can accomplish such a design using
CSS2.1 if nested floats don't function this way...I could use tables for
layout...but that's not what tables are for :-(

Thanks!
//john
jdouglas@gtninc.com

Received on Thursday, 4 September 2003 15:49:02 UTC