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List item content misbehaving

  • Hello all!

    So in a nutshell, I am building a list item for news articles that will alternate light and dark backgrounds. Each list-tem will hold two columns of content. the first column holds an image anda caption, the second a paragraph of text. It took me forever to get the list-item backgrounds to just expand with my columns.

    Now, the backgrounds are expanding but, when I jack up the amount of text in the right column paragraph, the left column image and caption will not stay positioned at the top of the list-item. It is moving downwards with the paragraph as it grows.

    To see what I mean, check out my jsbin

    Static: http://jsbin.com/iwetef/

    Live: http://jsbin.com/iwetef/edit#html,live

    Again, I am wanting the image and caption content to stay aligned to the top regardless of how large the paragraph text gets.

    Cheers!
  • Quick, easy solution is to float column1 to the left.
  • I had tried that, but due to the fluctuation of the content, i need both columns to be able to effect the height...
  • I figured it out! Go take a look at me JSBIN in case anyone is interested in the CSS. Hope it can help someone else!

    Static: http://jsbin.com/iwetef/

    Live: http://jsbin.com/iwetef/edit#html,live