2-column layout
I am following a tutorial in which i have constructed a XHTML markup which i have pasted below.
<body class="lookingPage">
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="masthead">
<div id="navContainer">
<div id="navigation">[list]
<li id="lookingPage"><a href="#">Looking</a></li>
<li id="gazingPage"><a href="#">Gazing</a></li>
<li id="watchingPage"><a href="#">Watching</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="maincontent">
<h1>This is the page title</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rhoncus neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Nullam sit amet enim. Suspendisse id velit vitae ligula volutpat condimentum. Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed quis velit. Nulla facilisi. Nulla libero. Vivamus pharetra posuere sapien. Nam consectetuer. Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismod ullamcorper, lectus nunc ullamcorper orci, fermentum bibendum enim nibh eget ipsum.</p>
<p>Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vitae nulla consequat libero cursus venenatis. Nam magna enim, accumsan eu, blandit sed, blandit a, eros.Quisque facilisis erat a dui. Nam malesuada ornare dolor. Cras gravida, diam sit amet rhoncus ornare, erat elit consectetuer erat, id egestas pede nibh eget odio. Proin tincidunt, velit vel porta elementum, magna diam molestie sapien, non aliquet massa pede eu diam. Aliquam iaculis. Fusce et ipsum et nulla tristique facilisis.</p>
<p>Donec eget sem sit amet ligula viverra gravida. Etiam vehicula urna vel turpis. Suspendisse sagittis ante a urna. Morbi a est quis orci consequat rutrum. Nullam egestas feugiat felis. Integer adipiscing semper ligula. Nunc molestie, nisl sit amet cursus convallis, sapien lectus pretium metus, vitae pretium enim wisi id lectus. Donec vestibulum. Etiam vel nibh. Nulla facilisi. Mauris pharetra. Donec augue. Fusce ultrices, neque id dignissim ultrices, tellus mauris dictum elit, vel lacinia enim metus eu nunc.Proin at eros non eros adipiscing mollis. Donec semper turpis sed diam.</p>
<p>Sed consequat ligula nec tortor. Integer eget sem. Ut vitae enim eu est vehicula gravida. Morbi ipsum ipsum, porta nec, tempor id, auctor vitae, purus. Pellentesque neque. Nulla luctus erat vitae libero. Integer nec enim. Phasellus aliquam enim et tortor. Quisque aliquet, quam elementum condimentum feugiat, tellus odio consectetuer wisi, vel nonummy sem neque in elit.</p>
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
<h1>Sidebar Title</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rhoncus neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Nullam sit amet enim. Suspendisse id velit vitae ligula volutpat condimentum. Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed quis velit.Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismod ullamcorper, lectus nunc ullamcorper orci, fermentum bibendum enim nibh eget ipsum.</p>
<p>Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vitae nulla consequat libero cursus venenatis. Nulla facilisi. Nulla libero. Vivamus pharetra posuere sapien. Nam consectetuer. Cras gravida, diam sit amet rhoncus ornare, erat elit consectetuer erat, id egestas pede nibh eget odio. Proin tincidunt, velit vel porta elementum, magna diam molestie sapien, non aliquet massa pede eu diam. Aliquam iaculis. Fusce et ipsum et nulla tristique facilisis.</p>
</div>
<div class="seperator">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
And the CSS that i have written for this markup is below.
/*------defaults-------*/
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body {
background: #1b4b7d url(assets/page-background.jpg) repeat-x;
color: #102c4a;
padding-bottom: 40px;
}
/* --------- 2. structure --------- */
#wrapper {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 740px;
border-left: 2px solid #047bc4;
border-right: 2px solid #047bc4;
border-bottom: 2px solid #047bc4;
}
#masthead {
height: 189px;
background: url(assets1/masthead-background.jpg) no-repeat;
}
#content {
background: #a4b7cb url(assets1/content-background.jpg) repeat-x;
padding: 40px 14px 40px 0;
}
#sidebar {
float: right;
width: 199px;
padding-top: 31px;
}
#maincontent {
float: right;
width: 490px;
padding-left: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
border-left: 1px solid #7c8a99;
}
.seperator {
clear: both;
height:0;
}
My question is, why does the browser display the #sidebar div first when in the markup it is the #maincontent that came first? When we write XHTML markup, isn't is suppose to display it on the left to rigth top to bottom method (exactly the way we read from left to right and to follow the next line of text).
I understand that i have floated both the #sidebar and #maincontent to the right, but isn't that suppose to make the #maincontent move to the right side
of the #content div and also make the #sidebar to appear underneath the #maincontent and also on the right side (inside the #content div)
Thank you all in advance for all your thoughts and views.
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