css calculation of the width

Question

I got into a math problem

my content box is 700pc wide my hentry (inside content) is 100% wide with padding of 10px

wich make the hentry to be wider that the content resulting and overflow...

Any solution

I have firebug and removing the width 100% work, but it send by wordpress so how to overwrite a width:100% with nothing ?

Jaroslav Moravec · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-19 00:09:29Z

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.hentry { width: auto; }

answered May 19, 2010 at 0:09

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Felix Kling · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-19 00:18:15Z

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Or this way: If you have a padding of 10px then your inside content box must have a width of

700px - 2 * 10px = 680px

answered May 19, 2010 at 0:18

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