Use float: left
and float: right
for content to be on
opposite sides.
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Sed feugiat nisi at sapien. Phasellus varius tincidunt ligula. Praesent nisi. Duis sollicitudin. Donec dignissim, est vel auctor blandit, ante est laoreet neque, non pellentesque mauris turpis eu purus.</p>
<footer><p class="course"><a href="http://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/">CSCI E-12 Home</a>|<a href="mailto:cscie12@dce.harvard.edu">cscie12@dce.harvard.edu</a></p>
<p class="global"><a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard University</a>|<a href="http://www.extension.harvard.edu/">Extension School</a></p>
</footer>
In style
element
(<style type="text/css">
) within head
element:
footer {
background-color: #fcf;
border-top: thin solid #333;
}
footer p.course { float: left; }
footer p.global { float: right; }
footer p {
padding: 0.25em 0.5em 0.25em 0.5em;
font-size: small;
}
footer a:link,
footer a:visited,
footer a:hover,
footer a:active {
text-decoration: none;
color: navy;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0.25em;
}
footer a:hover {
color: #ccf;
background-color: navy;
}
The background color of the parent footer
did not display. The p
elements within the footer
have been
"floated," therefore they have been removed from the calculation of the box model of the footer
. The
parent footer
size is null.
Solutions:
footer
. Recall that a float is always with respect to the containing boxfooter
overflow
property to auto
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Sed feugiat nisi at sapien. Phasellus varius tincidunt ligula. Praesent nisi. Duis sollicitudin. Donec dignissim, est vel auctor blandit, ante est laoreet neque, non pellentesque mauris turpis eu purus.</p>
<footer><p class="course"><a href="http://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/">CSCI E-12 Home</a>|<a href="mailto:cscie12@dce.harvard.edu">cscie12@dce.harvard.edu</a></p>
<p class="global"><a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard University</a>|<a href="http://www.extension.harvard.edu/">Extension School</a></p>
</footer>div class="example" title="float left and right and parent div" ex:norender="1"><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Sed feugiat nisi at sapien. Phasellus varius tincidunt ligula. Praesent nisi. Duis sollicitudin. Donec dignissim, est vel auctor blandit, ante est laoreet neque, non pellentesque mauris turpis eu purus.</p>
<footer><p class="course"><a href="http://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/">CSCI E-12 Home</a>|<a href="mailto:cscie12@dce.harvard.edu">cscie12@dce.harvard.edu</a></p>
<p class="global"><a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard University</a>|<a href="http://www.extension.harvard.edu/">Extension School</a></p>
</footer>
In style
element
(<style type="text/css">
) within head
element:
footer {
background-color: #fcf;
float: left;
width: 100%;
border-top: thin solid #333;
}
footer p.course { float: right; }
footer p.global { float: left; }
footer p {
padding: 0.25em 0.5em 0.25em 0.5em;
font-size: small;
}
footer a:link,
footer a:visited,
footer a:hover,
footer a:active {
text-decoration: none;
color: navy;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0.25em;
}
footer a:hover {
color: #ccf;
background-color: navy;
}footer {
background-color: #fcf;
overflow: auto;
width: 100%;
border-top: thin solid #333;
}
footer p.course { float: right; }
footer p.global { float: left; }
footer p {
padding: 0.25em 0.5em 0.25em 0.5em;
font-size: small;
}
footer a:link,
footer a:visited,
footer a:hover,
footer a:active {
text-decoration: none;
color: navy;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0.25em;
}
footer a:hover {
color: #ccf;
background-color: navy;
}
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