child div height = parent div height ?

[papageno]

I can't seem to find a way to make a floated div the same height as its parent non-floated div, i.e.:

.parent {
  border: 1p solid #ffffff;
}
.child {
  float: left;
  width: 10px;
  height: 100%;
}

If I specify a height for the .parent div (e.g. 100px), then the .child is no taller than that (100px) when the content of the .parent occupies more than the specified height. (In IE6 at least.)

 

[feherke]

Hi

Please read thread215-1371909.

I suggested that thread again... Am I becoming Vragabond fan ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[Vragabond]

You kinda say it in a way that makes it seem like that is not the best thing you could possibly do with your life...

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[papageno]

I just want the floated div to expand vertically to the parent's size. It seems I need to explicitly set the parent's height for ".child height:100%" to work.