If one side of a side-by-side box should be adapted to the width of its content, this width has

to be computed beforehand. The following example uses a savebox \mysavebox to store the
picture to determine its width. A more convenient way to handle this task is to use the methods
from Section 6.2 on page 121.

% \tcbuselibrary{skins,xparse}
% \usepackage{lipsum}
% \newsavebox\mysavebox % preamble
\DeclareTotalTColorBox{\mysidebox}{ O{} +m +m }{
bicolor,colback=white,colbacklower=yellow!10,
fonttitle=\bfseries,center title,
sidebyside,
code={\sbox{\mysavebox}{#2}},
lefthand width=\wd\mysavebox,
drop lifted shadow,
#1
}
{\usebox{\mysavebox}\tcblower#3}

\mysidebox[title=The Triangle]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path[fill=red!20,draw=red!50!black]
(0,0) node[below]{A} -- (3,1) node[right]{B}
-- (1,4) node[above]{C} -- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}%
}{%
\lipsum[1]
}

The Triangle

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut pu-

C rus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis. Cur-
abitur dictum gravida mauris. Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget,
consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna. Donec vehicula augue eu
neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et
malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra
metus rhoncus sem. Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ul-
trices. Phasellus eu tellus sit amet tortor gravida placerat. Inte-
ger sapien est, iaculis in, pretium quis, viverra ac, nunc. Praesent
B eget sem vel leo ultrices bibendum. Aenean faucibus. Morbi do-
lor nulla, malesuada eu, pulvinar at, mollis ac, nulla. Curabitur
auctor semper nulla. Donec varius orci eget risus. Duis nibh mi,
A congue eu, accumsan eleifend, sagittis quis, diam. Duis eget orci
sit amet orci dignissim rutrum.

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