Possible Firefox bug: float:right and tables - Page 2

Jesper Rønn-Jensen

Hope you can help me out on this one.
I have a a box that is floated right. Below (in the normal float) I
have a wide table.

<body>
<div style="float:ri ght; width:200px">.. .</div>
<p>This paragraph is showed correctly</p>
<table style="width:30 0px">
<tr><td>This table is not moved downwards in Firefox. </td></tr>
<tr><td>IE gets it right.</td></tr>
</table>
</body>

As I understand, the table is supposed move downwards until it is clear
of the float. IE gets it right, but Firefox renders it differently: The
table does not move down and table content is rendered on top of the
float.

I made a test page to illustrate the problem.
http://visitjesper.homeip.net/test/c...at+tables.html

I also made screenshots to illustrate the problem.
IE 6 http://visitjesper.homeip.net/test/screenshot007.png
Firefox 1.0 http://visitjesper.homeip.net/test/screenshot008.png

From the CSS2.1 spec I found this

"If a shortened line box is too small to contain any further content,
then it is shifted downward until either it fits or there are no more
floats present."
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#floats

This makes me assume that Firefox gets it wrong.

Would you please help me here:

* Any ideas for a workaround so that Firefox moves the table downward?
* Confirm if this is a bug or not.

Any feedback appreciated!

Best Regards,

Jesper Rønn-Jensen

Jul 21 '05

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Gus Richter

Lauri Raittila wrote:

in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets, Gus Richter wrote:
Lauri Raittila wrote:
in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.stylesheets, Gus Richter wrote:
Jesper Rønn-Jensen wrote:
>Thanks for your replies. I got a workaround suggestion on the CSS-d
>mailing list:
>
>/* float table left */
>#floathold er>table{float: left}
>/* clear siblings free of table */
>#floathold er>table + * {clear:left}
>
>I updated my test case to include the workaround John suggested. See it
>here:
>http://visitjesper.homeip.net/test/c...httable02.html
If you simply include to float the table left, the table will wrap and
there is no overlapping.
Yes, but text after table flows on side of table.

Beside the point (and correctable).

The second line in workaround is the correction.

Perhaps, although it still leaves open the question of support. I think
that the div container for the text after the table containing simply
clear:left; will cause the text to clear.

--
Gus

Jul 21 '05 #11

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