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CSS CSS Layout Basics Page Layout with the Float Property Clearing and Containing Floats

Alejandro Udinov
Alejandro Udinov
727 Points
Posted by Alejandro Udinov
Alejandro Udinov
727 Points

How is header an parent element of floated .name & .main-nav elements ?

I dont' understand, how is <header> an parent element of floated .name & .main-nav elements, when infract they are contained in <div> .container ?? if at all div is the parent of these two elements ? so whats going on ?

1 Answer

Ivan Griessel
Ivan Griessel
6,438 Points
Ivan Griessel
Ivan Griessel
6,438 Points

Main-header is more like an ancestor than a direct parent of .name and .main-nav in this situation, as far as I understand. At the end of the video he does apply the clearfix to .container and not to .main-header.