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Michael Rathbun
1,624 PointsI'm not following what you mean by "clear". I get the concept behind the problem but not what "clear" means?
A shot in the dark here: Is "clear" describing a clearing of space for the column code to reset itself from that point ?
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Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,252 PointsFrom the MDN docs for the clear property:
The clear CSS property specifies whether an element can be next to floating elements that precede it or must be moved down (cleared) below them.
Sam Portillo
2,640 PointsSam Portillo
2,640 PointsHi Michael,
When you are using the float property, elements will appear to be side-by-side. Clear allows you to reset a specific element such that it won't inherit the float property.
For example, if you are floating all elements in a body (which includes a footer element), but you want to have your footer element exempt from this inheritance, you can remove the float property from the footer element by styling the footer CSS in this way:
footer{ clear: both; }
Hope this makes a little more sense.