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Div's falling out of containing divs
I'm trying to make some components... I have a containing div of 400px, then a couple more divs of 200px a peice both floated left.

However the containing div class, when I highlight it in firebug, or show dotted borders doesn't actually contain the other divs that I made. It's frustrating because it is working on the more simple components, and the more complex ones are a bit much to be copying and pasting into here. It seems that when I have a lot of sub divs with floating the contained divs kind of "pop" out of the containing div. When I try to highlight the div through firebug it doesn't even appear.

any help would be very appreciated.
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It seems that I need to do a "clear"... but I don't really understand why, also, I don't know how to do a clear at the end of a component in a non-deprecated way "<br clear="all"/>"

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Congratulations on figuring out the issue and the most basic solution.

Hmm... and it seems I haven't welcomed you here yet, so welcome to DevShed Forums, walnutmon.

I suggest you read up on clearing and containing floats. Other than floating the parent of the floated element(s) too, which often isn't a good option, the PIE/Aslett approach is best.

Make Your Site BulletProof With Floats is also worth reading.
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Congratulations on figuring out the issue and the most basic solution.

Hmm... and it seems I haven't welcomed you here yet, so welcome to DevShed Forums, walnutmon.

I suggest you read up on clearing and containing floats. Other than floating the parent of the floated element(s) too, which often isn't a good option, the PIE/Aslett approach is best.

Make Your Site BulletProof With Floats is also worth reading.


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Thanks for the welcome. I'll take a look at the articles you posted and reply again if I have further questions. Thanks.
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