Demo: Compass Stretch Layout Example

<div class='example'>
  <ul>
    <li class='stretch-container'>
      <div id='stretch-full'>
        This element is fully stretched.
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class='stretch-container'>
      <div id='stretch-offset'>
        This element is stretched with a 1em offset on each side.
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class='stretch-container'>
      <div id='stretch-x'>
        This
        <br />
        element
        <br />
        is
        <br />
        stretched
        <br />
        horizontally.
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class='stretch-container'>
      <div id='stretch-y'>
        This
        <br />
        element
        <br />
        is
        <br />
        stretched
        <br />
        vertically.
      </div>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

.example
  %ul
    %li.stretch-container
      #stretch-full
        This element is fully stretched.
    %li.stretch-container
      #stretch-offset
        This element is stretched with a 1em offset on each side.
    %li.stretch-container
      #stretch-x
        This
        %br
        element
        %br
        is
        %br
        stretched
        %br
        horizontally.
    %li.stretch-container
      #stretch-y
        This
        %br
        element
        %br
        is
        %br
        stretched
        %br
        vertically.

@import "compass/layout/stretching";
@import "compass/utilities";
@import "compass/css3";

.stretch-container {
  border: 1px solid #999999;
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  position: relative;
  @include inline-block;
}

.stretched {
  $stretch-color: #4c6b99;
  border: 3px solid $stretch-color;
  @include border-radius(8px);
  display: block;
  background-color: darken($stretch-color, 30%);
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  vertical-align: middle;
  padding: 0.5em;
}

#stretch-full {
  @extend .stretched;
  @include stretch;
}

#stretch-offset {
  @extend .stretched;
  @include stretch(1em, 1em, 1em, 1em);
}

#stretch-x {
  @extend .stretched;
  @include stretch-x;
}

#stretch-y {
  @extend .stretched;
  @include stretch-y;
}

@import "compass/layout/stretching"
@import "compass/utilities"
@import "compass/css3"

.stretch-container
  border: 1px solid #999
  width: 200px
  height: 200px
  position: relative
  +inline-block
.stretched
  $stretch-color: #4C6B99
  border: 3px solid $stretch-color
  +border-radius(8px)
  display: block
  background-color: darken($stretch-color, 30%)
  color: white
  text-align: center
  vertical-align: middle
  padding: 0.5em
#stretch-full
  @extend .stretched
  +stretch
#stretch-offset
  @extend .stretched
  +stretch(1em, 1em, 1em, 1em)
#stretch-x
  @extend .stretched
  +stretch-x
#stretch-y
  @extend .stretched
  +stretch-y

.stretch-container{border:1px solid #999;width:200px;height:200px;position:relative;display:-moz-inline-stack;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;*vertical-align:auto;zoom:1;*display:inline}.stretched,#stretch-full,#stretch-offset,#stretch-x,#stretch-y{border:3px solid #4c6b99;-webkit-border-radius:8px;-moz-border-radius:8px;-ms-border-radius:8px;-o-border-radius:8px;border-radius:8px;display:block;background-color:#192433;color:#fff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;padding:0.5em}#stretch-full{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0}#stretch-offset{position:absolute;top:1em;bottom:1em;left:1em;right:1em}#stretch-x{position:absolute;left:0;right:0}#stretch-y{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0}