Clearing CSS Floats – Clearfix

Every web designer / developer has a preferred method for clearing their floats. I’m partial to simply tacking on a class of “clearfix” to a parent element which has floated children. Below is the CSS code for this “clearfix” method. If you are unable to copy and paste the code below, here is a link to a plain text file with the same code.

.clearfix:after {
    content: ".";
    display: block;
    height: 0;
    clear: both;
    visibility: hidden;
}

.clearfix {display: inline-block;}

/* Hides from IE-mac \*/
* html .clearfix {height: 1%;}
.clearfix {display: block;}
/* End hide from IE-mac */
/* @end */