[abbasinho]

i'm having a slight issue with a site i'm building. i've got a div container with a fixed height, and a content div inside that - which will contain all text/images etc.

what i want is the div container to expand downward when i add to the content div.

any ideas??

[herkalees]

Instead of setting a fixed height on the container div, set a min-height.

So, change height:XXXpx; to min-height:XXXpx;

[MikeMackay]

Sounds like you're after the "min-height" property as this will stretch downwards if/when the content inside your div expands. Otherwise it will stay at the height you specify.

A word of warning though, this property is not supported in IE 5/6 so you'll need to do the necessaries to "emulate" it in those browsers. There are plenty of links on Google for fixing this.

Hope that helps!

- Mike

Edit: Looks like Marc beat me to it

[pgo]

Here's the real question to ask yourself - do you actually need the min-height? Is there a reason the height can't be auto?

[abbasinho]

so for example,

i have a container div with the height set to auto

inside that a div with an absolute height

will the container div stretch to the height of the div inside with the absolute height??

[herkalees]

Yes - it would probably take less time than asking us to just setup a test page with these elements and see for yourself...

[abbasinho]

yeah i would but i'm at work at the moment on the day job, don't have dreamweaver on my comp at work.

[Zygote76]

You could always use notepad

[abbasinho]

true... cheers for the help.