How to place two divs side by side where one sized to fit and other takes up remaining space?

Question

This should be easy... why is this not easy?

I am looking to have 2 divs side by side, where one div will auto size to the content inside and the second div will si

Answer 1

you can use jQuery and code like this:

$(document).ready(function() {
    redraw();
});

$(window).resize(function() {
    redraw();
});

function redraw()
{
    var full_width = $('body').width();
    var left_width = $('.left_part').width();
    $('.right_part').width(full_width - left_width );
}

http://jsfiddle.net/gMxWc/62/ - here is working example