What is the use of style clear both

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I happened to see a div which had the style clear both   What is the use of clear in style    lt div style  clear both  gt

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Just to add to RichieHindle s answer  check out Floatutorial  which walks you through how CSS floating and clearing works

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When you use float without width  there remains some space in that row  To block this space you can use clear both  in next element

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clear both makes the element drop below any floated elements that precede it in the document   You can also use clear left or clear right to make it drop below only those elements that have been floated left or right    ------------   --------------------                                          float left       without clear                                                            --------------------                  --------------------                                                          with clear right                       no effect here                        as there is no                        float right                           element                                                                  --------------------                  ------------   ---------------------                              with clear left          or clear both                               ---------------------

[html] What is the use of style="clear:both"?

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