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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Floated items normally don't affect the vertical flow of the document, so the height of the container is basically set as if the floats didn't exist. But the "clear" property specifies that an element can not be adjacent to a floated element. If it's in the DOM after the floated element it will be displayed below the float rather than next to it. So in that way you can get the float to affect the flow vertically. The empty div with style="clear: both;" is a common way to prop up the height of an element containing floated elements. It's also the basis for one of the "min-height" hacks for IE. Loading...
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