(CSS) Clearing the area below a float:right?

Question

Okay, I know float: will align an image left or right of
text... but how to
I clear the space BELOW the image, as if we were dealing with
2 different
columns?
Tables could do this easy, but I'm trying to drop the habit.

Answer 1

That method will work fine. But it's just a derivative of the
method posted
to your other thread - two side-by-side divs, each floated
left.
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"Mike J.S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Right (I think). Imagine a list of music albums, with
thumbnails. You have
> your thumbnail image first, then descriptive text. You
don't want your
> descriptive text to come underneath the thumbnail. You
want to be able to
> do several instances of this one on top of the other.
>
> With a table, it's easy : put the thumb in one cell, and
the text in
> another. Voila.
>
> That's what I'm trying to do, but I want nothing
absolutely-positioned
> because there's a design wrapping this thing that needs
to know where it
> ends. Is your method better for this than the one Murray
suggested?
>
>
>
> "eclipsme" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I know I am missing something when I think that you
are all missing
>>something!
>>
>> I don't think he really means "clear", as in
clearing floats. He wants
>> columns where the area bellow the short column is
"clear" of text, no?
>>
>> Float them both left and add a left margin to the
right column, no?
>>
>> OK, where did I go off the deep end?
>>
>> Harvey
>>
>>> You don't, really. You could give the floated
image a large bottom
>>> margin, but that's too risky in my opinion,
since a change in text size
>>> could lead to a strange wrap if the text falls
below the margin.
>>>
>>
>>>> > Okay, I know float: will align an image
left or right of text... but
>>>> > how to I clear the space BELOW the
image, as if we were dealing with
>>>> > 2 different columns?
>>>> >
>>>> > Tables could do this easy, but I'm
trying to drop the habit.
>
>