Two divs, one fixed width, the other, the rest

Question

I\'ve got two div containers.

Whilst one needs to be a specific width, I need to adjust it, so that, the other div takes up the rest of the space. Is there any way I

Answer 1

You can use calc() Function of CSS.

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/A8zLY/543/

<div class="left"></div>
<div class="right"></div>

.left {
height:200px;
width:calc(100% - 200px);
background:blue;
float:left;
}

.right {
width:200px;
height:200px;
background:red;
float:right;   
}

Hope this will help you!!

Answer 2

If you can wrap them in a container <div> you could use positioning to make the left <div> anchored at left:0;right:250px, see this demo. I'll say now that this will not work in IE6 as only one corner of a <div> can be absolutely positioned on a page (see here for full explanation).

Answer 3

1- Have a wrapper div, set the padding and margin as you like
2- Make the left side div the width you need and make it float left
3- Set the right side div margin equal to the left side width

.left
{
    ***width:300px;***
    float: left;
    overflow:hidden;

}

.right
{
    overflow: visible;
    ***margin-left:300px;***
}



<div class="wrapper">
    <div class="left">
        ...
    </div>

    <div class="right" >
        ...
    </div>

</div>

Hope this works for you!

Answer 4

set your right to the specific width and float it, on your left just set the margin-right to 250px

.left {
vertical-align: middle;
min-height: 50px;
margin-right: 250px;
overflow: auto

}

.right {
width:250px;
text-align: right;
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
min-height: 50px;
height: 100%;
overflow: auto
}

Answer 5

It's 2017 and the best way to do it is by using flexbox, which is IE10+ compatible.

.box {
  display: flex;
}

.left {
  flex: 1;  /* grow */
  border: 1px dashed #f0f;
}

.right {
  flex: 0 0 250px; /* do not grow, do not shrink, start at 250px */
  border: 1px dashed #00f;
}

<div class="box">
  <div class="left">Left</div>
  <div class="right">Right 250px</div>
</div>

Answer 6

If you need a cross browser solution, you can use my approach, clear and easy.

.left{
        position: absolute;
        height: 150px;
        width:150px;
        background: red;
        overflow: hidden;
        float:left;
}
.right{
        position:relative;
        height: 150px;
        width:100%;
        background: red;
        margin-left:150px;
        background: green;
        float:right;
}