oldmatebrendo.com » conatiner http://oldmatebrendo.com the incoherent ramblings of brendo Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:02:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Making the container div the full height of it’s floating child div http://oldmatebrendo.com/2009/08/making-the-container-div-the-full-height-of-its-floating-child-div/ http://oldmatebrendo.com/2009/08/making-the-container-div-the-full-height-of-its-floating-child-div/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:20:16 +0000 brendo http://oldmatebrendo.com/?p=49 This is one that consistently annoys the crap out of me. It usually happens when someone else has been messing with a layout I’ve developed – usually the type of web developer that uses tables for layout and loves the <font> tag.

When I find that my container div isn’t stretching the full height, it is usually because the HEIGHT property has been specified. Specifying height: 100%; Doesn’t have the effect you might think it would. Removing height: 100%; has the effect of making the parent container extend the full height of the child container, even if the child is a float.

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