display: flow-root;

News to me! There is a spec for it and Firefox says they intend to ship it. It's just like display: block; only:

It always establishes a new block formatting context for its contents.

Meaning: you don't have to use clearfix hacks. There is a bit more to it though. Fiona Chan has a mini-talk all about block formatting context. I think it affects z-index and transforms in some cases too. Anybody?

I suspect Nicole Sullivan will approve. She's been …

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