--- title: "percentage width child in absolutely positioned parent with div not work" description: "percentage width child in absolutely positioned parent with div not work" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2013-02-11 updated: 2013-02-11 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/582/percentage-width-child-in-absolutely-positioned-parent-with-div-not-work category: "css-css3" tags: ["css-css3"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # percentage width child in absolutely positioned parent with div not work Hi Everyone! I have an absolutely positioned div containing several [children](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81386/mobile-app-based-education-curse-or-boon-for-our-children), one of which is a relatively positioned div. When I use a percentage-based width on the child div, it collapses to 0 width on IE7, but not on [Firefox](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159398/any-way-to-disable-firefox-4-textarea-resizing-handles-please-help) or Safari. If I use [pixel](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/33859/how-to-create-pixel-counter-in-javascipt) width, it works. If the [parent](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/154/how-to-find-parent-of-control-in-wpf) is relatively positioned, the percentage width on the child works. Is there something I'm [missing](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52138/international-missing-children-s-day-2019-was-observed-on) here? Is there an easy [fix](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80763/donald-trump-ki-jeet-fix-hai) for this besides the pixel-based width on the child? Is there an area of the [CSS](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/514/background-gradient-ie7-css-problem) [specification](https://www.mindstick.com/news/369/specifications-of-redmi-note-10-series-leaked-before-the-official-launch) that covers this? Thanks in [advance](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/33258/jee-mains-and-jee-advance-exams) ## Replies ### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL Hi Jayprakash!\ You can try this way\ \ ```       
 
  
  
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