On Sep 17, 2011, at 1:00 AM, Tim Arnold wrote: >>> Hi is there a way to expand the width of a parent container so that it fits >>> the contents of the floated elements within it? > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Kevin A. Cameron > <kevinacame...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Pretty sure if you float the parent, it will grow to fit the content. >> >> Kevin >> >> > > If, for some reason, you can't float the parent, there are other ways > to accomplish it as well. Try adding "overflow: hidden;" to the > parent (may bring it's own problems), or read about the "clearfix" > method here: http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html
Tim, those 'clearfix' methods, aka 'containing' floats are methods to expand the /height/ of the parent element that only contains floated blocks. What the OP wants is expanding (and contracting ?) the /width/ of said parent element. Kevin is right on the money that floating the parent element will most probably accomplish this – providing no width of max-width is specified (min-width is fine though). An alternative is using display:table-cell (or table), at the cost of less compatibility (IE 7 and older). Philippe -- Philippe Wittenbergh http://l-c-n.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
