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DIV Tag Auto Width and Height

 
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I know that if I set auto width or height on my div tag the content will control the width and height. However, is there a way to control the width and height based on the parent of the div tag? I need on div tag set in the center of a parent div tag at 100% width and height with the padding set to 5px on the inner div tag so it appears to have a border.
 
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WHat have you tried so far?
 
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Bear Bibeault wrote:WHat have you tried so far?



I have tried things like this but it still adjusts to the size of the content and not the parent container.
 
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Seems like you're over-thinking things a bit. Maybe all you need is:

height: 100%;
border: 5px solid red;


or whatever border color you need.

(Assuming that the outer div has a height.)
 
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