style.css
setup.css
index.html
/* Setup styles are in the other file. */ aside { background-color: gold; float: left; margin-right: 10px; padding: 10px; width: 100px; } div:nth-child(2) aside { float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: initial; } p:last-child { clear: left; }
body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 20px; } div { background-color: deepskyblue; border-top: solid black 4px; padding: 10px; } div:not(:first-child) { margin-top: 20px; }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Float clear</title> <link href="/assets/styles/reset.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="setup.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <section> <div> <aside> <p>This is an aside element.</p> </aside> <p>This is some text.</p> <p>And a second pargraph set to clear left, so it goes across the float.</p> </div> <div> <aside> <p>And another aside here too, with a lot more text in it.</p> </aside> <p>And some more.</p> <p>This one clears left, but the aside is to the right.</p> </div> <div> <p>And a third one, too.</p> </div> </section> </body> </html>