How to merge two divs

Question

I have two divs which should looks like one figure. The problem is with the border of the circular block. See pic. below. css were added below

Answer 1

This is not possible with CSS.

Solution A) involves graphics used as background and solution B) uses a layer behind the vertical bar to draw the oval, a second layer for the bar itself and a third DIV for the X and it's link.

Answer 2

Use z-index property.

#nameWidgeteMain, #nameWidgeteMain2 {
  width: 279px;
  height: 400px;
  top: 0px;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: rgb(237,237,237);
  box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.08)
}

#nameWidgeteMain2 {
  z-index: -2;
  border: 1px solid #dbe0e3;
}

.nameWidgeteCloseArea {
  z-index: -1;
  ...
}

This is not merging but the result is the same.

Answer 3

Maybe try something like this: http://jsfiddle.net/VNAZA/

Uses two divs: one with just the border, which gets layered under the rectangle and another with the actual content, layering over the rectangle. This way you can also apply css box-shadow to the lower div.

.container{
        position:relative;
        width: 50px;
        height: 150px;
    }
    
    .rect{
        position:absolute;
        width: 50px;
        height: 150px;
        background: #eee;
        border: 1px solid #000;
        z-index: 5;
        -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px 2px #cccccc;
        box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px 2px #cccccc;
    }
    
    .round_content{
        position: absolute;
        top: 50px;
        right: -25px;
        width: 50px;
        line-height: 50px;
        background: #eee;
        z-index: 6;
        text-align:center;
        -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
        -moz-border-radius: 10px;
        border-radius: 10px;
    }
    
    .round_border{
        position: absolute;
        top: 49px;
        right: -26px;
        width: 52px;
        height: 50px;
        line-height: 52px;
        border: 1px solid #000;
        z-index: 4;
        text-align: center;
        -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
        -moz-border-radius: 10px;
        border-radius: 10px;
        -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px 2px #cccccc;
        box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px 2px #cccccc;
    }

    <div class="container"> 
      <div class="rect"></div>
      <div class="round_content">x</div>
      <div class="round_border"></div>
    </div>

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