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CSS

Posted by Jack Fitzgibbon
Jack Fitzgibbon
7,607 Points

CSS Error, need help

The two columns will not be contained in their 'container' parent. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Here is the CodePen:

http://cdpn.io/azGbt

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Yes, you need a clearfix hack. A parent div will collapse where it only contains floated children.

Here is a good read on the clearfix http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/clear-fix/

Basically, all you have to do is add this to your CSS

.group:after {
  content: "";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}

And than add the class group to your main container div.

The same clearfix with a bit more supoprt: http://nicolasgallagher.com/micro-clearfix-hack/ and this is the clearfix that the bootstrap framework uses.

Jack Fitzgibbon
Jack Fitzgibbon
7,607 Points

Thank you very much Kevin!

Jack Fitzgibbon
Jack Fitzgibbon
7,607 Points
Jack Fitzgibbon
Jack Fitzgibbon
7,607 Points

Thank you very much Kevin!