cannot eliminate space between 2 horizontal divs inside containing div

Question

Should be easy, right? Just set the outer containing div\'s padding to zero, and set the two side-by-side divs inside the outer div to have margin:0 but that\'s having no effe

Answer 1

Use the float property.

Example with div { float: left; } : http://jsfiddle.net/tLZrm/10/.