# \[css\] relative widths

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-relative-widths/161181
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [September 1, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-relative-widths/161181 "2005-09-01T16:33:07Z")
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### Author: ![icio](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/icio/32/484_2.png) [@icio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icio)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-relative-widths/161181/1 "2005-09-01T16:33:07Z")

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how can you/is it possible to set the width of an item so that it is a certain percentage of it’s parent ?