Why doesn't the height of a container element increase if it contains floated el

To fix this use, we need to use the overflow property and set it on the outer parent div. We h**e an inner child div and an outer parent div − <div class="outer"> <div class ="inner"> </div> </div> The outer parent div is set...

To fix this use, we need to use the overflow property and set it on the outer parent div. We h**e an inner child div and an outer parent div −

<div class="outer"> <div class ="inner"> </div> </div>

The outer parent div is set with the following CSS style. The min-height is set 100px and the overflow property is set to auto. This doesn’t let the height of the container element to increase even if it contains floated elements −

.outer { margin: 0 auto; width: 960px; min-height: 100px; background-color:yellow; overflow:auto; }

The float elements we discussed above are set in the inner child div using the float: right property. Below is the styling of the inner div −

.inner { width:500px; height:200px; background-color:blue; float:right; }

Example

Let us see an example −

 
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> .outer { margin: 0 auto; width: 960px; min-height: 100px; background-color:yellow; overflow:auto; } .inner { width:500px; height:200px; background-color:blue; float:right; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="outer"> <div class ="inner"> </div> </div> </body> </html>

Output

If you will remove the overflow property, then the inner div will overflow itself outside div as shown below −

Therefore, we fixed the above issue using the overflow property with the value auto.

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