expandable DIVS

[madkat]

Is it possible to create expandable divs or not? i read about it somewhere but i cant find the link and have forgotten

if it is possible, could you give me an example please so i can use this for future reference.

Thanks

[notjustgraphics]

Sorry madkat...

I'm not sure what you mean by expandable divs...

You can create divs that expand to fit the content, so for instance, your 'CONTENT' div could expand in height to accomodate varying amounts of copy on different pages...

If you are wanting to create a div that expands in response to user interaction, you can do so using javascript.... You can also get really fancy and cut down on bandwidth using AJAX methods...

If you're using Dreamweaver CS3, it has some spry coding built in to make accordion and tabbed divs...

What is it you're trying to do?

Mike.

[Jolt]

Or script.aculo.us - web 2.0 javascript

[madkat]

sorry i didnt explain myself properly, expanding the div to fit content is what i wanted but to do that, you dont have to specify the heigh of the div right? but it doesnt seem to work for me, unless your meant to do something else

[Jolt]

In order for a div to expand vertically to fit content do not specify a height for it.

There may also be problems if you have floats in the div. Floats have no height therefor an enclosing div won't see the height of the float.

What will work is to place a clear property at the base of the enclosing div if possible. A la

<div class="content">
   <div style="float: left;">
  
        stuff here

   </div>

       More stuff here

   <div style="clear: both;"></div>
</div>

[madkat]

ok thanks, i'm pretty sure i tried that before and didnt seem to work but i'll give it another shot incase i mytyped something or put it in the wrong place