On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:42 PM, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello;
>
> First post here...
>
> I am having trouble with setting up a container properly...it works
> for the most part. I need for the background colors contained by it
> to extend as wide as the browser window is — I know some folks have
> those nice 30-inchers! — and that seems to be working with the code
> that I've written, but when you make the browser window very narrow,
> it "breaks" in that you can scroll the page tot he right and see the
> background colors end, and it looks sloppy.
>
> Chances are the average person isn't going to do this, but they MIGHT
> do it and at any rate I'd like to make the little beasty behave right.
>
> I've been playing with this:
>
> #container {
> height:150px;
> width:100%;
> background:rgb(173,173,173);
> }
>
> 150px is the height of the jpg which is part of the area to be
> contained (containered?) and I assume 100% means 100% of the browser
> window, however wide or narrow a person has it on their computer.
A block level element without a width will expand all the way across
the available area all on it's own, without the need to declare a
width of 100%. It's impossible to imagine what the actual problem
might be without looking at your page/code.
j
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