The thread's title says it all: if you could please explain to me in an as simply as possible "manner": what are the so-called "floats" ?? You see, it's that I am seeing this particular term being used numerous times in design forums etc. (and on various occasions), but so far not in a such context that I could realize its meaning by the context itself. P.S. -- I somehow know that I shuould Google (a bit more) first, but anyway ... tayiper
it's part of css design. You float things around a page to place them where you want them instead of using tables. Read some css2 design tutorials and you will understand.
Just wait till you get to the fun part.. how to clear floats, and all the bugs that apply from one browser to the next... ughhh.
There is no such animal as a layer in html, except as NN4's proprietary element. Float is a style property. An element may be given the float property value of left|right|none|inherit. An element with the float value or left or right is often referred to as a float or float element. cheers, gary