Ross, your width should be set in % or be equal to "auto". Gunlaug's solution (set the with in ems) is a good (you can read then: "Elastic design" http://alistapart.com/articles/elastic/)
You can also set the width in % and the max-width in ems, the min-width remaining in pixels. I use this solution to handle elastic designs, because width in ems can easily lead to a horizontal scroll bar. Believe it or not, but if IE7 is working in "standard mode", it will understand that (it won't in quirks mode). Amitiés 2006/9/26, Gunlaug Sørtun answered to Ross: > > http://blue-fly.co.uk/tri/test.php > > > When I increase the text I would like the div to expand to fit the > > suckerfish dopdown in it. The problem is if I ser max-width and > > min-width the box does not expand. > > The element won't expand if you set 'width' in pixels. The 'max-width' > and 'min-width' do nothing in your example. > > If you want the element to expand with font-size, then you must set > 'width' in ems. You can then set a suitable 'max-width', and maybe also > a 'min-width', in pixels if you like, or omit those properties. -- Philippe DE MOURA ><> phdm ><> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
