CSS clear

<!doctype html>
<title>Example</title>
<style>
div {
  background: green;
  color: white;
  width: 100px;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: 5px;
  }
.right {
  float: right;
  }
.left {
  float: left;
  }
.clear {
  clear: both;
  background: blue;
  }
</style>
<div class="left">.left</div>
<div class="right">.right</div>
<div class="clear">.clear</div>
<div class="right">.right</div>

The CSS clear property is used to for control flow when using the float property. You can specify whether to keep one or both sides of an element "clear" (i.e. no elements can appear on the side that is clear).

Specifically, the clear property indicates which sides of an element's box(es) may not be adjacent to an earlier floating box. In other words, it specifies whether or not an element can be positioned next to floating elements that precede it or it must be moved down (cleared) below them.

Syntax

Possible Values

none: Specifies no clearance. There's no constraint on the box's position with respect to floats.
left: Specifies that the element is moved down to clear past left floats. The top border edge of the box is below the bottom outer edge of any left-floating boxes that resulted from elements earlier in the source document.
right: Specifies that the element is moved down to clear past right floats. The top border edge of the box is below the bottom outer edge of any right-floating boxes that resulted from elements earlier in the source document.
both: Specifies that the element is moved down to clear past both left and right floats. The top border edge of the box is below the bottom outer edge of both any right-floating and left-floating boxes that resulted from elements earlier in the source document.

Logical Values

The following values have been proposed for the clear property in CSS3:

inline-start
inline-end

In addition, all CSS properties also accept the following CSS-wide keyword values as the sole component of their property value:

initial: Represents the value specified as the property's initial value.
inherit: Represents the computed value of the property on the element's parent.
unset: This value acts as either inherit or initial, depending on whether the property is inherited or not. In other words, it sets all properties to their parent value if they are inheritable or to their initial value if not inheritable.

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CSS clear

Syntax

Possible Values

Logical Values

General Information

Example Code

Official Specifications