Posted by julian_m on 03/08/06 19:13

Jim Moe wrote:
> julian_m wrote:
> > I want to make a page which should have 3 columns, all of them whith
> > the same with. I tried to do with css, but it seems that i'm confused
> > about nested divs, and their style.
> > For instance, the #col1 div should have 50% of the with of its parent's
> > widht (which is 66%) but it actually renders 50% of the screen's width.
> >
> > How the width-parent_with thing works in css ?
> >
> > Another weird thing that happens (at least to me given that i expected
> > another beavior), is that #der div is taller that its parent's height
> > (#ppal)
> >
> > Can anyone give me some explanation about that?
> >
> Not without an URL showing a test case. Code fragments are useless.


It was not a code fragment, it was the *complete* code. Anyway, you can
see what i'm talking about here:

http://msys.com.ar/columntest.htm

regards - jm

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