CSS Floating -

by Eric A. Meye

All Indian Reprints of O'Reilly are printed in Grayscale. While flowing text around images is certainly nothing new, with CSS you can float any element, from images to paragraphs to lists. In this practical guide, author Eric Meyer reveals some interesting—and surprising—ways to use CSS floats in your web design, including the latest capability to flow content past non-rectangular float shapes. Short and sweet, this book is an excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of The Definitive Guide. Learn the characteristics of floated elementsand CSS rules for using them Be aware of certain rule exceptions when applying floats to your design, including the use of negative margins Use the clear property to prevent floats from affecting elements in the next section of the document Create floating boxes in non-rectangular shapes, including rounded corners, circles, ellipsesand even polygons Define float shapes with transparent or opaque images All Indian Reprints of O'Reilly are printed in Grayscale. While flowing text around images is certainly nothing new, with CSS you can float any element, from images to paragraphs to lists. In this practical guide, author Eric Meyer reveals some interesting—and surprising—ways to use CSS floats in your web design, including the latest capability to flow content past non-rectangular float shapes. Short and sweet, this book is an excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of The Definitive Guide. Learn the characteristics of floated elementsand CSS rules for using them Be aware of certain rule exceptions when applying floats to your design, including the use of negative margins Use the clear property to prevent floats from affecting elements in the next section of the document Create floating boxes in non-rectangular shapes, including rounded corners, circles, ellipsesand even polygons Define float shapes with transparent or opaque images

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[Anton Antonov · Rating 1 out of 5]

A really one-dimensional book that doesn't supersede MDN.

I don't recommend it to anyone. It's too basic.