Set a child element's height based on its parent row-fluid using Twitter Bootstrap CSS

Can you suggest a more effective approach to set the height of a child element equal to its parent's height?
I have attempted the following method without success:

.child {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #5B6567;
    border-radius: 5px 0 0 0;
    display: inline-block;
    float: left;
    line-height: 30px;
    padding-top: 6px;
    position: relative !important;
    text-align: center;
    width: 12%;
    height:100%
}

<div class="row-fluid">
    <div class="child">
        child
    </div>
</div>

You can view my attempt on jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/WTmt6/1/. Please note that I need the grey div on the left to match the height of the larger red .media div. ps: I am constrained to using percentage values for dimensions in my layout.

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Answer №1

I'm a bit uncertain if I fully grasp the issue at hand... To start, let's eliminate the padding on child since it may conflict with height:100%. Instead, consider adding the padding within an inner div:

.inner {
    padding:6px;
}

<div class="child">
    <div class="inner">child</div>
</div>

The height of 100% seems to be functioning correctly. For example, here are three child elements (two identical), floating inside a floating parent without any issues: http://jsfiddle.net/qRPYt/7/

If you still encounter difficulties, please share the CSS code for row-fluid, or even better, provide a jsfiddle link for further assistance.

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