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

I think you want this result:

    
    


    This is a box
    This is another box


.box {
    border: 1px solid #555; 
}

I just changed div to span! try to use proper HTML tags!