Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps
This tutorial examines the different layout properties available in CSS: position:static, position:relative, position:absolute, and float.
Positioning Exercises
7. float
For variable height columns, absolute positioning does not work, so let's come up with another solution.
We can "float" an element to push it as far as possible to the right or to the left, and allow text to wrap around it. This is typically used for images, but we will use it for more complex layout tasks (because it's the only tool we have).
#div-1a {
float:left;
width:200px;
}
id = div-before
id = div-1
id = div-1a
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id = div-1b
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Integer pretium dui sit amet felis. Integer sit amet diam. Phasellus ultrices viverra velit. Nam mattis, arcu ut bibendum commodo, magna nisi tincidunt tortor, quis accumsan augue ipsum id lorem.
id = div-1c
id = div-after