You can use the clearfix
to do “layout preserving” the same way overflow: hidden
does.
.clearfix:before,
.clearfix:after {
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
.clearfix:after { clear: both; }
.clearfix { zoom: 1; } /* IE < 8 */
add class="clearfix"
class to the parent, and remove overflow: hidden;