Thanks! I don't code enough anymore. :-( -----Original Message----- From: David Laakso [mailto:laakso.davi...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 2:44 PM To: Angela French Cc: css-d (css-d@lists.css-discuss.org) Subject: Re: [css-d] Why is child wider than parent?
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Angela French <afre...@sbctc.edu> wrote: > Hello, > Can anyone please tell me why the child (#band) is wider than the boundary of > its parent (#outcontainer)? I set width:100% on the child to make sure it > took up the entire width of the parent, but it went wider. Can't figure out > what I'm missing here. It may be the concurrent use of display:table but I'm > not sure why setting width still wouldn't work. If I set the width to 98% it > almost fits inside the parent. > > http://www.sbctc.edu/OAAInstruction.html Angela, Try #band {height: 52px; background-color:#013E7D;padding-right:/*20px*/4%;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;display:table;width:96%;/*100%*/} Best, David Laakso -- Chelsea Creek Studio http://ccstudi.com desktop | laptop | tablet | mobile ______________________________________________________________________ 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/