Forum Moderators: not2easy
Please have a look at this:
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font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 77%;
background: url(/images/background.gif) repeat;
text-align: center;
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width:760px;
border: 1px #000 solid;
background: #FAEFCF;
text-align: left;
margin:0 auto;
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background-color:#fff;
border-right:1px #000 solid;
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#panelnav li {margin:0 0 15px 0; padding:0;}
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You searched for:
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<div id="panelnav">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://c19index:8086/gotoSearchCollections.do?area=all" class="bold" title="Modify search">Modify search</a></li>
<li><a href="http://c19index:8086/myArchive/savedSearchesTitle.do?QueryType=collections&area=books&subType=books" class="bold" title="Save search terms to My Archive">Save search terms to My Archive</a></li>
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For some reason the content in the right hand column causes the inner div to expand to its' equal height. Is there a reason for this and a way to fix it so that the inner div, when clears does not take any value from the right hand column?
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<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 77%;
background: url(/images/background.gif) repeat;
text-align: center;
}
#holder{
width:760px;
border: 1px #000 solid;
background: #FAEFCF;
text-align: left;
margin:0 auto;
}
#maincontent{
float:left;
width:552px;
padding:10px 6px 0 7px;
background-color:#fff;
border-right:1px #000 solid;
}
#sidenavcontainer{float:left; width:171px; padding:20px 10px 0;}
#panelnav {width:125px; float:right}
#panelnav ul{list-style: none; margin:0; padding:0;}
#panelnav li {margin:0 0 15px 0; padding:0;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="holder">
<div>
<div id="maincontent">
<div style="background:#FEF8E7; border:1px dotted #808080; padding:10px;">
<div>
You searched for:
</div>
<div id="panelnav">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://c19index:8086/gotoSearchCollections.do?area=all" class="bold" title="Modify search">Modify search</a></li>
<li><a href="http://c19index:8086/myArchive/savedSearchesTitle.do?QueryType=collections&area=books&subType=books" class="bold" title="Save search terms to My Archive">Save search terms to My Archive</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div style="clear:both"> </div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="sidenavcontainer">
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