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Asked: 2026-05-23T13:24:56+00:00

I’m looking for a solution to fit a child div into it’s parent’s width

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I’m looking for a solution to fit a child div into it’s parent’s width.

Most solutions I’ve seen here are not cross-browser compatible (eg. display: table-cell; isn’t supported in IE <=8).

image showing intended result with a child div being the full size of it's parent, with inner padding

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  1. Editorial Team

    The solution is to simply not declare width: 100%.

    The default is width: auto, which for block-level elements (such as div), will take the “full space” available anyway (different to how width: 100% does it).

    See: http://jsfiddle.net/U7PhY/2/

    Just in case it’s not already clear from my answer: just don’t set a width on the child div.

    You might instead be interested in box-sizing: border-box.

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