css-float

Question 1

What were floats originally designed for?

Answer 1

To wrap images around text

Question 2

What are clears for with floats?

Answer 2

It allows for no sibling within a parent element can touch the left of right side of a container

Question 3

What are some of the downsides for using floats in layout design?

Answer 3

If the parent element only has floated children some browsers will interpret it to be zero pixels tall.