denisetehran
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I've a question how to solve that in IE8 a background color is removed when setting float left in CSS:\[code\]<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <title>My page</title> <style> #nav { margin: 100px auto; text-align: center; } #nav ul ul { display: none; } #nav ul li:hover > ul { display: block; } #nav ul {\[/code\]This background-color: lightblue; is removed:\[code\] background-color: lightblue; background: linear-gradient(top, #efefef 0%, #bbbbbb 100%); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #efefef 0%, #bbbbbb 100%); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #efefef 0%,#bbbbbb 100%); box-shadow: 0px 0px 9px rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin-left: 0px; padding: 0 20px; border-radius: 10px; list-style: none; position: relative; /*display: inline-table;*/ } #nav ul:after { content: ""; clear: both; display: block; } #nav ul li {\[/code\]....when to set the float left:\[code\] float: left; } #nav ul li:hover { background-color: #4b545f; background: linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%, #5f6975 40%); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%, #5f6975 40%); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%,#5f6975 40%); } #nav ul li:hover a { color: #fff; } #nav ul li a { display: block; padding: 5px; color: #757575; text-decoration: none; } #nav ul ul { background: #5f6975; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0; position: absolute; top: 100%; } #nav ul ul li { float: none; border-top: 1px solid #6b727c; border-bottom: 1px solid #575f6a; position: relative; } #nav ul ul li a { padding: 5px; color: #fff; } #nav ul ul li a:hover { background-color: #4b545f; background: linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%, #5f6975 40%); background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%, #5f6975 40%); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%,#5f6975 40%); } #nav ul ul ul { position: absolute; left: 100%; top:0; } </style> </head>\[/code\]There is a html code for a drowdown menu:\[code\] <body> <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15730971/#">Inspiration</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15730971/#">Tutorials</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15730971/#">Web Design</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </body></html>\[/code\]Thank you