Break element out of container

Question

I have all my content wrapped in a container element with a fixed width.

But I have a

that I want to \"break out\" of that container to span the

Answer 1

You can't actually make it break out of the wrapping div, but you can simulate this same effect by having the wrapping div be the full width of the page, and by wrapping the other elements on that page that are not supposed to be in your "break out" div inside a div that has a yellow background and 300px width.