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

See: http://jsfiddle.net/SpSjL/ (adjust the browser's width)

HTML:

CSS:

.left {
    overflow: hidden;
    min-height: 50px;
    border: 2px dashed #f0f;
}

.right {
    float: right;
    width: 250px;
    min-height: 50px;
    margin-left: 10px;
    border: 2px dashed #00f;
}

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You can also do it with display: table, which is usually a better approach: How can I put an input element on the same line as its label?