CSS container doesn't stretch to accommodate floats
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.container {
width: 900px;
border: 2px solid #333333;
padding-top: 30px;
padding-bottom: 30px;
}
.container_left {
border: 2px solid #FF00FF;
width: 650px;
float: left;
}
.container_right {
border: 2px solid #0000FF;
width: 225px;
float: right;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="container_left">
<div>LEFT CONTAINER</div>
<div>LEFT CONTAINER</div>
<div>LEFT CONTAINER</div>
</div>
<div class="container_right">
<div>RIGHT CONTAINER</div>
<div>RIGHT CONTAINER</div>
<div>RIGHT CONTAINER</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The result is:
I want a result like this:
Answer
Add overflow: hidden; to the .container selector. This will force the container to acknowledge that it has children.