Problem with width for nested div padding

[Jaisudha]

Hi,

I am working on a nested div tag.
I have div "b" in side of div "a" tag Like follows

<div id="a">
some text
   <div id="a">
some text
   </div></div>

Now the problem is with insider div padding or say width.

I want div "b" to span the width of "a" & div "b"s padding.

Is there any way doing this?

[RedIndigo]

hey why don't you use table tag & solve the problem?
Padding excluded from width is really not happening. I would like to ask, how to define perceptual width 100% and accurate padding 15px (I mean the inner space between borders and content), so that box will not overflow width of the screen? Thanks

[Kushan]

hey you can use negative margin on insider nested div.
Like this:

<div id="a" style="padding: 5px;">
some text
   <div id="b" style="margin:0 -5px; padding:0 5px;">
some text
   </div></div>

[Jaisudha]

Ok thanks for the idea ill work around it & let you know if doesn't help me.

Thanks guys