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+---
+title: Compass Stretch Layout Example
+description: How to do stretch out your elements.
+framework: compass
+stylesheet: compass/layout/_stretching.scss
+example: true
+---
+= render "partials/example"
diff --git a/doc-src/content/examples/compass/layout/stretching/markup.haml b/doc-src/content/examples/compass/layout/stretching/markup.haml
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+.example
+  Click on the the following links to make them stretch.
+  Click <a href="#">here</a> to dismiss it.
+  #stretch-container
+    %ul
+      %li
+        %a#stretch-full(href="#stretch-full")
+          This element is fully stretched.
+      %li
+        %a#stretch-offset(href="#stretch-offset")
+          This element is stretched with a 1em offset on each side.
+      %li
+        %a#stretch-x(href="#stretch-x")
+          This element is stretched horizontally.
+      %li
+        %a#stretch-y(href="#stretch-y")
+          This element is stretched vertically.
diff --git a/doc-src/content/examples/compass/layout/stretching/stylesheet.sass b/doc-src/content/examples/compass/layout/stretching/stylesheet.sass
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+@import "compass/layout/stretching"
+@import "compass/css3"
+
+#stretch-container
+  border: 1px solid #999
+  min-width: 200px
+  min-height: 200px
+  position: relative
+.stretched
+  $stretch-color: #4C6B99
+  border: 3px solid $stretch-color
+  +border-radius(8px)
+  display: block
+  background-color: darken($stretch-color, 30%)
+  text-align: center
+  vertical-align: middle
+  padding: 2em 0
+#stretch-full:target
+  @extend .stretched
+  +stretch
+#stretch-offset:target
+  @extend .stretched
+  +stretch(1em, 1em, 1em, 1em)
+#stretch-x:target
+  @extend .stretched
+  +stretch-x
+#stretch-y:target
+  @extend .stretched
+  +stretch-y
diff --git a/doc-src/content/reference/compass/layout/stretching.haml b/doc-src/content/reference/compass/layout/stretching.haml
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+--- 
+title: Compass Stretching
+crumb: Stretching
+framework: compass
+stylesheet: compass/layout/_stretching.scss
+layout: core
+classnames:
+  - reference
+  - core
+  - layout
+---
+- render 'reference' do
+  %p
+    The stretch mixins allow you to style absolutely positioned elements
+    such that they will stretch to fill their positioning parent.