IE7 DIV width problem

[PJ6]

In IE6 I can force a DIV to automatically size to the width of its contents
by setting its width to 1px. This doesn't work in IE7, it tries to render
the DIV at the specified width, cutting off its contents. If I remove the
width entirely, the DIV goes to 100% of the screen width. Will I not be able
to have any shrink-to-fit DIV's in IE7?

Paul

 

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

In IE6 I can force a DIV to automatically size to the width of its
contents by setting its width to 1px. This doesn't work in IE7, it tries
to render the DIV at the specified width, cutting off its contents. If I
remove the width entirely, the DIV goes to 100% of the screen width. Will
I not be able to have any shrink-to-fit DIV's in IE7?

Are you doing it like this: ?

<div style="width:auto;">

 

[PJ6]

Are you doing it like this: ?

<div style="width:auto;">

width:auto causes the DIV to size to 100% of the page

Paul

 

[PJ6]

width:auto causes the DIV to size to 100% of the page

Never mind, I foudn the problem. I had a buried element within the DIV that
was 100% width.

Thanks,
Paul