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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T00:11:24+00:00 2026-05-28T00:11:24+00:00

On this page there’s a #container div that has a white background. This white

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On this page there’s a #container div that has a white background. This white background doesn’t appear behind the 5 floated boxes (with titles “Latest”, Music Festivals, Alerts, etc.) even though those boxes are children of #container and don’t specify a background colour of their own, why?

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    2026-05-28T00:11:25+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 12:11 am

    The parent container does not expand to fit floated elements. You need a way to “clear” the float to end the floating after the child elements. See this page:

    http://www.quirksmode.org/css/clearing.html

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