Hello All,
I use floating elements to create a three column layout :
The center main content area, I do not declare as float.
In this section I again want to use floating elements and then a clearfix
(<br style="height:0px; font-size:0px; clear:both;" />)
The problem is that in both IE and FF , this clearfix causes the control to shift to the bottom of the main left and right columns which were created for the 3 column layout .

Or if that sounded confusing , i should have rather written :

how can i clear a float division without clearing other floats written outside the division in which this float is written

Any solutions would be helpful, hence I thank you in anticipation of the same.

Can we see the code or a url where we can see the page ?
Where are you putting the clearing <br> in the code ?