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Asked: 2026-05-16T02:29:25+00:00

I would like the container div to resize to its contents (content div). It

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I would like the container div to resize to its contents (content div). It doesn’t.

example.html:

<html>
    <head>
        <link href="example.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    </head>
    <body>
        <hr/>
        <div class="container">
            <div class="content">
            lorem ipsum
            </div>
        </div>
        <hr/>
    </body>
</html>

example.css:

.container
{
    border-style: solid;
    position: relative;
}

.content
{
    border-style: dashed;
    position: absolute;
}

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  1. Editorial Team

    I believe it is because your contents position is absolute. I think that pretty much destroys the parents influence in this context. Try commenting out that line and see if it works.

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