auto size

[samuelberthelot]

Hi,
I've got a DIV within another. The parent DIV's size can be expanded
when clicking on a button. When I do that I'd like the child DIV to
expand as well. To do that i set the css property width of the child
DIV to auto as well as its height property.
it works for the width, but not the height, that is the child DIV is
expanded horizontally but not vertically...
Why ?

[David Dorward]

sa*************@googlemail.com wrote:

I've got a DIV within another. The parent DIV's size can be expanded
when clicking on a button. When I do that I'd like the child DIV to
expand as well. To do that i set the css property width of the child
DIV to auto as well as its height property.
it works for the width, but not the height, that is the child DIV is
expanded horizontally but not vertically...
Why ?

width: auto means (approximately) "The space left over in the container
after margins, padding and borders are accounted for".

height: auto means (approximately) "Just tall enough to hold the content".

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[Neredbojias]

To further the education of mankind, sa*************@googlemail.com
vouchsafed:

Hi,
I've got a DIV within another. The parent DIV's size can be expanded
when clicking on a button. When I do that I'd like the child DIV to
expand as well. To do that i set the css property width of the child
DIV to auto as well as its height property.
it works for the width, but not the height, that is the child DIV is
expanded horizontally but not vertically...
Why ?

For height, did you try "inherit"?

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Neredbojias
Infinity has its limits.