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Asked: 2026-05-13T11:56:30+00:00

This is driving me nuts… <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd> <html

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This is driving me nuts…

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .cantWrapper { white-space: nowrap; }
        .cantWrapper .floatedDiv { float: left; background-color: Blue; height: 16px; width: 16px;}
        .cantWrapper .text {  }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="cantWrapper">
        <div class="floatedDiv"></div>
        <div class="text">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque laoreet felis quis erat blandit non interdum eros aliquet. Nullam libero risus, commodo sed lacinia vitae, aliquet at lacus. Ut mattis, leo vel dignissim ullamcorper, augue risus dapibus purus, in suscipit nisi ante sit amet massa. Curabitur in magna sed mauris auctor adipiscing vehicula a nisi. Nulla id massa sapien, eu viverra odio. Curabitur sollicitudin libero quis nunc molestie lacinia. In dictum sapien ut eros scelerisque adipiscing. Fusce feugiat adipiscing elit, commodo placerat lacus molestie in. Phasellus pharetra vestibulum aliquet. Sed tincidunt pulvinar mattis. Curabitur congue est placerat risus iaculis quis condimentum neque sodales. Vivamus in urna purus, in luctus velit. Sed mollis orci sed mauris ullamcorper vulputate. Nullam eget ante nibh, at sagittis lectus.</div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

In every other browser, the text floats after the blue box. In IE6 however (somewhat predictably), the text drops below the blue box.

…I just can’t find an answer to this. The text cannot wrap, hence the nowrap.

— Randomly, adding this makes the blue box disappear completely

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  1. Editorial Team

    Ah ha, we have found the answer: Thank you to everyone else who helped, and to Rosie for this.

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .cantWrapper { position: relative; width: 100%; clear: left; white-space: nowrap; }
        .cantWrapper .floatedDiv { float: left; display: inline; background-color: Blue; height: 16px; width: 16px;}
        .cantWrapper .text { position: absolute; top: 0; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="cantWrapper">
        <div class="floatedDiv"></div>
        <div class="text">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque laoreet felis quis erat blandit non interdum eros aliquet. Nullam libero risus, commodo sed lacinia vitae, aliquet at lacus. Ut mattis, leo vel dignissim ullamcorper, augue risus dapibus purus, in suscipit nisi ante sit amet massa. Curabitur in magna sed mauris auctor adipiscing vehicula a nisi. Nulla id massa sapien, eu viverra odio. Curabitur sollicitudin libero quis nunc molestie lacinia. In dictum sapien ut eros scelerisque adipiscing. Fusce feugiat adipiscing elit, commodo placerat lacus molestie in. Phasellus pharetra vestibulum aliquet. Sed tincidunt pulvinar mattis. Curabitur congue est placerat risus iaculis quis condimentum neque sodales. Vivamus in urna purus, in luctus velit. Sed mollis orci sed mauris ullamcorper vulputate. Nullam eget ante nibh, at sagittis lectus.</div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
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