DIV with no set width?

[blasterstudios]

Similar to the way a TD expands when you don't specify a width, is it possible to do this with a DIV? When i don't specify a width, it automatically stretches it as wide as it can go. I want the width to work just like the height does, where it only gets larger if it needs to. Is this possible?

 

[Foamcow]

Float the div

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[cLFlaVA]

or use an inline element such as [tt]<span>[/tt].



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[blasterstudios]

eh, i just used another table. they work and their results are pretty consistent.

I have issues centering floating divs and SPAN usually put attributes on a "per-line" basis. The table worked fine.

 

[Foamcow]

I have issues centering floating divs and SPAN usually put attributes on a "per-line" basis.

Perhaps if you had mentioned the centering the given solution(s) would have been different.
I'm not sure what you mean regarding spans, attributes and the "per-line" basis.


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[Vragabond]

You could always use [tt]width: auto;[/tt] which is what tables actually use. But I don't know how well IE would understand such a daunting declaration.

 

[blasterstudios]

i tried that, and it still made it as wide as possible. As for the "per-line" comment, I was referring to if I set padding to text, it usually puts padding around each line of text (in result increasing the spacing between the lines) as well as if I set a background-color, it only sets it behind text, and doesn't make an actual box behind the text like a div would.

its ok though, because the table worked fine and works on all browsers.