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CSS

Posted by Owa Aquino
Owa Aquino
19,277 Points

My Portfolio : floating issue.

Need Help on solving issue regarding my floats in the Contact Page. The black background-color you'll see is from the body style. The issue is why is the float goes to my body instead inside of its correct section.

I'm expecting a white background-color from my contact div.

http://w.trhou.se/bxmk1w2pph

4 Answers

Alexander Dolgan
Alexander Dolgan
5,208 Points

Set for contact-contents div overflow:auto, or use clearfix solution. When you use float for child, parent div is collapse (height:0px), because child element out from normal document flow.

Andy Crofford
Andy Crofford
9,959 Points
Andy Crofford
Andy Crofford
9,959 Points

I just tested this.

Add this to your CSS:

.clearfix {
  overflow: auto;
}

And add the clearfix class to div where you have the contact-contents ID.

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

I'm not sure which element it is you applied the float too but have you tried a clearfix.

.clearfix {
clear: both;
display: table;
content: "";
}

Attach it to the next element in your code and this will return the rest of the document to normal document flow.

Good luck!

Owa Aquino
Owa Aquino
19,277 Points
Owa Aquino
Owa Aquino
19,277 Points

Thank you all for the help.

Cheers!