Question

<div class="btns" id="btnHome">HOME</div>
<div class="btns" id="btnCon">CONTACT</div>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<div id="gall"></div>

CSS

.btns{
    float:left;
    padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px;
}
#gall{
    margin:25px 0 15px;  // this top margin doesn't work in IE8
    height:70px;
    border:thin solid red;
}

here is jsFiddle

Answer 1

It’s a known bug in IE8. There are several ways to fix it.

You can try to add overflow:auto to the clearing <div>

Check this fiddle