In my code below, the bottom border of the “question-content” div does not appear at the bottom; it actually cuts through the “li” elements. Analyzing this in Firebug shows that the li class=”tag” descendant elements are no longer included in the “question-content” parent block.
How should I fix this? Thanks.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.question-block {
margin: 10px 10px 0;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.question-block .question-content {
margin: 0 0 10px 55px;
padding: 0 0 20px 0;
width: 545px;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}
.question-content h1 {
font-size: 20px;
line-height: 22px;
margin: 0 0 10px 0px;
}
.question-content .question-details {
margin-left: 30px;
font-size: 14px;
}
.question-content .links {
margin-left: 30px;
padding: 0px;
list-style-type: none;
}
.tag {
float: left;
margin: 5px 4px 0;
font-size: 14px;
}
.tag a {
display: block;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px;
border-radius: 4px;
height: 20px;
color: #000;
background: #C5C5C5;
padding: 3px 0 0 0;
width: 81px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="question-block">
<div class="question-content">
<h1> Question </h1>
<div class="question-details"> Question details </div>
<ul class="links">
<li class="tag"><a href="#">tag 1</a></li>
<li class="tag"><a href="#">tag 2</a></li>
<li class="tag"><a href="#">tag 3</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
I usually solve this problem by declaring child element (
ul.linksin your case) withdisplay:inline-blockattribute. It’ll prevent child from crossing borders of parent container.http://jsfiddle.net/9sQXk/1/