Comments on: My hatred of

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:02:35 +0000

Wow, I came here looking for help. I’m trying to author email HTML for a client (I know… but in the end clients tend to be right in my book).

Yes, my CSS is inline because I have no choice in the matter.

You need to kick back and play some Bob Marley. Get a little more positive. But thank’s for the clear:both; tip. Problem is. most email clients don;t support it. I’m a little pragmatic here… I’ll use whatever seems most widely supported. For the job I’m doing.

Chill & Shine
- webdevl

By: Douglas

Douglas — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:19:16 +0000

I Use ‘all’ the time, it’s great! What’s the problem?

Regards D.Radburn

P.S Your submit comment button looks funny in IE8, try clearing the elements below it, you could use a line break tag then add a clear attribute with a value of ‘all’. That should do the trick!

By: Eric Peacock

Eric Peacock — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:02:24 +0000

I've never noticed or used the method, but I have done my fair share of complex floated layouts that had to use a null spacer class. I learned about from an older article on A List Apart. The usage has evolved sinc that article was published, but using a non-semantic class is sometimes still necessary with complex nested floats.

By: frog

frog — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:08:11 +0000

@Thibaut You’re completely right. In my haste I lost focus and became my own worst enermy. Good spot, I’ll correct it

By: Thibaut Allender

Thibaut Allender — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:05:44 +0000

I’m 200 percent with you but your CSS code is wrong…
clear: all is not valid, while clear: both is

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My hatred of <br clear=”all”> | Design Newz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:31:58 +0000

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By: frog

frog — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:09:07 +0000

@dh Of course not, it’s not even in the same context of where my anger resides

By: dh

dh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:53:07 +0000

how about , does it bother you too ?

By: frog

frog — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:38:27 +0000

@Lauren Hi Lauren, This clearing method seems common in CSS based layouts with floated elements, and not so in tablular based layouts.
is the title of the post so I thought I’d mention the closing
for xHTML coders, as I presumed web geeks would mention it, good spot though

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:13:34 +0000

Interesting. I’ve seen my share of terrible web sites, but I’ve never come across this method of clearing before. I suppose I should feel fortunate?

Just a note: self-closing tags, as you mention in your last paragraph, are valid only in XHTML and not in regular HTML.