Highlighting link and float problem

[fase_xi]

Hi,

I want to create a link that when you rollover, the link is highlighted. That is easy to do by assigning background color to the link. However, whenever I start using float, the highlight effect disappears. I'm not sure what the problem is. I provided an example here.

I have to use float since I want to create a fixed amount of spacing between each set of words (as in the example). Is there any way to solve this?

[azoomer]

For some reason that I'm unable to explain, it seems that the highlighting will work on the floated elements if you add: float: left; to this css rule:

a.articleList:link {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #3c3935;
	float:left;
}

[fase_xi]

Well, it would be nice to know why, but it works nevertheless. So, thank you!