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There are three ways to solve this problem which are listed below:

  1. By default case
  2. Using inline-block property
  3. Using fit-content property in width and height

Default Case: HTML div is by default fit to content inside it. The example goes like this: 

Example 1: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "en" dir = "ltr">
     
<head>
    <meta charset = "utf-8">
    <title>GeeksforGeeks Example</title>
     
    <!--CSS Code-->
    <style media = "screen">
        body {
            background: orange;
            overflow: hidden;
            color: white;
        }
        .GeeksForGeeks {
            text-align: center;
            background: dodgerblue;
            position: absolute;
            top: 50%;
            left: 1%;
            right: 1%;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
     
    <!-- HTML Code -->
    <h1 style = "color:forestgreen; top:35%;
            left: 35%; position:absolute; ">
        Geeks For Geeks
    </h1>
 
    <div class = "GeeksForGeeks">
        Cascading Style Sheets, fondly referred
        to as CSS, is a simply designed language
        intended to simplify the process of
        making web pages presentable. CSS allows
        you to apply styles to web pages. More
        importantly, CSS enables you to do this
        independent of the HTML that makes up
        each web page.
    </div>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

  

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

Example 2: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "en">
 
<head>
    <meta charset = "utf-8">
     
    <title>GeeksforGeeks Example</title>
     
    <!--CSS Code-->
    <style media = "screen">
        body {
            background: violet;
            overflow: auto;
            color: white;
        }
        .GeeksForGeeks {
            text-align: center;
            background: dodgerblue;
            position: absolute;
            display: inline-block;
            left: 1%;
            right: 1%;
            top: 50%;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <!-- HTML Code -->
    <h1 style="color: forestgreen;
        top: 35%; left: 35%; position: absolute;">
        Geeks For Geeks
    </h1>
 
    <div class="GeeksForGeeks">
        Cascading Style Sheets, fondly referred
        to as CSS, is a simply designed language
        intended to simplify the process of
        making web pages presentable. CSS allows
        you to apply styles to web pages. More
        importantly, CSS enables you to do this
        independent of the HTML that makes up
        each web page.
    </div>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

  

Using fit-content property in width and height: In this method, we set the width and height property to fit-content value. Example 3: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "en" dir = "ltr">
     
<head>
    <meta charset = "utf-8">
    <title>Geeks for Geeks Example</title>
     
    <!--CSS Code-->
    <style media = "screen">
        body {
            background: tomato;
            overflow: hidden;
            color: white;
        }
        .GeeksForGeeks {
            background: crimson;
            position: absolute;
            width:fit-content;
            height:fit-content;
            left: 0;
            top: 50%;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <!-- HTML Code -->
    <h1 style = "color: lime; top: 35%;
        left: 35%; position: absolute;">
        Geeks For Geeks
    </h1>
         
    <div class = "GeeksForGeeks">
        Cascading Style Sheets, fondly referred
        to as CSS, is a simply designed language
        intended to simplify the process of
        making web pages presentable. CSS allows
        you to apply styles to web pages. More
        importantly, CSS enables you to do this
        independent of the HTML that makes up
        each web page.
    </div>
</body>
 
</html>


Output: 

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Last Updated : 10 May, 2022
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