Why would max-width not work on this?

Question

Using plain old CSS, why won\'t \'max-width\' not work on the following:

button {
  text-align: center;
  max-width: 540px;
  height: auto;
  display: block;
  p         


        

Answer 1

For max-width to work correctly, your element first needs a certain width. Use 100% to achieve what you want. See here:

http://jsfiddle.net/QsHa9/