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Posted by dorayme on 10/22/06 06:19
In article <57af7$453aecef$40cba7ac$13039@NAXS.COM>,
"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
> > Can't quite see the analysis of why the last floated div at
> >
> > <http://members.optushome.com.au/droovies/galleryTemplate/galleryF
> > loatOddity.html>
> >
> > is not wrapping to the far left under some not unreasonable
> > browser widths on a big monitor. If you cannot see what I might
> > be puzzled by, there is a screenshot (gif'd down to show the wrap
> > I am finding odd, not for the arty effect!) at
> >
> > <http://members.optushome.com.au/droovies/galleryTemplate/floatWra
> > pPuzzle.gif>
> >
> > I am pretty sure this is "correct behaviour" but am a bit miffed
> > as to why there is room for it there rather than naturally on the
> > next line?
> >
> > It only happens at some browser widths, the effect is not
> > dependent on it being at the end.
> >
>
> It's correct, the DIV with the short caption is not as tall so can
> "catch" the next floated DIV. If you wish for all to stack nicely and
> evenly set all the DIVs to the same height. Pick a value that will
> accommodate your longest caption and the DIVs will fall on a grid.
Yes, I am sure it is correct as it behaves thus in all my
browsers. And I sort of use your sort of explanations to explain
it to myself (even to the extent of using the phrase "catching")
and yet I am still a tad puzzled. Perhaps I have some distracting
models or inappropriate ones like that floats are a bit like text
that wraps naturally, small words do not catch on big words:
<p style="font-size:150%;">This is a sentence and all the words
are floating left sort of natural like; when room runs out, the
words will wrap and go to the far left again and small words like
<span style="font-size:20%;">this</span> do make any of the
following words (which are as big as nearly all the others catch
on anythiing at all ever...</p>
It is more a problem of understanding in a less intuitive way
than a practical problem for me.
--
dorayme
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