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Apr 22.2009

Hey guys I have a dumb question. I have a webpage that has the following css applied to the html and body:

[CODE]
html, body
{
width:100%;
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
}
[/CODE]

I have a <div> container within the body tag that is stretching vertically to the right of the visible area of the web browser and the body tag isn’t stretching along with it. The div tag is not positioned absolute so I don’t understand why the body tag wouldn’t stretch with it. Any insight?

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@toicontienApr 22.2009 — You are setting the width of the <body> tag, and it will not stretch beyond that width. If all you are doing is setting the width of the <body> tag, you don not need to even set it:
[CODE]body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}[/CODE]

That's all you should need.
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@hobeauauthorApr 22.2009 — hmm i tried that, didn't seem to help. any more ideas?
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@toicontienApr 22.2009 — Can you post a link to the page or the full HTML and CSS? The <body> tag should be expanding to fit the contents if you do not give it a width.
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