div sizing

[DaveC426913]

This is easy-peasy with tables, but I don't know how to do it with DIVs:

1]
I have a div nested inside another div. The inner div is position: absolute; right: 20px.

Problem is, my inner div is *taller* than my outer div *wants* to be - the inner div hangs off the bottom edge of the outerdiv. How can I get my outer div to expand to contain the inner div?

2]
Can I set an outer div to a fixed width, and have one of two inner divs to be variable as the browser is resized?
i.e. I want the outer div to be 100%, the inner RIGHT div to have a fixed width, and the inner LEFT div to be variable in width.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

WRT 1, Don't make you inner or outer divs absolutely positioned, then they will both grow with each other & any content inside them.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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