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You also need to set the width. Explanation here

Quirksmode does an excelent job explaining this. And covering ie/chrome/safari bugs adds extra credit.

I usually put a <div style="clear:both"></div> after the floats to fix that.

I just tested it because it sounded so beautiful but that does not work in IE6 unfortunately.

It has worked for me. Does the container have hasLayout?

Excellent. Thanks for the tip!