Sometimes it's necessary to align text next to a floated element e.g. an image element, without the text running underneath the floated element. Additionally the floated element maybe has a varying or dynamic width, which makes aligning text next to it a bit more complicated.

One simple solution is to use the CSS declaration overflow: hidden; on the element which needs to be aligned next to the floated one.

HTML

<img class="floated" alt="Floated image." />
<div class="aligned">Aligned division with text.</div>

CSS

img.floated {
    float: left;
    margin-right: 20px;
}

div.aligned {
    overflow: hidden;
}

overflow: auto; seems to work too.

Check out the snippet on jsfiddle.net