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CSS

Ben Os
Ben Os
20,008 Points
Posted by Ben Os
Ben Os
20,008 Points

Most clearfixes use display: table? If so, why?

Thanks,

1 Answer

alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,617 Points
alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,617 Points

This “micro clearfix” generates pseudo-elements and sets their display to table. This creates an anonymous table-cell and a new block formatting context that means the :before pseudo-element prevents top-margin collapse. The :after pseudo-element is used to clear the floats. As a result, there is no need to hide any generated content and the total amount of code needed is reduced.

from http://nicolasgallagher.com/micro-clearfix-hack/