percentage of container ?

[quenting]

is there a way to set a div's width to some percentage of it's container, or can the % only be applied to the whole page width ?

Thanks
Quentin

[vgarcia]

If you have a <div> within another container <div>, any percentage you give it will be in proportion to the container. For example, if your container is 80% wide and your inner <div> is also 80% wide, the inner <div> will only be 64% of the window's size.

--Vinnie

[quenting]

my mistake :-p.
Made some wrong code that made me think it, but obviously you're right.
Thanks anyway
Quentin

[vgarcia]

No problem!

[KillAllDash9]

I am certain that I remember that one of the browsers (can't remember if it's Netscape or IE) doesn't calculate this properly (% of container) but rather calculates _any_ percentage width relative to the browser window. Can anyone concur?

[vgarcia]

Originally posted by KillAllDash9
I am certain that I remember that one of the browsers (can't remember if it's Netscape or IE) doesn't calculate this properly (% of container) but rather calculates _any_ percentage width relative to the browser window. Can anyone concur?

Yeah, NS4 did that. Throw it to the trash heap!