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HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 18: How Floats and Clears work

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In this video, I take a a look at what's happening when we float something with CSS, and how clears work with floats. This video doesn't look at how to use them to build a layout, but instead it looks at understanding how they work, so when you do build your layout you'll have a better idea of how to control things. ---- Half Bit by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=%22half+bit%22 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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pixels, then my text can actually go underneath it.', 'start': 308.755, 'duration': 5.645}, {'end': 322.788, 'text': "So that margin of zero is sort of creating like this space here, like it's right on it, but it's stopping text from going underneath there.", 'start': 314.84, 'duration': 7.948}], 'summary': 'Setting a margin of 50 pixels pushes text away, while -50 pixels allows it to go underneath. a margin of 0 creates a space preventing text from going underneath.', 'duration': 26.597, 'max_score': 296.191, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LrdkRMZhgZg/pics/LrdkRMZhgZg296191.jpg'}, {'end': 388.254, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 359.529, 'weight': 0.766, 'content': [{'end': 361.792, 'text': 'Because clear both is what you use pretty much all the time.', 'start': 359.529, 'duration': 2.263}, {'end': 366.316, 'text': 'Oops, I forgot my semicolon at the end there.', 'start': 363.513, 'duration': 2.803}, {'end': 367.457, 'text': 'And there we go.', 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{'end': 686.754, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 637.804, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 638.845, 'text': 'So my red box is underneath.', 'start': 637.804, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 644.77, 'text': 'But now, if I take this box too, which is my red box, and I float this one float left.', 'start': 639.425, 'duration': 5.345}, {'end': 647.474, 'text': 'What do you think is going to happen?', 'start': 646.513, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 649.797, 'text': "Let's hit refresh and find out.", 'start': 648.475, 'duration': 1.322}, {'end': 652.74, 'text': 'And my red box moves up to here.', 'start': 650.718, 'duration': 2.022}, {'end': 655.964, 'text': 'And we also lost that dark red one.', 'start': 653.381, 'duration': 2.583}, {'end': 657.446, 'text': 'Firebrick here is a darker red.', 'start': 656.064, 'duration': 1.382}, {'end': 660.049, 'text': 'That darker red went underneath this pink box.', 'start': 657.566, 'duration': 2.483}, {'end': 661.03, 'text': "We can't see it anymore.", 'start': 660.129, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 668.057, 'text': "So if I float my firebrick, float left, That one's going to jump up to over here now.", 'start': 661.891, 'duration': 6.166}, {'end': 670.519, 'text': 'And the other ones move under here.', 'start': 668.878, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 675.203, 'text': "So what's happening when we're using our floats is it's changing how the element is working.", 'start': 670.619, 'duration': 4.584}, {'end': 677.986, 'text': 'Before that, these are block level elements.', 'start': 675.764, 'duration': 2.222}, {'end': 683.091, 'text': "So they're taking up all the space on my screen here, even though they're just sort of stacking.", 'start': 678.486, 'duration': 4.605}, {'end': 684.272, 'text': "Like we said, they're like Legos.", 'start': 683.191, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 686.754, 'text': 'They like clicking together and stacking one on top of each other.', 'start': 684.292, 'duration': 2.462}], 'summary': 'Using floats changes element 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clear both.', 'start': 910.324, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 917.148, 'text': "You might be a little unsure right now on when you actually want to be using clears, and that's fine.", 'start': 911.865, 'duration': 5.283}, {'end': 918.889, 'text': "It's a little abstract.", 'start': 917.829, 'duration': 1.06}, {'end': 920.07, 'text': "It's really strange right now.", 'start': 918.949, 'duration': 1.121}, {'end': 923.965, 'text': "In just a few videos though, we're going to get around to actually making some layouts.", 'start': 920.583, 'duration': 3.382}], 'summary': "Usage of 'clear both' is recommended 99% of the time for easier layout creation.", 'duration': 26.788, 'max_score': 897.177, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/LrdkRMZhgZg/pics/LrdkRMZhgZg897177.jpg'}], 'start': 440.902, 'title': 'Css box floating and positioning', 'summary': 'Presents a practical demonstration of using css to manipulate box elements, including floating them to 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layouts in HTML and CSS.', 'Practical application of float left and float right options is demonstrated.', 'The absence of a float center option is emphasized.', "The clear property, especially 'clear both', prevents elements from going underneath floating items and starts everything fresh again.", "The concept of floating in CSS is likened to a cloud moving up in the air, where the floating box moves up higher and other elements can go underneath it, but the text doesn't go underneath.", 'A negative margin of -50 pixels allows the text to go underneath the floating item, demonstrating the behavior of text wrapping around elements.', 'The example also includes setting the paragraph background color to yellow, which affects the appearance of the text wrapping around the red box.', 'The chapter presents a practical demonstration of using CSS to manipulate box elements, showcasing techniques such as changing paragraph styles and applying width and height properties.', 'The chapter 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