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

Hi,
The article states that as of CSS 2.1 nested floats affect the height 
of the containing float. Where is this described in CSS 2.1 and how 
does this relate to the positioning rules described at the float 
property description as well as how clear is described?

Telling me RTFM seems quite appropriate if this is described 
someplace else, but i did ask this question previously with no reply 
on the list so i assumed that was not the case.

 /Staffan

On 5 Sep 2003 at 11:09, Rijk van Geijtenbeek wrote:

> 
> Hello John,
> 
> On Thursday, September 4, 2003 you wrote:
> 
> 
> > 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 :-(
> 
> See http://www.complexspiral.com/publications/containing-floats/ for a
> very good explanation of why the current implementation is useful, and
> how to achieve what you want.
> 
> 
> Greetings,
>  Rijk                            mailto:rijk@iname.com
> 
> Mot du Jour:
> Don't let school interfere with your education.
>

Received on Friday, 5 September 2003 06:52:58 UTC