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> width:auto; not working in IE
deadrabit
post Sep 10 2008, 09:21 AM
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heyya.

in my site menu i previously used width:auto; with display:block; to display a box around the text when you hovered over it

however copying into my new website seems to of broken it... so why doesnt width:auto work in IE?

thanks
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deadrabit
post Sep 10 2008, 09:27 AM
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... when float:left; is present =p
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post Sep 10 2008, 11:48 AM
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Floating makes an element shrink to fit its content (unless you give the element an explicit width).

If "width: auto" made its width expand like ordinary block element's I guess it couldn't be used for floating, since there wouldn't be any space for other content to flow around it.
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