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May 24.2005

Hi everyone,
what I need is a “box” who’s width is dictated by the text it contains. I don’t know of a way of doing that other than using a table with one cell that contains the text. I need to be able to set the padding in CSS, so:

<table class=”blah”>
<tr>
<td>HELLO</td>
</tr>
</table>

.blah{padding:blah blah blah blah;}

Surely there must be a better way than using a table??

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@FangMay 24.2005 — What is the limiting factor, height or width?
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@SuzanneBauthorMay 24.2005 — Hi Fang!

Width.

I want the width the padding larger than the text.
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@FangMay 24.2005 — &lt;p style="float:left; white-space:nowrap; padding:3px; border:1px solid blue;"&gt;Surely there must be a better way than using a table??&lt;/p&gt;
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@SuzanneBauthorMay 24.2005 — Oh, use a p! Yes. I wasn't thinking of that - you are right.
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