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HTML Accessibility Websites CSS: Part 3

Peter Zee
Peter Zee
12,417 Points
Posted by Peter Zee
Peter Zee
12,417 Points

Clear floats

Why is there no clear: both; after the navigation area?

I just learned in CSS Basics that this is needed because the logo and the navigation have been taken out of the normal flow of the page.

Best Regards,

Peter

Ryan Thoms
Ryan Thoms
6,952 Points
Ryan Thoms
Ryan Thoms
6,952 Points

Hey Peter, I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking why clear is not being used for the navigation bar?

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rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

I haven't done this particular course, so I'm not sure why he chose to do the layout this way.

The reason you don't need to clear the floats is because every major element is floated. In this way, they all float around each other - so you don't really have anything in the normal document flow that would require clearing floats to behave correctly.

Let me know if that isn't clear, or if you have any follow up questions. Happy coding! :)

Peter Zee
Peter Zee
12,417 Points
Peter Zee
Peter Zee
12,417 Points

Good morning,

Thank you; I understand now! :-) I also read somewhere else about floats to understand it better. This was the first time I have seen someone using floats without a clearfix. Well, learned something new again, which is good!

Greetings from Peter