HTML List element : Sharing the parent width into equal parts

Question

I have a parent

and couple of
1. items in that.

   
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Answer 1

Please note: The original poster edited their question to exclude percent after I posted this answer.

Yes, you simply need to figure out the percent that each will use. In this case, 20%.

Also, you have some slight problems with your HTML (missing quote and width= instead of the correct width:).

   
 Item 1  
   
  Item 2 
   
  Item 3 
   
  Item 4 
 

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Update:

While you can get away without defining pixels by using a percentage, there is no way with block elements to get away without defining any width value (and width values are only valid as a unit or a percentage).

Not that I'm suggesting you use tables, but table cells are the only elements in HTML that sort of behave like what you are asking for.