Please check following code:
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        **HTML**
                        
                        
                        
                            <input type="button" id="btn" value="toggle" onclick="toggleSideBar()" />
                        
                            <div id="main-content">
                        
                                <div id="leftdiv">selectable</div>
                        
                                <div id="rightdiv">right panel</div>
                        
                            </div>
                        
                        
                        
                        **CSS**
                        
                        
                        
                            #leftdiv
                        
                            {
                        
                               border: solid medium thick;
                        
                               float: left;
                        
                               display: inline-block;
                        
                               background-color: #ffc;
                        
                               height:50px;
                        
                               width: 50%;
                        
                               /*border: 1px solid red;*/
                        
                            }
                        
                            
                        
                            #rightdiv
                        
                            {
                        
                               width: 50%;
                        
                               height:50px;
                        
                               border: solid medium thick;
                        
                               background-color: #ffa;
                        
                               display: none;
                        
                               float:right;
                        
                            }
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        **JS**
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            function toggleSideBar() {
                        
                            	debugger;
                        
                            	var div = document.getElementById('rightdiv');
                        
                            	if (div.style.display !== 'none') {
                        
                            		div.style.display = 'none';
                        
                               document.getElementById('leftdiv').style.width = '100%';
                        
                            	}
                        
                            	else {
                        
                            		div.style.display = 'block';
                        
                             document.getElementById('leftdiv').style.width = '';
                        
                            	}
                        
                            	
                        
                            };
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        you can also check running example of this code on :
                        
                        
                        
                        [http://jsfiddle.net/zjea48bu/19/][1]
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                          [1]: https://jsfiddle.net/zjea48bu/19/
                        
                
             
            
                
                    
                        It works without manipulating the width via JavaScript if you format them as `table-cell`s:
                        
                        
                        
                        <!-- begin snippet: js hide: false -->
                        
                        
                        
                        <!-- language: lang-js -->
                        
                        
                        
                            function toggleSideBar() {
                        
                                var div = document.getElementById('rightdiv');
                        
                            	if (div.style.display !== 'none') {
                        
                            	    div.style.display = 'none';
                        
                            	} else {
                        
                            		div.style.display = 'table-cell';
                        
                            	}	
                        
                            };
                        
                        
                        
                        <!-- language: lang-css -->
                        
                        
                        
                            #leftdiv {
                        
                            	border: solid medium thick;
                        
                                width: auto;
                        
                            	display: table-cell;
                        
                                background-color: #ffc;
                        
                            }
                        
                        
                        
                            #rightdiv {
                        
                                width: 50%;
                        
                                border: solid medium thick;
                        
                                background-color: #ffa;
                        
                                display: none;
                        
                            }
                        
                        
                        
                            #main-content {
                        
                                display:table;
                        
                                width: 100%;
                        
                            }
                        
                        
                        
                        <!-- language: lang-html -->
                        
                        
                        
                            <input type="button" id="btn" value="toggle" onclick="toggleSideBar()" />
                        
                            <div id="main-content">
                        
                                <div id="leftdiv">selectable</div>
                        
                                <div id="rightdiv">right panel</div>
                        
                            </div>`
                        
                        
                        
                        <!-- end snippet -->