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Brian Hudson
14,785 PointsConfused about float: left vs. float: right
Reference the following code:
#widget_pic {
float: left;
width: 30%;
margin-left: 5%;
height: 300px;
}
#content {
width: 65%l
float: left;
}
When Nick is styling the widget pic, he uses the float: left property. But, the widget appears on the right side of the page. I'm assuming this is because he also floats the content div to the left and it pushes the widget to the right of the page. Is this normal practice when styling pages with essentially two columns? Why not just float: right the #widget_pic image?
2 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 PointsI believe it;s because both the float widget and the content are both being floated left, so both elements are being taken out of normal document flow.
Also on the second style you're not terminating the style rule properly.
Try the following; see if it makes a difference. :-)
#widget_pic {
float: left;
width: 30%;
margin-left: 5%;
height: 300px;
}
#content {
width: 65%;
}
Brian Hudson
14,785 PointsJonathan my question is, WHY are they both being floated left? He wants the widget pic on the right side of the page, so why not apply float: right to the widget pic? It ends up on the right side of the page anyway, even though it is floated left. It's just confusing...my question, put another way: if two elements are being floated side by side, does it not matter which direction you float them?