How to make an empty div take space

Answer 1

With using the inline-block it will behave as an inline object. so no floats needed to get them next to eachother on one line. And indeed as Rito said, floats need a "body", like they need dimensions.

I totally agree with Pekka about using tables. Everybody that build layouts using div's avoid tables like it's a desease. But use them for tablular data! That's what they're ment for. And in your case i think you need them :)

BUT if you really really want what you want. There is a css hack way. Same as the float hack.

.kundregister_grid_1:after {  content: ".";  }

Add that one and you're also set :D (Note: does not work in IE, but that is fixable)