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CSS

Posted by Blaize Pennington
Blaize Pennington
13,879 Points

Why is my clearfix not working?

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

I have 3 columns in my layout and I want the right column to always clear both floats. This is what I"m trying, but my page still isn't working correctly.

1 Answer

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

If you want to use a pseudo class for clearing, you'd want it :before, not :after since you're on the last element.

But couldn't you just use:

.right {
   clear:both;
}
Blaize Pennington
Blaize Pennington
13,879 Points

I need the floats to be cleared after the .right column because I still need the .right column to be lined up with the .left and .mid columns. Clearing on the .right column causes the column to be on a separate row from the others.