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I have a problem with a css style. It happen when I set height to auto website
access live view by diung this go to newproject.comli.com/post.php log in with a username = shining password = asdfgh123 and then manualy go to newproject.comli.com/details.php
so my div height gets set to 0 do not know why. I am talking about #itemsCategListsform could someone help me? Here is my code:
<div id="itemsCategListsform">
<div id="plink">
<div id="open">My details</div>
<div id="closed">My ads</div>
<div id="closed">Favorites</div>
</div>
<div id="pbase">
<div id="detailforms">
<p> Email:
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post">
<input type="email" name="email" size="30">
<input class="submit-buttonform" type="submit" name="updateemail" value="Update Email">
</form>
</p>
<p>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post">
Password: <br>
<input type="password" name="password" size="30"><br>
Re-Password: <br>
<input type="password" name="repassword" size="30">
<input class="submit-buttonform" type="submit" name="updatepassword" value="Update password" >
</form>
</p>
Phone:
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post">
<input type="text" name="phone" size="30">
<input class="submit-buttonform" type="submit" name="updatephone" value="Update phone">
</form>
Website:
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post">
<input type="text" name="website" size="30">
<input class="submit-buttonform" type="submit" name="updatewebsite" value="Update website">
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
and css :
#itemsCategListsform {
background-color: white;
position: relative;
width: 930px;
height: auto;
left: 175px;
top: 20px;
border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid #1a171a;
padding-top: 40px;
padding-left: 70px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
-moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
}
#plink {
position: relative;
width: 200px;
float: left;
border-top: 1px solid black;
border-left: 1px solid black;
z-index: 10;
border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;
-webkit-box-shadow: -3px 3px 5px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
-moz-box-shadow: -3px 3px 5px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
box-shadow: -3px 3px 5px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
}
#open {
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
border-right: 1px solid #fbfbfe;
text-align: center;
line-height: 50px;
background-color: #fbfbfe;
}
#closed {
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
width: 200px;
text-align: center;
line-height: 50px;
}
#pbase {
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #fbfbfe;
position: relative;
width: 600px;
height: auto;
float: left;
margin-left: -1px;
border-radius: 0px 4px 4px 4px;
-webkit-box-shadow: -3px 3px 5px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
-moz-box-shadow: -3px 3px 5px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
}
#closed:hover a {
display: block;
background-color: #fbfbfe;
border-right: 1px solid black;
}
#open:hover a {
display: block;
}
#detailforms {
position: relative;
margin:0 auto;
top: 10px;
width: 450px;
height: auto;
margin-bottom: 40px;
}

Answer 1

The height is registering as 0 because the child element is floated. CSS float takes an element out of the flow of content and wraps inline elements around it.
Your problem is here:
<div id="itemsCategListsform">
<div id="plink">
...
#plink{ float: left; }
#phase{ float: left; }
I'd recommend adding a pseudo element after the parent with clear: both set.
<div id="itemsCategListsform" class="clearfix">
<div id="plink">
...
.clearfix:after {
content: " ";
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
}
See some additional solutions here.

Answer 2

Add display: inline-block to the css of itemsCategListsform :)

Answer 3

okay with a help of DACrosby was solved easily as he said that because of float left and to solve that i just add overflow: auto; tell me if i did good or there is better solution cuz this was really easy and seems to be okay everything