Can CSS pseudo elements :after or :before be used to clear floats between elements? If not, what other method can be used to clear floats between <div class="float"> and <section class="inner">?
The HTML and CSS structure is as follows:
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
*, *:before, *:after {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
section.wrap {
width: 100%;
}
section.wrap:after {
content: '';
display: block;
clear: both;
}
div {
width: 33.33%;
height: 40px;
background-color: powderblue;
float: left;
border-top: solid 0px white;
border-right: solid 5px white;
border-bottom: solid 5px white;
border-left: solid 0px white;
}
div:nth-of-type(3n + 3) {
border-right: 0;
}<section class="wrap">
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<div class="float"></div>
<!-- CLEAR FLOAT HERE -->
<section class="inner">
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</section>
</section>