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Michel
Michel

Reputation: 4157

Height of parent div not adjusting

I'm trying to create a fluid layout, but have a small problem with the height of the container. The outer <div> (yellow, ip_A-1) is not adjusting to the height of it's children.

See a fiddle here.

I've tried placing a spacer inside but it's not working. Also making ip_BA_1 and ip_BB_1 position:relative does nothing.

The HTML:

<div class="ip_A_1">
    <div class="ip_BA_1">Hello I am a label that has to wrap</div>
    <div class="ip_BB_1">
        <div class="ip_BBA_1">Hello I am a text that has to wrap. 
                              Hello I am a text that has to wrap. 
                              Hello I am a text that has to wrap.</div>
    </div>
    <div class="spacer_0"></div>
</div>

<div class="spacer_0"></div>

<div class="ip_A_1">
    <div class="ip_BA_1">Hello I am a label that has to wrap</div>
    <div class="ip_BB_1">
        <div class="ip_BBA_1">Hello I am a text that has to wrap. 
                              Hello I am a text that has to wrap. 
                              Hello I am a text that has to wrap.</div>
    </div>
    <div class="spacer_0"></div>
</div>

The CSS:

.spacer_0 {
    clear:both;
    width:100%;
    height:0px;
}
.ip_A_1 {
    position: relative;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    min-height: 28px;
    text-align: left;
    font-family:'Calibri', 'Gill Sans', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
    font-size:1em;
    background: yellow;
}
.ip_BA_1 {
    float: left;
    width: auto;
    padding: 4px 10px 20px 45px;
    font-family:'Calibri', 'Gill Sans', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
    font-size: 0.88889em;
    line-height: 0.88889em;
    font-weight: bold;
    background: blue;
    color: white;
}
.ip_BB_1 {
    clear: both;
    float: left;
    margin-top: -15px;
    width: 100%;
}
.ip_BBA_1 {
    position: absolute;
    left: 30px;
    right: 0px;
    padding-left: 6px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    background: #ccc;
    border: 1px solid #666;
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1593

Answers (2)

chandu
chandu

Reputation: 2276

change the ip_BBA_1 css position:relative.

Upvotes: 0

web-tiki
web-tiki

Reputation: 103810

The problem is that you are using floats and position:absolute; on the children these rules prevent the children from expanding parents height.

Upvotes: 3

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