我试图弄清楚为什么当我这样做时我的父元素会失去它的宽度?请看我的小提琴:
HTML
<h1>white-space: normal; on < a > tag breaks the ul's width but gives desired text effect.</h1>
<div class="clear">
<ul>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="no" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h1>white-space: nowrap; is inherited from < ul > tag to < a > tag now has full width of background (almost?) but loses desired text effect</h1>
<div class="clear">
<ul>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
<li><a class="yes" href="">This This This This This This This This This</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS
/* Universal */
*, *:after, *:before { margin: 0; padding: 0; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; }
* :focus { outline: 0; }
/* Clear Fix*/
.clear:before, .clear:after { content: " " !important; display: table !important; }
.clear:after { clear: both !important; }
.clear { *zoom: 1 !important; clear: both !important; }
/* Normal Elements */
h1 { margin: 2em 0 0; }
div { width: auto; margin: 0 auto; }
ul { float: left; white-space: nowrap; background: lime; } /* LIME background shows ul's width */
li { display: inline-block; max-width: 10em; }
/* Problem Elements */
a.no { white-space: normal; } /* Normal breaks width */
a.yes { } /* Nowrap fixes ul width (almost?) */