Darkmatter5 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I have a wrapper div that encompasses 2 other divs. Below is the css for the divs #content_wrap { position: relative; } #content { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; } #right_menu { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; width: 200px; height: 600px; } Content_wrap encompasses Content and Right_menu. The problem is content only fills to the size of the contents it contains. How can I force it to fill the width to the edge of the Right_menu div? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144690-how-to-get-a-floating-div-fill-the-remaining-portion-of-its-wrapper-div/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Add more content? You are probably going to have to explain your problem better. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144690-how-to-get-a-floating-div-fill-the-remaining-portion-of-its-wrapper-div/#findComment-759511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmatter5 Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Here's an example of the html code <div id="content_wrap"> <div id="content"> <table width="100%"><tr><td>test</td></tr></table> </div> <div id="right_menu"> <table width="100%"><tr><td>test</td></tr></table> </div> </div> If I do something similar to this the table in "content" doesn't fill all the way to the edge of the "right_menu" div, it'll just be large enough to accommodate the contents of the table. I'm wanting to make the "content" div and the table in that div to fill 100% to the left edge of the "right_menu" div. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144690-how-to-get-a-floating-div-fill-the-remaining-portion-of-its-wrapper-div/#findComment-759654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Why are you even using tables for that? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144690-how-to-get-a-floating-div-fill-the-remaining-portion-of-its-wrapper-div/#findComment-759684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmatter5 Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 You mean why not just use more divs and use min-width or something? I personally like tables to organize content, but I like divs to make "containment" areas to hold my content on my sites. Is that bad practice? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144690-how-to-get-a-floating-div-fill-the-remaining-portion-of-its-wrapper-div/#findComment-759718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
haku Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Yes, it is. Tables should only be used for tabular content - i.e. something that is cross-referencing data types. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144690-how-to-get-a-floating-div-fill-the-remaining-portion-of-its-wrapper-div/#findComment-760166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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