CSS: Fixed with horizontal menu, with variable width tabs, using ul

Question

I have a horizontal menu. The markup looks like this:

   
Item 1
   
Longer Item 2
   

        

Answer 1

If you are trying to style the ul (such that it stretches across the entire page), your best bet is to wrap it in a div, and style the div, and then allow the ul to just stretch as far as its content carries it