Div height does not resize when add more content

I'm trying to build a kind of tag-cloud. I've a div (the tag container) in which dinamically I add span nodes (the tags).

span nodes are default inline elements, so if I've set their display property do display:block, to prevent that they will overflow the div horizontally.

I've also set their float property to float:left since I want that they're disposed near on the same line and if line is full tthey automatically go to the next line.

The problem now开发者_高级运维 is that, the tags overflow vertically on the bottom. The tag container does not resize its height to contain all the tags inserted. How could I fix this problem?

EDIT Here is the fiddle. http://jsfiddle.net/Vk92s/1/

As you can see, if a comment float: left, the div automatically resize, but all the tags dispose on a new line. At opposite, if i add the float: left, the tags wrap correctly, but div does not resize.

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Here's a fiddle.

You can set overflow to hidden, like below:

<div id="test"> 
    <span>first</span> 
    <span>second </span> 
    <span>third </span> 
    <span>fourth </span> 
</div> 

#test
{
   border: 1px solid black;
   width: 100px; 
   overflow: hidden; 
}
span
{
  float: left;
}

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In your tag container div, add this css rule:

overflow: auto;

This will make it expand to contain its floated content.

Edit:

A fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/5AgxU/

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Try adding a div that has clear: both set under all of your elements.

Working Demo

HTML

<div id="tag-cloud">
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <span class="tag">example</span>
    <div class="clear-both"></div>
</div>

CSS

.tag{
    display: block;
    width: 98px;
    background-color: red;
    margin-right: 2px;
    float: left;
}
.clear-both{
    clear: both;
}
#tag-cloud{
    width: 300px;
    background-color: black;
}

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Rather than adding an empty element that clears your float, my preference is to use the following on the parent element so you don't pollute your markup.

.clearfix:after {
   content: ".";
   display: block;
   clear: both;
   visibility: hidden;
   line-height: 0;
   height: 0;
}

.clearfix {
   display: inline-block;
}

html[xmlns] .clearfix {
   display: block;
}

* html .clearfix {
   height: 1%;
   overflow: visible;
}