I know I could simply use a container div in this situation, but wanted to know if it is possible without it.
I want my layout to be fluid between 640px-1280px but stay fixed beyond that. I have a div which spans 100% of the width because it is coloured and I want that colour to span the width of the browser even if it is enlarged beyond the 1280px upper bound but I want the content to be in the middle of the page with the maximum content width being 1280px.
I hope that makes sense.
I DO NOT want to use a repeated background image incase the user increases the font size which would change where all the objects are located.
Try css max-width or post some code or example url
w3schools max-width