davej Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 So is "Clearfix" just an arbitrary name used to describe the use of the pseudo :after selector to clear floats -- or it is meant to be a "Clear" combined with a "Fix" for certain browsers bugs? This guy calls his version a "hack"... http://nicolasgallagher.com/micro-clearfix-hack/ http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_after.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Clearfix just meant creating an element with "clear: both" in order to make a container surround floated elements. It doesn't necessarily require using the :after selector though that does prevent having to create extra elements in the document. The :after selector does not work in Internet Explorer 7 and under, so I suppose his hack is meant to address that. The overflow method is better than a clearfix, but for old versions of Internet Explorer and Opera you needed to set a specific width to the element which is why it wasn't used as much back then. Today I don't see any reason to use "clearfix". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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