[dylan604]

the any ratio I want is the point of the exercise. i don't know how many or what size. i want the first column to be just wide enough, and the second column to fill the space. what you suggested does not do that, but thanks for playing

[recursive]

You're welcome.

Now that you've explained the rest of your requirements, I can see that `fr` is not suitable for the purpose. In the meantime you've gotten a better answer for the updated requirements, in particular min-content and max-content.

[dylan604]

The requirements have not changed.

[recursive]

Maybe not, but the way they were described has.

First:

> I want a simple 2 column row with the first field being narrow and the second field stretching to fill the width

Second:

> i want the first column to be just wide enough, and the second column to fill the space.