Internet Explorer 6 and 7: floated elements expand to 100% width when they contain a child element floated right. Is there a workaround?

Question

I\'ve got a parent div floated left, with two child divs that I need to float right.

The parent div should (if I understand th

Answer 1

I had the same problem and solved in by positioning the child element (which I wanted to float right) with position:absolute and right:0. I gave the parent element enough right padding to make room for the child element... Worth a shot, might not work for all applications!