[thelist] lining up forms using CSS - bleeding divs

Tom Dell'Aringa pixelmech at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 15 14:40:01 CST 2002


--- Tom wrote:
>
> > Anyway, it seemed a bit complicated too. I rewrote it using float
> > like this, and it works perfectly in both browsers:
> >
> > <div class="row"> //just some presentation styling
> > <div style="float: left; width: 100px;">Menu Item:</div><input
> > type="text" id="item" name="item" value="" size="25" />
> > </div>

And of course, here comes the problem. I have my width set at 100px
for my descriptions. If the description wraps, the content bleeds out
of the div on the bottom. I tried using the clear property in various
places with no luck. You can see the page here:

http://www.pixelmech.com/test/bleeder.html

any ideas?

Tom

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