css 960 grid clearfix not working but clear:both does work

Question

I am using grid 960 and cannot get clearfix to work, however if I use clear:both on the element, then I can get the desired effect. I would prefer to use clearfix as I find it more reliable (usually).

In the code below, the header section has a left logo area, and a right banner area and then underneath that should be a navigation bar.

This navigation bar is the element I am having difficulty with. If I add style="clear:both;" to the nav element, it works fine. However, it doesn't work if I use clearfix in the header element.

Here is the page that does not work (using clearfix)

Here is the page that works (using clear:both)

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Home Page</title>
    <link href="css/reset.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="css/960_12_col.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="css/site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />



</head>
<body>
<div id="container" class="container_12 ">


    <header class="clearfix grid_12">
        <div id="logoarea" class="grid_6 alpha">
            <div id="title">
                <h1>iContinuity Directory Services</h1>
            </div>
            <div id="logindisplay">
                    [ <a href="/Account/LogOn">Log On</a> ]
                    [ <a href="/Account/Register">Register</a> ]

            </div>
        </div><!-- end logoarea -->

        <div id="headerbanner" class="grid_6 omega">
            <p>this is the header banner area</p>
        </div>

        <nav class="">

            <ul id="menu">
                <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href="/Home/About">About</a></li>
            </ul>

            <form action="/Search/Search" class="navsearch" method="get">
                <input class="textbox" id="search" name="search" type="text" value="" />
                <input type="submit" value="Search" />
            </form>  
        </nav>

    </header>


    <section id="main" class="grid_8 ">

        <h2>Welcome to iContinuity Services</h2>
        <p>

        </p>

    </section>



    <aside id="sidebar" class="grid_4">
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    </aside>


    <footer class="grid_12">
        <p>this is the footer area</p>
    </footer>

</div> <!-- end 960 grid container -->

</body>
</html>

I hope I have not done anything wrong that is glaringly obvious, but I can't see it.

I must be missing something since clearfix is just doing clear:both anyway. — Jon Taylor, Jul 10 '12 at 13:30
no clearfix adds much more than that. it simulates adding an empty div, but it also has tricks for older browsers and lesser used browsers — user1514757, Jul 10 '12 at 16:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '12 at 13:54

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If you place an empty DIV just before your NAV element with a clearfix class on it then that should work.

answered Jul 10 '12 at 13:54

Billy Moat

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let me try that and i will report back.... yes this does work, however I wanted to avoid adding in html. (the whole idea of cleafix was to avoid that) – user1514757 Jul 10 '12 at 16:14

css 960 grid clearfix not working but clear:both does work

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