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Mar 30.2010

I have the following page layout:

[code=html]<div id=”wrapper”>

<div id=”body”></div>

</div>[/code]

I have the following styles applied:

#wrapper {
width: 850px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
position: relative;
}

#wrapper #body {
width: 575px;
margin-top: 5px;
margin-left: 10px;
background-color: #dbdbdb;
float: left;
}

I need the wrapper with white background to grow with the body but it isn’t even showing up while the body content does.

Any ideas why?

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@JSOMar 30.2010 — [CODE]
#wrapper:after {
clear: both;
}
[/CODE]

That should work ? At least, it did for me.
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@katierosyApr 02.2010 — Clear the floated element. add a clear div after body

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Code:

.clear{ clear:both;}

<div id="wrapper">

<div id="body"></div>

<div class="clear"></div>

</div>
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