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David Bath
25,940 Points"Clearfix" display value
In Guil's video on clearing floats he uses this standard rule:
.group:after { content: ""; display: table; clear: both; }
I've seen this before, but I don't understand why the value for display is "table" as opposed to "block". Both values seem to have the same effect, but "block" seems more intuitive to me. I'm wondering if there is a reason to use "table" instead, such as some rendering issue I didn't notice.
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jaredcowan
11,808 PointsThe main reason to always use display: table; rather than display: block; I belive is because of the elements children.
Using the table display you can safely have child elements without fear of the clearfix effecting it's child elements display.