Question

I have a menu of floated ul/li’s (the ), that is with changing width, but I would like to fill the complete width of the containing div.

the code:

#main-content ul.jwts_tabbernav {  
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    text-transform: uppercase; 
    text-align: center; 
}

#main-content ul.jwts_tabbernav li a,
#main-content ul.jwts_tabbernav li a:link, 
#main-content ul.jwts_tabbernav li a:hover {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
    border: 1px solid #734C2F; outline: 1px solid #734C2F;
    color: #734C2F;
    font-size: 12pt;
    font-weight: bold; 
    margin: 0;
    padding: 3px 35px;
}

the development pages (with two different menu widths):

http://www.kaplareva.com/polarinvest/?p=224

http://www.kaplareva.com/polarinvest/?p=227

Any idea how this could be solved?

Answer 1

The following changes will make the list-items expand to fill the container.

ul {
    display:table;
    width:100%;
}

li {
    display:table-cell;
}

a {
    display:block
}

The one caveat is that display:table-cell and display:table are not supported natively in IE6/7 so if you need to support those browsers then you will need another solution. With IE6 usage down to just 7.1% and IE7 usage at 2.54%, I know fewer and fewer designers are supporting them.