I'm facing some challenges with clearing floats (or it could be something else?). My goal is to have the #newsbar div free from the previous floats so that its width can extend 100% across the page/browser.
I believe I've tried everything within my capacity, and this issue is really starting to frustrate me. This is how it currently appears:
Current display:
If anyone could review my HTML and CSS, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
HTML & CSS Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Rob's BBC</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1" />
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin: 0;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#topbar {
background-color:#7A0000;
width: 100%;
height: 45px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.fixedwidth {
width: 1050px;
margin: 0 auto;
/* background-color: green; */
}
/* BBC Logo */
#logodiv {
padding-top: 8px;
float: left;
border-right: 1px solid #990000;
padding-right: 15px;
}
/* Sign In Text */
#signindiv {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 0.9em;
float: left;
padding: 5px 50px 8px 8px;
border-right: 1px solid #990000;
}
/* Sign In Image */
#signindiv img {
position: relative;
float: left;
margin: 6px 0 0 2px;
}
#signindiv p {
float: left;
margin: 10px 0 0 4px;
}
#topmenudiv {
float: left;
}
#topmenudiv ul {
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#topmenudiv li {
list-style-type: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 0.9em;
border-right: 1px solid #990000;
height: 100%;
padding: 15px 20px 10px 20px;
text-align: center;
float: left;
}
#searchdiv {
float: left;
padding: 7px 0 0 10px;
}
#searchdiv input {
height: 25px;
border: none;
font-size: 0.9em;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 22px;
background-image:url('images/magnifyglass.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right center;
}
.break {
clear: both;
}
#newsbar {
background-color:#990000;
width: 100%;
height: 45px;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="topbar">
<div class="fixedwidth">
<div id="logodiv">
<img src="images/bbclogo.png" alt="bbclogo" height="28" />
</div> <!-- logodiv -->
<div id="signindiv">
<img src="images/signinlogo.png" alt="signinlogo" />
<p>Sign In</p>
</div> <!-- signindiv -->
<div id="topmenudiv">
<ul>
<li>News</li>
<li>Sports</li>
<li>Weather</li>
<li>iPlayer</li>
<li>TV</li>
<li>Radio</li>
<li>More...</li>
</ul>
</div> <!-- topmenudiv -->
<div id="searchdiv">
<input type="text" placeholder="search" />
</div> <!-- searchdiv -->
<div class="break"></div>
<div id="newsbar">
<div class="fixedwidth">
</div>
</div> <!-- newsbar -->
</div> <!-- fixedwidth -->
</div> <!-- topbar -->
</div> <!-- container -->
</body>
</html>
JsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/1f030av9/