spolsky wrote:
hi,
i have the following html. i don't want to set size for div and i want
to have it get the size (especially shrink) of its content but it
resizes to the width of the page.
div is a block element, which means, it always uses the whole line, or the
whole available horizontal space.
i tried the span instead of div
element but it leaves some horizontal space after it.
span is an inline element, which means, it only uses the space of its
content.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/....html#edef-DIV
so i'd like to
know what's the best way compatible with common browsers(if possible
with styles) to get the element shrink to its content while the next
element coming after it positioned and displayed expectedly.
This depends on the kind of content you are talking about
: text, images,
applets, objects.
Maybe you could post an URL to your page, so we can see, as a whole, what
you're trying to achieve.
BTW:
Your missing a form element here. If you expect your stylesheet definitions
to work as expected, you have to write correct markup.
<div style="background-color:#E0053A;">
<span>A title</span>
<select>
<option value="">1</option>
<option value="">2</option>
<option value="">3</option>
</select>
</div>
Maybe this works for you:
<h1>A title</h1>
<form style="background-color:#e0053a;" action="somewhere">
<label for="choice">Choose your poison</label>
<select id="choice">
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
<option>3</option>
</select>
</form>
Sven
