News to me! There is a spec for it and Firefox says they intend to ship it. It's just like display: block; only:
It always establishes a new block formatting context for its contents.
.group {
display: flow-root;
}Meaning: you don't have to use clearfix hacks. There is a bit more to it though. Fiona Chan has a mini-talk all about block formatting context. I think it affects z-index and transforms in some cases too. Anybody?
I suspect Nicole … Read article
