page flow

Hello,
I have a multicolumn desighn with no tables. I am using Floats to
position.
I would like for the elements to just get clipped off when the page
gets resized, and NOT have them flow underneath.
Where can I find the best resource on how elements get REpositioned
when the page gets resized?
Thanks
Mike

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Mike <ampeloso (AT) gmail (DOT) com> writing in
news:47c93fba-1eae-4950-8dc6-f20821dc2916 (AT) p23g2000vbl (DOT) googlegroups.com:

Hello,
I have a multicolumn desighn with no tables. I am using Floats to
position.
I would like for the elements to just get clipped off when the page
gets resized, and NOT have them flow underneath.
Where can I find the best resource on how elements get REpositioned
when the page gets resized?
Thanks
Mike

Oh, dear! Left the crystal ball at home. We will be able to give you much
better advice if you provide a URL.

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<47c93fba-1eae-4950-8dc6-f20821dc2916 (AT) p23g2000vbl (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
Mike <ampeloso (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Hello,
I have a multicolumn desighn with no tables. I am using Floats to
position.
I would like for the elements to just get clipped off when the page
gets resized, and NOT have them flow underneath.
Where can I find the best resource on how elements get REpositioned
when the page gets resized?

If you want to see a Walt Disney movie version of how floats drop, allow
animated gifs in your browser:

<http://netweaver.com.au/floatHouse/anim/page4anim.php>

Or it might profit you to read all of:

<http://netweaver.com.au/floatHouse/page4.php>

About stopping the drop, you would need to make sure the containing
element is suitably sized. In the following, you will get the drop (part
of the useful point about floats btw, though not always wanted):

<http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/alt/float.html>

when you narrow the browser to less than 800px.

To stop this, size the wrapper to stop it default being as wide as the
browser (not taking into account margins, paddings, borders):

<http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/alt/floatStopDrop.html>

If you don't want to go into the business of bugs and faulty browser
implementations of the float rules or the effect of modest border,
padding and margins, just give the wrapper a more generous width, like
some cooks might throw in salt...

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dorayme