Ok so i have a little problem. If i put a div inside another then the child div will make the parent div expand once the child div has more content inside of it(gets bigger). However, whenever i try to float the child div to the left or right it then gets forces outside the div (seems to change the z-index) and is no longer making the parent div larger (the parent div acts as if nothing is inside of it).
What am i doing wrong?
webwiz posted this at 02:11—17th January 2008.
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Try floating the outer container. If this is impractical, use this declaration in the CSS for the outer DIV:
{overflow: auto;}'You may need to add a dimension to the container as well. "width:100%;" should work without upsetting things.
These establish a new "block formatting context." See here:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FormattingContexts
Cordially, David
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"Old web developers don't die, they degrade gracefully..."
benf posted this at 11:42—17th January 2008.
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sorry i figured it out, like a pratt i had a fixed height on it!! so course it was forced outside the div because the div could not enlarge.