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Div tag expands with text ?!?!?!?!

Div tag expands with text ?!?!?!?!, im using dreamweaver lol(bad)

macspeedy	16 Apr, 2009 - 06:53 AM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 15 Apr, 2009 Posts: 10	hi i am currently developing a website for course work I dont expect the full answer but as close as would be appreciated i have a div tag for body and another inside, when i try to write text in the second div container the text shuffles along the screen instead of wrapping within the container sorry if im a bit vague but im kinda new at it
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markhazlett9	RE: Div Tag Expands With Text ?!?!?!?! 16 Apr, 2009 - 12:13 PM Post #2
Coding is a lifestyle Joined: 12 Jul, 2008 Posts: 1,443 Thanked: 45 times Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	can you post a screen shot so we know what you're talking about? Cheers
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calebj	RE: Div Tag Expands With Text ?!?!?!?! 16 Apr, 2009 - 09:58 PM Post #3
D.I.C Regular Joined: 28 Feb, 2009 Posts: 332 Thanked: 19 times Dream Kudos: 200 My Contributions	you need to give your div container some height and an overflow option in the css file such as auto, to give it a scroll bar and an idea of what to do with extra text.
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macspeedy	RE: Div Tag Expands With Text ?!?!?!?! 18 Jun, 2009 - 12:26 AM Post #4
New D.I.C Head Joined: 15 Apr, 2009 Posts: 10	sorry thanks for taking the time to read my post i managed to fix the problem a while ago been a while since i was on i solved the problem using css and making the div size absolute thanks for helping
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