* html .container {
border-right: 300px solid #FFF;
}
* html .holder {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
margin-right: -300px;
}
As the browser window is resized the outer div width reduces to suit until it shrinks to the border width, at which point it will not shrink any further. The holder div follows suit and also stops shrinking. The outer div border width becomes the minimum width of the inner div.