# Double margins

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-margins/219041>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [March 13, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-margins/219041 "2007-03-13T06:09:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icy\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-margins/219041/1 "2007-03-13T06:09:00Z")

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I ran into some problems in IE where if you put a floated div inside another floated div, the margins double.

i.e.,

```auto

<div style="float: left">
     <div style="float: left; margin: 10px;>
     Oh noes! This div will have a margin of 20px in Internet Explorer!!!
</div>
</div>

```