[thelist] css question...
Jono
ox4dboy at comcast.net
Thu Nov 4 15:13:51 CST 2004
Try setting a width on the containing div that your float is in,
something like this:
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#outerDiv {
width: 500px;
background: red;
}
#outerDiv .half {
float: left;
width: 50%;
background: silver;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="outerDiv">
<div class="half">this is the float</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
On Nov 4, 2004, at 3:10 PM, Travis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem: I want to nest a div within a div like so...
>
> <div>
>
> <div style="float:left; width:50%"></div>
>
> </div>
>
> This works great in firefox, etc, but in ie the nested div is assigned
> 50%
> the width of the entire page - not 50% the width of the parent div.
> Interestingly, if I remove the float, it works fine. Unfortuneately I
> need
> the float.
>
> Does anyone know of a workaround for this? (Or am I doing something
> wrong?)
> Thanks!
>
> -travis
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