HTML & CSS · Senior · Question 10 of 75
What is float still appropriate for in modern layouts?
- 1For main column layouts: it's more reliable than Grid in old browsers
- ✓Correct answer: For wrapping text around an image or a pull quote inside an article
- 3Nothing:
floatis deprecated and removed from the specification
Explanation
Page layouts have long been built with Flexbox and Grid, but text wrapping - float's original purpose - has no replacement. Combined with shape-outside, text can even wrap along an image's shape. The property is neither deprecated nor removed.