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Hot To Specify the Content Box Size of a Block Element?

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Answer #1
If you want to control the size of the content box of a block element, you can use the "width" and "height" properties as shown below:

* {width: 300px} - Specifies the content box to be 300px wide.
* {height: 200px} - Specifies the content box to be 200px high.

The HTML and CSS document below shows you a good example of how to specify content box size of on a <P> tag:

Answer #2
<pre><html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
H1 {font-size: 20px}
DIV.page {width: 425px; border: 1px solid black}
TABLE#out {background-color: #ffdddd}
TD#box {border: 1px solid black}
P#box {width: 300px; height: 200px;
background-color: #ddddff}
TD.legend {height: 29px; background-color: #ffffff}
TD.legend#content {height: 200px}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="page">
<H1>Content Box Width and Height</H1>
<table id=out><tr>
<td id=box><p id=box><script language="JavaScript">
for (i=0; i<10; i++) {
for (j=0; j<10; j++) {
document.write(j+' ');
}
}
</script></p></td>
<td><table>
<tr><td class=legend id=content>- Content box</td></tr>
</table></td>
</tr></table>
<p align="right">By www.GlobalGuideLine.com</p>
<div>
</body>
</html></pre>

Save this document as contentBox.html, and view it with a browser, you should see the content box being formatted as 300x200 pixels.

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