title: Is it possible to render empty <div style="width:50%"> </div> with CSS in xHTML strict 1.0 without setting width and height in pixels?
body: <p>Is it possible to render empty <code>&lt;div style="width:50%"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;</code> with CSS in xHTML strict 1.0 without setting width and height in absolute values and not adding <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> inside?
  Targets are IE7-8, FF 3.x</p>
  
  <p>Can I somehow render empty div if I want it to get 50% width and variable height?</p>