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CSS

glenn romaniuk
glenn romaniuk
32,520 Points
Posted by glenn romaniuk
glenn romaniuk
32,520 Points

input text extends outside div

i have a div and im setting the width of the input text to 100% and it extends outside its container. Why?

<div style="background: tomato; margin: auto; width:90%;height:100px;">

        <label class="" for="username" style="display:block;">User Id:</label>
        <input type="text" style="width:100%;margin:0;">


    </div>

2 Answers

Frantisek Musil
Frantisek Musil
5,403 Points
Frantisek Musil
Frantisek Musil
5,403 Points

The reason is, that borders don't count to the width of the element so your input will take 100% height + border size (2px in each side by default). To avoid this, you can use CSS3 property box-sizing: border-box; This will make the border part ot the input element, so it will souldn't extend anymore.

However, I recommend you not using inline styles, but having all CSS in external file (in case this wasn't just for illustration purposes)

Let me know if it has helped you. Frank

Wolfgang Criollo
Wolfgang Criollo
1,776 Points
Wolfgang Criollo
Wolfgang Criollo
1,776 Points

you can use

width:99%; or width:99.1%;