Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/rodneyrehm/nqAwm/
I’ve got a <div> inside another. Both are positioned absolutely. Both should adjust their size depending on their content within min-width and max-width bounds. While the outer <div> behaves as expected, the inner does not. Have a look at the fiddle to see what I’ve tried already… Any ideas on how to make that nested element respect min-width and max-width?
Apparently this is just the way it is: The calculated width of the absolutely positioned containing block is 0 (or respectively its specifically set min-width