Inner left-floating div's do not expand the container div vertically

Question

I have a container div with the following attributes:

#cat_container{
margin:0;
padding:5px;
border:1px solid red;
min-height:200px;
}

Insi

Answer 1

you need to set overflow for the main div. overflow: auto; this will force the div container to expand and adapt to the content.

#cat_container{
   margin:0;
   padding:5px;
   border:1px solid red;
   min-height:200px;
   overflow: auto;
   height: auto !important;
}