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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Clearing Floats

Posted by Christopher Marcon
Christopher Marcon
Courses Plus Student 4,286 Points

Columnar layout, float left vs floating right.

During this video we float the .resorts class left, and .tips to the right to achieve the two column layout. In the 'How to Create a Website' Nick creates a three column layout by floating all elements left and creates space using margins. Is this a common approach to the problem?

2 Answers

Baptiste Fehrenbach
Baptiste Fehrenbach
2,227 Points
Baptiste Fehrenbach
Baptiste Fehrenbach
2,227 Points

There are many ways to do this ! You can create a table and create your columns inside, float right/left your columns or create columns with div and 'display: inline-block' them !

Radu Ioan Stochita
Radu Ioan Stochita
3,558 Points
Radu Ioan Stochita
Radu Ioan Stochita
3,558 Points

Yes, it is a common approach, but now it depends on the case and on the developer that's creating that website. I recommend you not getting addicted to only float left, instead find a lot of possible solutions to your problem.