Cross browser method to fit a child div to its parent’s width

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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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