handling css multiple div's - css

Question

I need to arrange multiple div's like,
code:
<style>
#div1 {
background: yellow;
float:left;
position:relative;
width:177px;
}
#div2 {
background: green;
overflow: hidden;
position:relative;
width: 177px;
clear: left;
}
#div3 {
background: blue;
margin-left:180px;
position:relative;
}
#div4 {
position: relative;
}
</style>
<div id="div1">
<p><strong>DIV1:</strong> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus quis ante leo. Fusce at lacus risus. Fusce felis tortor, vehicula ut vulputate sit amet, ultricies sit amet risus.</p>
</div>
<div id="div4">
<div id="div2">
<p><strong>DIV2:</strong>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus quis ante leo. Fusce at lacus risus. Fusce felis tortor, vehicula ut vulputate sit amet, ultricies sit amet risus.</p>
</div>
<div id="div3">
<p><strong>DIV3:</strong>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus quis ante leo. Fusce at lacus risus. Fusce felis tortor, vehicula ut vulputate sit amet, ultricies sit amet risus. Donec venenatis, nulla et ultrices varius, ligula sapien pharetra dolor, eget vulputate justo felis ac leo. Morbi nec ullamcorper purus. Nulla mollis dignissim nisi in imperdiet. Phasellus convallis ante a felis tincidunt hendrerit. Praesent ipsum lorem, mollis sed dignissim non, consectetur non ipsum. Nam euismod, nisi ut ultricies aliquet, lorem erat pretium tortor, eget volutpat lectus tellus at magna. Curabitur a est ante, interdum faucibus ipsum. Mauris vitae tincidunt nisl. Praesent semper erat sit amet augue pharetra tristique. Morbi imperdiet, magna et malesuada interdum, massa ipsum venenatis est, sit amet egestas risus sem a purus.</p>
<p>Duis in sagittis justo. Quisque sit amet felis in tortor pharetra bibendum. Mauris eget purus sit amet magna vulputate ultricies. Nam non dignissim nisl. Suspendisse pretium malesuada dolor, non lacinia tellus imperdiet ullamcorper. Sed commodo placerat lacus eu bibendum. In id elit sed velit iaculis pulvinar et id elit. Cras sagittis porttitor tristique. Vivamus sed sodales lectus. Nulla interdum, mi sit amet volutpat feugiat, nunc erat consectetur neque, rutrum rutrum lorem nisl pellentesque magna. Maecenas mollis consequat fringilla. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Etiam eu mi pellentesque turpis faucibus vestibulum quis in ligula. Donec mollis tempor velit, eget vestibulum ante elementum ac. In gravida, purus sed faucibus rhoncus, arcu augue pretium nibh, ut faucibus justo ante vitae metus. Nunc sit amet mauris urna.</p>
</div>
</div>
Please help on this div3 to go top
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Based on the beginning of your question :
I need to arrange multiple div's like,
[ div1 ] [ div3 ]
[ div2 ] [ "" ]
I simply ignored the code you supplied. I noticed you wanted a 2 columns system.
Here's a jsfiddle of my suggestion.
Code :
.col {float:left; border:2px solid red;}
.row{width:100px;border:1px solid blue; margin:3px;}
<div class="col">
<div class="row">row1</div>
<div class="row">row2</div>
</div>
<div class="col">
<div class="row">row3</div>
<div class="row">row4</div>
</div>
Would that work for you? If not, why?

Answer 2

Do you mean something like this fiddle?
Tested on Win7 in IE8, IE9, Opera 11.50, FF4, FF5, Safari 5, Chrome 12.
Only IE7 fails. For that you need an extra conditional stylesheet like in this fiddle:
<!--[if lt IE 8]>
<style type="text/css">
body {
position: relative;
}
#div3 {
position: absolute;
margin-left: 0;
top: 0;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
If you really want it cross browser compatible, without consitional stylesheet for IE7, then I suppose there is no way around partially absolute positioning. See this demo fiddle.

Answer 3

This worked, Thanks NGLN, Your suggestion helped me a lot.
<style>
#div1 {
background: yellow;
float:left;
width:177px;
}
#div2 {
background: green;
overflow: hidden;
width: 177px;
clear: left;
float: left;
}
#div3 {
background: blue;
margin-left: 185px;
position: relative;
}
#div4 {
display: inline;
}
</style>
<div id="div1">
<p><strong>DIV1:</strong> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus quis ante leo. Fusce at lacus risus. Fusce felis tortor, vehicula ut vulputate sit amet, ultricies sit amet risus.</p>
</div>
<div id="div4">
<div id="div2">
<p><strong>DIV2:</strong>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus quis ante leo. Fusce at lacus risus. Fusce felis tortor, vehicula ut vulputate sit amet, ultricies sit amet risus.</p>
</div>
<div id="div3">
<p><strong>DIV3:</strong>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus quis ante leo. Fusce at lacus risus. Fusce felis tortor, vehicula ut vulputate sit amet, ultricies sit amet risus. Donec venenatis, nulla et ultrices varius, ligula sapien pharetra dolor, eget vulputate justo felis ac leo. Morbi nec ullamcorper purus. Nulla mollis dignissim nisi in imperdiet. Phasellus convallis ante a felis tincidunt hendrerit. Praesent ipsum lorem, mollis sed dignissim non, consectetur non ipsum. Nam euismod, nisi ut ultricies aliquet, lorem erat pretium tortor, eget volutpat lectus tellus at magna. Curabitur a est ante, interdum faucibus ipsum. Mauris vitae tincidunt nisl. Praesent semper erat sit amet augue pharetra tristique. Morbi imperdiet, magna et malesuada interdum, massa ipsum venenatis est, sit amet egestas risus sem a purus.</p>
<p>Duis in sagittis justo. Quisque sit amet felis in tortor pharetra bibendum. Mauris eget purus sit amet magna vulputate ultricies. Nam non dignissim nisl. Suspendisse pretium malesuada dolor, non lacinia tellus imperdiet ullamcorper. Sed commodo placerat lacus eu bibendum. In id elit sed velit iaculis pulvinar et id elit. Cras sagittis porttitor tristique. Vivamus sed sodales lectus. Nulla interdum, mi sit amet volutpat feugiat, nunc erat consectetur neque, rutrum rutrum lorem nisl pellentesque magna. Maecenas mollis consequat fringilla. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Etiam eu mi pellentesque turpis faucibus vestibulum quis in ligula. Donec mollis tempor velit, eget vestibulum ante elementum ac. In gravida, purus sed faucibus rhoncus, arcu augue pretium nibh, ut faucibus justo ante vitae metus. Nunc sit amet mauris urna.</p>
</div>
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