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Hi Dudettes and Dudes,

Sad as it may be, I am still having trouble with the float business.

If I want to put two divs next to each other and let them slip one under the
other in no way then how do I do that.

My plan was:

<DIV ID="main">
<DIV ID="menu" STYLE="float: left;">menu items</DIV>
<DIV ID="copy" STYLE="float: right;">copy stuff</DIV>
</DIV>

but it does not seem to work (COPY ends up under MENU - btw I am using HTML
strict)

what am i doing wrong?

TIA

- Nicolaas

Previously in alt.html, windandwaves <> said:

> I am still having trouble with the float business.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#floats

> <DIV ID="main">
> <DIV ID="menu" STYLE="float: left;">menu items</DIV>
> <DIV ID="copy" STYLE="float: right;">copy stuff</DIV>
> </DIV>

> what am i doing wrong?

For one, you aren't including a width - width is required when using
float[1]. My guess would be that the browser is assuming a width of 100%
or something, but who knows?

Depending on what you are doing, you probably don't need to specify
float: right on the second one. In fact, you may be better off using
float: left, but that depends on the desired result.

[1] In most situations, including this one.

--
Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au
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On Mon, 30 May 2005 12:07:56 +1200, in alt.html "windandwaves"
<> wrote:

> Hi Dudettes and Dudes,
>
> Sad as it may be, I am still having trouble with the float business.
>
> If I want to put two divs next to each other and let them slip one under the
> other in no way then how do I do that.
>
> My plan was:
>
> <DIV ID="main">
> <DIV ID="menu" STYLE="float: left;">menu items</DIV>
> <DIV ID="copy" STYLE="float: right;">copy stuff</DIV>
> </DIV>
>
> but it does not seem to work (COPY ends up under MENU - btw I am using HTML
> strict)
>
> what am i doing wrong?
>
> TIA
>
> - Nicolaas

In *.css:

div.menu { float: left; width: 25%; color: #000000; background: #c0c0c0
url(./img/bg-menu.gif) }
div.main { float: right; width: 73% }

Note: I deliberately left a 2% "gutter" for spacing, otherwise the text in
"main" winds up hard against "menu".


In *.htm:

<div class=menu>
<!--#include virtual="./includes/menu.htm"-->
</div>

<div class=main>

PAGE BODY HERE

</div>

William Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 30 May 2005 12:07:56 +1200, in alt.html "windandwaves"
> <> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dudettes and Dudes,
>>
>> Sad as it may be, I am still having trouble with the float business.
>>
>> If I want to put two divs next to each other and let them slip one
>> under the other in no way then how do I do that.
>>
>> My plan was:
>>
>> <DIV ID="main">
>> <DIV ID="menu" STYLE="float: left;">menu items</DIV>
>> <DIV ID="copy" STYLE="float: right;">copy stuff</DIV>
>> </DIV>
>>
>> but it does not seem to work (COPY ends up under MENU - btw I am
>> using HTML strict)
>>
>> what am i doing wrong?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> - Nicolaas
>
> In *.css:
>
> div.menu { float: left; width: 25%; color: #000000; background:
> #c0c0c0 url(./img/bg-menu.gif) }
> div.main { float: right; width: 73% }
>
> Note: I deliberately left a 2% "gutter" for spacing, otherwise the
> text in "main" winds up hard against "menu".
>
>
> In *.htm:
>
> <div class=menu>
> <!--#include virtual="./includes/menu.htm"-->
> </div>
>
> <div class=main>
>
> PAGE BODY HERE
>
> </div>

that works magically (www.wapitipark.co.nz/AV/)