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CSS

Posted by Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points

How to make CSS not overlap

So I have a block of code (PHP) and it can change in size depending on what the item is, now when its bigger the DIV it's in is too small and the text overlaps so how can I make it so the DIV is the same size as the text? :-)

Thanks :D

1 Answer

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

Set the height of the div to auto so that it sizes itself based on the size of its child elements.

height: auto;

Example (The Red Div on the left is set to 100px height and the Green Div on the right is set to auto height):

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/EVwBMo

Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points

Thanks! I thought about using this but I was like its not going to work haha, thank you!