JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class="parent">
<div class="filler">I'm filling all width!</div>
</div>
<div id="widths"></div>
<div style="color: green"><— resize me </div>
CSS
.parent {
position: relative;
background: rgba(70,70,70,.5);
width: 80%;
height: 147px;
}
.filler {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
background: rgba(70,70,70,.5);
margin: 1em;
padding: .5em;
border: 3px solid rgba(35,35,35,.5);
}
JavaScript
$(window).resize(function(){
$('#widths').html('')
.append('parent width: ' + $('.parent').outerWidth(true) + '<br>')
.append('filler width: ' + $('.filler').outerWidth(true) + '<br>');
});
$(window).resize();