Collapsing Margins on Floating Divs

[beennn]

My understanding is, collapsing margins on a floating div is not possible, is there a work around which can achieve the same effect?

Edited June 22, 2013 by beennn

[niche]

What's your situation?

[dsonesuk]

Apply margin size of child element to parent is good work around.

[beennn]

I have several of the same floating div, and I'd like them to have an equal margin between themselves and other elements on the page, for example the header and footer (if there's a margin of 5px on the floating div, this stacks to 10px when touching the same div, however when hitting the header or footer, is only 5px). Is it in anyway possible to collapse a margin connected to a floating div? Currently I've just added and extra margin to the top and bottom of the footer/header to make the difference, but in the long run, if it's possible; it would be easier if there was a way to collapse them.

[dsonesuk]

What you preset all div with set margin clear: both; and overflow: hidden

div {	background-color: #9999CC;	clear: both;	margin: 0 0 10px;	overflow: hidden;}

it would just mean the last div margin zeroed. or you may want to try :last-child