How to place div side by side

Question

I have a main wrapper div that is set 100% width. Inside that i would like to have two divs, one that is fixed width and the other that fills the rest of the space. How do i

Answer 1

I don't know much about HTML and CSS design strategies, but if you're looking for something simple and that will fit the screen automatically (as I am) I believe the most straight forward solution is to make the divs behave as words in a paragraph. Try specifying display: inline-block

   Content in column A


   Content in column B

You might or might not need to specify the width of the DIVs