Re: making a bottom margin

Spartanicus wrote: 
meltedown <groups2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Again: (a) Floats are for having inline content flow beside and beneath
the floated element.

Floating is *not* a method to align elements.
Floating is *not* an appropriate method to create a "CSS layout".

If possible floats should be avoided except when used for their intended
purpose (a).


So the obvious question is: if I want to align elements, and I don't want the content to flow beside and beneath anything, should I just tables ? 


Tables are for marking up tabular data, not for formatting or layout.

Left aligning is the default for block level elements, use margins if
you want to right align a block level element, like so:
<div style="width:50%;margin-left:auto">foobar</div>

Right aligning inline level content is done with the text-align
property, like so:
<p style="text-align:right">Some text.</p>

Like my home page, which has 3 columns, floated but not flowing. I don't wnat it to flow. So should I just put the 3 columns in a table ? 


There are 2 proper ways to create a 3 column "CSS" layout: by using
absolute positioning or by using a CSS table. It should be noted that IE
doesn't support CSS tables. This has led to the widespread abuse of
floats, despite the fact that doing so causes a myriad of problems.
Floats used to create a "layout" is a hack, and a nasty one.

Well thanks for clarifying. I always thought tha absolute positioning was something to be be avoided. Not that I figured that out myself, its read in books, on web pages and in this newgroup. ( a couple years ago).
It seems the advice is constantly changing.
I just wish I could learn how to make css layouts without it being a night mare everytime I try to do anything.


Like with floats, absolute positioning has the disadvantage that the
positioned elements are removed from the flow, this limits the layout
options, usage of for example a footer directly below the content may
not be an option.

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