How can I make a div not larger than its contents?

Question

I have a layout similar to:

I would like for the div to only exp

Answer 1

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
    <tr>
        <td>
            <div id="content_lalala">
                this content inside the div being inside a table, needs no inline properties and the table is the one expanding to the content of this div =)
            </div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

I know people don't like tables sometimes, but I gotta tell you, I tried the css inline hacks, and they kinda worked in some divs but in others didn't, so, it was really just easier to enclose the expanding div in a table...and...it can have or not the inline property and still the table is the one that's gonna hold the total width of the content. =)

Answer 2

Tampering around with Firebug I found the property value -moz-fit-content which exactly does what the OP wanted and could be used as follow:

width: -moz-fit-content;

Although it only works on Firefox, I couldn't find any equivalent for other browsers such as Chrome.

Answer 3

OK, in many cases you even don't need to do anything as by default div has height and width as auto, but if it's not your case, applying inline-block display gonna work for you... look at the code I create for you and it's do what you looking for:

div {
  display: inline-block;
}

<div>
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi ultrices feugiat massa sed laoreet. Maecenas et magna egestas, facilisis purus quis, vestibulum nibh.</td>
      <td>Nunc auctor aliquam est ac viverra. Sed enim nisi, feugiat sed accumsan eu, convallis eget felis. Pellentesque consequat eu leo nec pharetra. Aenean interdum enim dapibus diam.</td>
      <td>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi ultrices feugiat massa sed laoreet. Maecenas et magna egestas, facilisis purus quis, vestibulum nibh.</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>

Answer 4

<div class="parentDiv" style="display:inline-block">
    // HTML elements
</div>

This will make parent div width same as the largest element width.

Answer 5

You can try fit-content (CSS3):

div {
  width: fit-content; 
  /* To adjust the height as well */ 
  height: fit-content;
}

• Browser support
• Specification

Answer 6

Try display: inline-block;. For it to be cross browser compatible please use the below css code.

div {
  display: inline-block;
  display:-moz-inline-stack;
  zoom:1;
  *display:inline;
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: #0000ff;
}

<div>
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>Column1</td>
      <td>Column2</td>
      <td>Column3</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>