[SOLVED] Floated text with resizing image fails in IE8

Floated text with resizing image fails in IE8

I have the following simple example of an img and a p floated next to each other in a div. If you uncomment the last bit of CSS, the text drops below the image and stays there - but only in IE8 Standards mode. How do I get the image to resize in IE8 without this unfortunate side effect?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style type="text/css">
.slide {
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #DDDDDD;
    border-width: 7px;

    display: inline-block;
    zoom: 1;
    *display: inline;
}

.slide img {
    border-right-style: solid;
    border-color: #DDDDDD;
    border-width: 7px;

    float: left;
}

.slide .caption {
    width: 230px;
    float: left;
    padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;
}

/* Here's the issue. */
/*.slide img, .slide, .slide_wrapper {
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
}*/
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="slide_wrapper">
        <div class="slide">
            <img src="http://placehold.it/362x250" />
            <p class="caption">
            test2
                </p>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Solution

Setting an explicit width makes the text behave as expected:

.slide {
    width: 629px;
}