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CSS

Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points
Posted by Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points

When I float the logo left, the colored header disappears and is pushed upwards to a tiny margin at the top of the page?

 @media screen and (min-width: 660px) {

/***************************
HEADER
***************************/

  nav {
    background: none;
    float:right;
    font-size:1.125em;
    margin-right: 5%;
    text-align:right;
    width: 45%;
  }

  #logo {
    float: left;
    width: 45px;
    margin-left: 5%;
    text-align: left;
   }

  h1 { 
    font-size: 2.5em;
  }

  h2 {
    font-size: 0.825em;
    margin-bottom:20px;
  }

  header {
    border-bottom: 5px solid #599a68;
    margin-bottom:60px;
    clear: both;
  }



}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Floats are ignored in document flow calculations.

To compensate for this, you may need something with the "clear" property after the logo. This is commonly done with something called a "clearfix".

Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points
Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points

Thanks for your help Steven, the clearfix worked perfectly :)