width:auto for <input> fields
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Newbie CSS question. I thought 'width:auto' for a display:block element meant 'fill available space'. However for an <input> element this doesn't seem to be the case. For example:
<body>
<form style='background-color:red'>
<input type='text' style='background-color:green;display:block;width:auto'>
</form>
</body>
Two questions then:
Is there a definition of exactly what width:auto does mean? The CSS spec seems vague to me, but maybe I missed the relevant section.
Is there a way to achieve my expected behaviour for a input field - ie. fill available space like other block level elements do?
Thanks!
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