Div Size Automatically size of content

Question

I am trying to make a h2 header for sidebar widgets but I want the width of the div class to be whatever width the content becomes. It seems I can't just set a width because those headlines with longer content then shorter content makes it break.

How can I simply make width stretch/change depending on the length of content there is? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

As far as I know, display: inline-block is what you probably need. That will make it seem like it's sort of inline but still allow you to use things like margins and such.

Answer 2

If you are coming here, there is high chance width: min-content or width: max-content can fix your problem. This can force an element to use the smallest or largest space the browser could choose…

This is the modern solution. Here is a small tutorial for that.

There is also fit-content, which often works like min-content, but is more flexible. (But also has worse browser support.)

This is a quite new feature and some browsers do not support it yet, but browser support is growing. See the current browser status here.

Answer 3

If display: inline; isn't working, try out display: inline-block;. :)