I have two columns in a center column. (They are all div tags.) When I set the inner divs to float:left, the outer div does not wrap around the inner divs.
Why, and how do I fix that?
set overflow: auto on the outer div.
Why does setting overflow alter layout of child elements?
set overflow:visible for that div, or remove overflow property.
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I have a div nested inside another. The parent div contains the title for a drop down menu. The inner div contains the choices. I have them in different divs so that I can add a scroll to the inner div without it causing the title to scroll. I have borders around both. The inner div looks to be 1px narrower on each of the sides. How do I make the child div exactly the same width as the parent div?
That's what width:inherit; is for.
What's your code like?
Try this, it should work:
width: 100%;
I have a div inside a div. The .outer div has overflow set to hidden and is 200px wide. The .inner div is 300px wide and hides fine per the overflow spec.
What I'd like to do is find a way to align the inner div so that it cuts off the overflow on the left side instead of the right.
I could use positioning and negative margins but ultimately the inner div is variable width, so I'm hoping there's a way to accomplish this without 'hard-coding' anything?
Here's the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/xCYPc/
Try setting float: right; on the .inner
Just add direction: rtl to your .outer div, see working fiddle
From http://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/direction :
The direction property specifies the base writing direction of blocks
and the direction of embeddings and overrides for the Unicode
bidirectional algorithm.
Also, it specifies the direction of table column layout, the direction
of horizontal overflow, and the position of an incomplete last line in
a block in case of 'text-align: justify'.
Make .outer position:relative and .inner position:absolute;right:0. That will keep the inner div aligned right regardless of its width.
I want to increase the size of the outter div when the height of the inner div increases.
height:auto seems to be working only when the contents are added its expanding.. it doesnt seems to be expanding when the inside div height is more.Is there any solution for this in css?
Try to put overflow: hidden in the parent div or otherwise float it. Surely you have your inner div floated and then parent div doesn't consider it to expand its height. If this is the case, both solutions should work.
I have a container div .parent with a fixed width 500px which contains a lot of child divs .child.
The problem is that the child divs are getting auto wrapped, in my case i want them to continue in one line even if they'll be hidden and after that i'll add custom buttons to horizontally scroll the .parent div.
Demo: http://jsbin.com/egohi3
How to achieve that with keeping the floating?
Thanks
Make the parent element have white-space:nowrap and the child elements to be display:inline-block (instead of floating). Here is a modified example: http://jsfiddle.net/7we5q/
#Phrogz's answer will work. You could also add another wrapper <div> inside "parent" and give it both "overflow: hidden" and a huge width (like "width: 100000px;").
I have a div that must be set to overflow:hidden, and I want one of its child divs to scroll through content; however, no matter how I play with the overflow on the child, it won't scroll. How can I override the inheritance?
You likely have not specified a height on the inner div.
Without height on the div its height will be the height of its content and hence it will never need to scroll. Of course with it being contained in an outer div that does have height and overflow:hidden its content disappears under the border of the outer div.