CSS: I can't set width to “auto” always appear 100%

Question

for some reason

the width of the div is 100% and if i set it to auto, nothing changes. tried display: block; and still nothing.

what I have in

Answer 1

Width display: block, the elements will always use as much width as is available. It seems like you want to use display: inline-block

http://jsfiddle.net/HpMSU/