How to make div not larger than its contents using CSS?

Given a div and the task is to set div not larger then its content. If the size of content change then the size of div also change.

Method 1: Use display: inline-block property to set a div size according to its content.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <style>
            .geeks {
                background-color: green;
                color:white;
                display: inline-block;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
      
    <body>
        <div class = "geeks">
            Welcome to GeeksforGeeks!
        </div>
    </body>
</html>    

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Method 2: This method set the width and height property to fit-content value.











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<!DOCTYPE html> 


<html> 


    <head> 


        <style> 


            .geeks { 


                background-color: green; 


                color:white; 


                width:fit-content; 


                height:fit-content; 


            } 


        </style> 


    </head> 


      


    <body> 


        <div class = "geeks"> 


            Welcome to GeeksforGeeks! 


        </div> 


    </body> 


</html>                     



















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